Film Title:	Keywords:
Film Category:	Locations / Objects:
Genre:	Events:
Year of Production:	Institutions in film:
Producers:	People in film:
Actors:	Decades:
Filmmakers:		Close

Search results

Advanced search (17)

My Father The Spy

2018 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grube

The story of daughter of a Cold War double agent.

As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a murky game she would be unable to quit, Ieva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of ...
Hide synopsis Open synopsis
The Polar Boy

Original title: Polaarpoiss

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Anu Aun

A boy with two faces meets a girl with two souls.

Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna’s bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jealousy, Mattias accidentally commits a crime ...
Hide synopsis Open synopsis
Dialogos

Original title: Dialogos

2008 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Ülo Pikkov

Dialogos is an experimental animated film, where all the visual material of the film is drawn directly onto the film stock. The film is founded on absurd humour. The theme of the film is contemporary high-tech society, where too many sign systems exist.

The film is about the revolt of the books. Similarly to the revolt of the slaves in Old Rome, the books one day seize power and destroy all the computers and mobile phones. Out of fear of the revolting literary works, people swear their fidelity to the books and start to read again. But that’s not enough for the books – they want the people to start talking using the books, just like they used to talk using mobile phones. The dialogue between the people and the books reveals the truth that people have become so removed from books that ...
Hide synopsis Open synopsis
Confiscated

Original title: Konfiskeeritud

2003 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Asko Kase

The chief specialist of Tallinn Customs Board reveals information about the daily life of customs officials among a huge amount of prohibited goods.

Every year, Estonian customs authorities forfeit goods worth of tens millions of Estonian kroons. The documentary explores the ways prohibited goods are detected and what will happen to the contraband items. The protagonist of the film is Tõnu Pärk, the chief specialist at Tallinn Customs Inspectorate, whose daily job is to detect contraband goods and decide on its destiny. Pärk who has graduated from the department of medical science introduces the filmmakers his daily tasks at the customs inspectorate, including seizing, storaging and extinguishing contraband goods.
Hide synopsis Open synopsis
Iron Rose Blossoms

Original title: Raudroosiõied

2001 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Karol Ansip
The Way to Nirvana

Original title: Teekond Nirvaanasse

2000 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mait Laas

This story is about a young man, who want's to go behind the horizon...

This story is about a young man, who want's to go behind the horizon...
Hide synopsis Open synopsis
Lend

1988 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik
Laululood

1985 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Valter Uusberg
The Pigeon Lady

Original title: Tuvitädi

1983 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

A fairytale for children, in which goodness has the power to win all...
- Stream
- Stream
Metroo Summer Seminar in Gotland, August 1981

Title in Estonian: Metroo suveseminar Ojamaal, august 1981

1981 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Metroo summer seminar in Gotland, August 1981. Among participants are Aleksander Loit, Virve Aruoja, Ülo Ignats, Jüri-Karl Seim, Enn Nõu and other active, young expatriate Estonians in Sweden of that era.

Metroo summer seminar in Gotland, August 1981. Among participants are Aleksander Loit, Virve Aruoja, Ülo Ignats, Jüri-Karl Seim, Enn Nõu and other active, young expatriate Estonians in Sweden of that era. The participants and the activities of the summer seminar are being forwarded in a humorous way, focusing on unexpected situations and details. Common meals outdoors, lectures on various subjects. Virve Aruoja recalls her work with various programmes in Estonian TV. Discussion about journalism ethics. Two pieces "Anger" and "Happiness" have completed on a roll of paper as the result of art therapy class, people analysing the works. The youth ...
Hide synopsis Open synopsis