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The Good Shepherd

Original title: Hea Karjane; from the short film collection: Värske veri

2018 | Feature film, Short | Director: Evar Anvelt

Ibrahim is a shepherd whose job is to look after his herd as best as he can. One day he receives a phone call from his brother with a plan he wants to hear nothing about.

Ibrahim is a simple, kind-hearted man whose main source of income is raising sheep. He lives with his family in the Middle Eastern mountains. The last few years have been particularly wretched and illnesses have struck his flock causing many animals to perish. There seems to be no end in sight to these calamities. One day, Ibrahim’s younger brother Omar calls him and in a carefree tone asks to use a building on the edge of their father’s farm for something that Ibrahim does not want to hear anything about...
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The House Guard

Original title: Majavalvur

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ingel Vaikla

The story of degradation of the legendary Tallinn Linnahall from the point of view of a man together with his own story of life.

Portrait documentary about two characters - Tallinn Linnahall and its guard Peeter. Once the pride of Tallinn, Linnahall has become a desolate building; yet, it has its own faithful supporters. In every three days, Peter works 24-hour shift here as a guard. The monumental palace of culture and sports was built for the summer olympic games in 1980 - the building that now looks as a ghost castle. Peeter loves this somber house - its grandiosity still reminds of the glorious old days. The guard knows that when the building stays empty it will perish just like a man without ...
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How I Saved Africa

Original title: Kuidas ma Aafrikat päästsin

2014 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne

A witty and insightful portrait film by Kullar Viimne speaks not only of the clash of civilizations and the everlasting conflict of idealism and inevitability but also sympathizes with the hardships of one small Estonian girl in a big world.

Siisi is an active and attractive young woman who'd have enough energy to send Estonia's first spaceship to Mars. But instead, the urge to make the world a better place sends Siisi far away to Uganda, where she plans to open a café with the help of donators to offer work to the local young handicapped people. The start of the project is dashing but as the times goes by the more Siisi's idealism confronts the local working culture, sexual prejudice and economic inevitability because in a country that is one of the biggest coffee bean exporters only 0.6 percent ...
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Next Stop

Original title: Raudteemaja nr 3

2013 | Documentary | Director: Karin Reinberg
Ten To Ten

Original title: Kümnest kümneni

2012 | Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Aleksandr Heifets

Documentary about alcohol and sales restriction related to it. Some witty young men attempt to outtrick the restriction.

The documentary focuses on the favourite pastime of Estonians - drinking. Protagonists of the film are witty entrepreneurs who try to outtrick the laws and offer their own service of renting alcohol. Erik, an experienced entrepreneur, fights with the Consumer Protection Board in court in order to keep going on with his business. Jass and Art are Erik's artist friends who have less experience in the business world yet more experienced in the field of alcohol. Erik is an earnest vodka renter. Behind the activities of Jass and Art there is enough of sly performance and moderate provocativeness.
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Life is a Flower

Original title: Elu on lill

2010 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Two grand old masters, artists Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, are recording the beauty of a naked woman.

Documentary about the meeting between two grand masters, artist Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, during which they portrait a young model and have a discussion about life and art. 94-year-old Okas and 82-year old Suur are full of life and creative artists who get still inspired from the beauty of a woman. The two old artists run around the young naked woman as representing a philosophical vignette about the flourishing and withering of life, an existential etude with erotic attachments.
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But the Goats?

Original title: Aga kitsed?

1998 | Documentary | Director: Liivo Niglas

Debut documentary by Liivo Niglas about a French family growing goats and making goat cheese.

The Delabouglise family in France grows goats and makes goat cheese. This is not that difficult thing to do for living, however, one has to have time and will to do it. Farmer Etienne goes to sell goat cheese at the local market. Children can come to the farm during their summer holidays in order to get acquainted to country life. All this is not profitable and the family discusses on future options.
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Night Navigation

1998 | Students film, Short | Director: Marko Raat
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Estonian Contemporary Art Siim-Tanel Annus

Title in Estnian: Eesti nüüdiskunst: Siim-Tanel Annus

1991 | Other categories, Experimental | Director: Jaanus Nõgisto

Performance by Siim-Tanel Annus that forwards its message through text, images and music.

Siim-Tanel Annus was one of the main performance artists in Estonia in 1980-1993. In the film, the artist says that his attempt is to express something that cannot be forwarded through words or paper. The film full of images and associations aims at touching the borders between life and death. Keywords of this kind of creative activity are: blindfolded human being, burden, fire and rituals related to fire. The refined geometrical abstract figures in the early printed works by SIim-Tanel Annus express the endeavour to exit the daily routine towards the sky and the light. "Nine Mantras", a musical piece ...
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The story of Moon

Title in Estonian: Kuulugu

1984 | Documentary, Other categories | Director: Elo Tust

The Moon and the folk wisdom and beliefs related to it.

The ancient monthly calendar of old Estonians and the related beliefs and traditions. The documentary combines archival film episodes and the staged episodes where one can see the peasants working and in their everyday life. Old wisdom and teachings about what kind of work to do during the waning Moon and the increscent Moon.
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