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Children's Night University Adventures in Muhumaa

Original title in Estonian: Laste ööülikooli rännakud Muhumaal

2021 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Lota Viik

Lota Viik’s and Katre Tatrik's documentary program is the first part of the educational documentary series “Children's Night University Adventures“ for children and young people.

In the program “Children's Night University Adventures in Muhumaa”, we see a group of children living on the island of Muhu in a technology-free world designed for them, living in nature and the countryside. By broadcasting, we see how yard children learn to do the things necessary for life together. With children, there are also adult masters and researchers on the island, with whom they exchange the knowledge and skills necessary for a sustainable life.
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Scissors

Original title: Käärid

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margus Talvik

Young woman meets different kinds of men in her own built van, where she serves as a barber in every part of Estonia.

Although Teresa Liivak has settled down nine different places, she calls a white Ford Transit her real home. Teresa rebuilt her van to be a barbershop on wheels. On her journey she meets most different kinds of men. If you have all the freedom in the world, then you must take action to make the most of it.
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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

Original title: Põrgu Jaan

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaur Kokk

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.

Somewhere in Estonia at the beginning of the 18th century, after ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore. He’s disheveled and comatose. They take him to the local manor lord and bring him back to consciousness. When he opens his eyes, he realizes that he can’t remember who he is or how he got there. He’s just as much a stranger to himself as to the people around him. By force of circumstance, he must stay ...
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Mesipuu poole

2015 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea
The Kaplinski System

Original title: Kaplinski süsteem

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano

The documentary co-directed by Estonian and French filmmakers portray Jaan Kaplinski - a man behind words.

What kind of a man, husband and father is Jaan Kaplinski, one of the most known and productive Estonian writers, poets and thinkers? What lies behind his poetry and writings? A close insight into Kaplinski's world describes one day in the writer's life, from dusk till down, full of daily activities in Mutiku farm, including discussions about poetry, language and freedom of creation during the Soviet era and today. There are pivotal times in Kaplinski's life right now since he is looking for inner freedom while following the example of Taoism. His thoughts and flashbacks of the past including simple ...
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Keepers of Seven Powers

2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran
Püha tuli

2010 | Documentary | Director: Erik Norkroos
Will Buy Hives

Original title: Siim, Samuli ja Dolce vita

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo
The Kings of the Time

Original title: Aja meistrid

2008 | Portrait, Animation, Puppet, Documentary | Director: Mait Laas

Documentary with the elements of animation directed by Mait Laas about the founders of Eesti Nukufilm, film directors Elbert Tuganov and Heino Pars.

The fast-paced humorous story has recorded the two grand masters of Estonian puppet cartoon - Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007) and Heino Pars (1925). The story of their life and work has been brought us through the excerpts of newsreels, old photographs, puppet animations and recollections of their contemporaries. Having played with puppets for about 30 years, Tuganov and Pars are being animated as puppets themselves - only by the new generations of animation filmmakers.
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The Hostage

Original title: Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu

2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Laila Pakalniņa