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2 Hours to Happiness

Original title: 2 tundi õnneni

2022 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Moonika Siimets

Poetical documentary film of the longing for and the search of happiness between Estonia and Finland.

More than 70,000 Estonians live and work in Finland, at the same time as their families, parents, children and homes are in Estonia. The documentary film speaks about adjusting to new conditions, sticking to and loosing one’s roots, the yearning for and the search for happiness. The film is a humorously wistful documentation of families living in the snowy fields of Lapland, apartments in Vantaa, on the staircases of shopping malls, at construction sites, hotel lobbies, and of grandchildren in the living rooms of Estonian grandmothers who are waiting for their children to come home.
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Between the Three

Original title: Kolmevahel

2022 | Documentary | Director: Marek Vahula

The story of environmental protection of Kunda Bay in 1992–1993.

The documentary introduces the story of environmental protection of Kunda bay in 1992–1993 when two extension plans for the port of Kunda were impeded – to Letipea in the winter of 1992 and to Toolse in the winter of 1993. And as a final result, the port remained to its historical location.
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Rat King

2012 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Petri Kotwica

An Estonian-Finnish co-production is an adventure film for youth directed by Petri Kotwica, telling about the dangerous consequences of video game addiction.

With the help of his long-time virtual friend Niki, 18-year-old Juri discovers a website where a game begins. The purpose of the seemingly innocent game is to fulfill various missions in real life, but it will take the boys to the whirl of dangerous events. The borders between the virtual and real world disappear. The question is whether this is a game after all?
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Estonian Stories. Pastacas

Original title: Pastacas

2009 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Rein Kotov

Portrait documentary by Rein Kotov about Estonian musician and artist Ramo Teder alias Pastacas who lives in Finland.

Pastacas alias Ramo Teder is a mystical man who makes beautiful yet weird folktronica musica and uses a ball-point pen to draw on his paintings. His music has listeners from Helsinki to Tokyo. Ramo Teder was born in rural Estonia and now lives in a small village in South-Western Finland with his Finnish wife Piia and seven-year-old daughter Pihla. Pastacas composes his music out of miniature parts that form a lyrical and weird whole. Ramo is a traveler and a musician, an Estonian artist abroad.
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Last Man Standing

Original title: Piisa torn

2005 | Portrait, Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Arko Okk

Documentary about the lighthouse keeper on Vilsandi island, maritime issues, nature and human destinies.

Lighthouse keeper Avo Piisk has worked in the lighthouse of Vilsandi island for ten years. In summer 2004 Avo is laid off since the lighthouse will be maintained by a computer program. Even if Avo Piisk has got used to the idea that one day he had to leave his job, he does not want to go. He is certain that without him the Viljandi lighthouse will be destroyed, first due to the large number of tourists and then due to storms and rains.
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Two-Faced Island

Original title: Kahe näoga saar

2005 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Kerttu Soans

Tanja lives on Vormsi island for the second winter. Every morning she opens the door of the village shop for the visitors, either for one or one hundred people.

Vormsi island lives by its own laws. In summer the island bursts with life, in winter there is almost nothing going on. Tanja, the village shopkeeper, came to live on the island a few years ago. Together with her husband Ervin who is a ship's cook they live in Rumpo village close to the coast. The village shop is always the midpoint of the island; every morning at 8am Tanja opens the casement windows and the door despite the season. Will there be anyone coming in today? Will there be a few hundred visitors?
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The Island

Original title: Saar

1999 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Jaan Tätte

Vilsandi is one of the least accessible islands in Estonia and life on that island requires extreme patience and stamina. The forced "imprisonment" caused by ice and bad weather conditions may last up to half a year. The film shows the effect of this on human behaviour, thinking and perception of time. We are interested in the human being and his sense of time. These are people from a remote corner of Estonia, people with their own lives and dreams. The film shows the life of the Vilsandi people during the late autumn and early winter period... A continuum of ...
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Uus sadam

1987 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Toivo Kusmin
Tallinna Uussadama ehitamise eesrindlikud kogemused

1986 | Commissioned, Other categories, Documentary | Director: Toivo Kuzmin
Moonsundi sügis

1984 | Documentary | Director: Mati Talvik