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Behind the Big Top

Original title in Finnish: "Tähtiteltan takana"

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ville Kristian Koskinen

Circus veteran Sven is trying to maintain his way of living. Despite all the props decaying among him, his colourful partners stay on his side.

An observational documentary introduces Sven, retired circus veteran who lives with his circus animals in the quietness of Western Finland. Sven, parrots and horses spend their retirement days practicing new tricks, while dozens of old circus vans and trailers are rusting among them. If Sven manages to fix one of his old vans, they’ll hit the road again for a new tour.
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The Butterfly Man

Original title: Liblikmees

2015 | Feature film, Short | Director: Edina Csüllög

A dream-like, uncanny short film telling about Anselm who dreams to become a magician.

Lonesome and clumsy Anselm works as a dedicated assistant to a famous magician Ernesto in Boruslawski Circus. Anselm secretly practises tricks as his deepest wish is to become a great magician himself. Finally the big moment arises for him when Ernesto bewitches himself and disappears. For a moment, Anselm becomes a great favourite of the audience, but his miraculous ability to conjure up butterflies from himself becomes fatal both for himself and for the circus.
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Lonely Island

Original title: Üksik saar

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

The lyrical and grotesque mosaic directed by Peeter Simm depicts people as lonely islands; from the further distance they look like an archipelago. The film is an Estonian-Belorussian-Latvian co-production.

The death of an old Gypsy. A girl on a railway track. A son's hatred towards his father. A girl in a wheelchair. These are the keywords that build up a story. A railway, a train, and the novel "Anna Karenina" by Lev Tolstoy bring together the destinies of three families, several lonely people, old friends and total strangers. All of them have to face problems caused by misunderstandings and unspoken messages. During their journey, they become more tolerant and understanding.
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Old Clown

Original title: Vana kloun

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.
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Tsirkusetuur

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik
Wunderkind

Original title: Tsirkuselaps

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

As a five-year-old prodigy, he became a circus attraction. At the age of eight, the young virtuoso entertained Tsar Nicholas II and his Court. By the age of 17, he was an eagerly anticipated performer on the best stages of Europe. A year later, he conquered America as a xylophone virtuoso. He has been referred to as the world’s best jazz imitator. A tap-dancer and superb violinist. Audiences in Soviet Russia gave him standing ovations… in Soviet Georgia, he was the object of mass adulation. His stage career lasted for 80 years. So, who was this amazing artist?... The answer awaits you in ...
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Eric. Child of fire

Original title: Eric. Tule laps

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Eric and his world.

When we are born and grow up, we will be equipped with a mental map that helps us to form our destiny. However, the map and the reality around us don't always correlate. The map may be more interesting than reality, and reality may turn out more complicated than the map. Eric is a fifty-year-old man who in his youth has witnessed the creative process of designing JUKU personal computer that brought fame to Estonian ESSR. He has experienced a mental state that he calls enlightenment. In 1995 he went to live in a nursing home. On the All Souls' ...
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Kann allikal

1988 | Musical film, TV feature, TV Short | Director: Dorian Supin
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Nõukogude Eesti

1962 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin
Nõukogude Eesti

1960 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Nikolai Dolinski
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