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Bad Ass Merike

Original title: Vinge mutt

2024 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Andres Keil

She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

Between the Southern Estonian hills, there is a Tobra stable where trainer Merike Markus has 27 riding horses and 70 children to look after. Merike has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses. On the surface, life in the Tobra stable ticks like a peaceful everyday cycle, but it's not like that. Every day brings something new. Through Merike, who herself lives through the lives of all his students, trainees, every meeting in training begins with what has happened in the ...
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Child’s play

Original title in Estonian: Lapsemäng

2022 | Short, Students film | Director: Silver Õun

Two fathers teach their kids the great art of chopping wood. No one wants to take the blame when an accident occurs.

When dads leave their 6-year old sons unattended outside to chop the wood, an accident happens that no parents want to see. A finger is missing. But whose fault was it actually, nobody seems to know. As also the finger's location.
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14 Cases

Original title: 14 käänet

2017 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

Film follows different age present-day Estonian Russians who are facing difficulties with their identities.

The film is based on several parallel personal stories of Russian families. During almost four years, the filmmakers observed Ksenija and Emilia who went to an Estonian kindergarten at the age of 5; 7th-grade pupil Mark who preferred Estonian school; and high-school student Vitali who went to study to St. Petersburg from Estonia. The film attempts to understand the problems that the children and their parents whose native language is Russian are dealing with - fears and hesitations, hopes and frustation, successes and failures, integration and isolation, language and identity. Regardless of being afraid of losing their identity, the protagonists ...
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Christ Lives in Siberia

Original title: Kristus elab Siberis

2015 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Arbo Tammiksaar, Jaak Kilmi

Director Arbo Tammiksaar together with his family moved to live in a Vissarions' village in Siberia for a year, in order to follow the daily life of the religious community.

The charismatic religious leader Vissarion lives in an isolated Siberian village and calls himself Christ who has reborn. A religious sect consisting of thousands of followers has gathered around him, including Dmitri the bellringer and his wife Sveta who moved to the community with her three children from Saint Petersburg a few years ago. Magomed, the biological father of the children, writes a complaint letter to the administration of the President of Russia and insists that his children should be given back to him. Director Arbo Tammiksaar with his family moved to the Vissarions' village for a year. He followed ...
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Lemonade Tale

Original title: Limonaadi lugu

2013 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Vallo Toomla

Little Holger wants some soda and lemonade, but Mom refuses to buy it. Unhappy Holger still takes a bottle off the shelf and.... gets sucked into the lemonade bottle!

Little Holger goes shopping together with his mom. Holger wants some soda and lemonade, but Mom refuses to buy it. Unhappy Holger still takes a bottle off the shelf and.... gets sucked into the lemonade bottle! He falls into a dark-green bubble-soda ocean. He is unable to get back to the real world where his mother is already looking for him. Beeing trapped in the bubble-soda bottle he finds a friend who is ready to help him to return.
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Just the Three of Us

Original title in Estonian: Ainult meie kolm

2011 | Short, Students film | Director: Giampietro Balia

Liisu and Andres try to reunite with their biological mother – each on his own way.

Following the death of their father, Liisu and Andres find out they've been abandoned in early age by their biological mother. After meeting her for the first time since they can remember, they try to get to know her.
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Singing Nadezhda

Original title: Laulev Nadežda

2011 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Portrait about Nadezhda, a street musician and a mother of nine, whose songs are full of love.

The documentary tells the story about Nadezhda who has moved to Estonia from Russia; for her, the most important people are her loving husband and nine children. Both Nadezhda and Rustam, the father of her children, are deeply religious and think God is present in everything and everybody. Her songs are extremely heartfelt and full of love towards God; she sings about her children and Estonia, love and God in the tunnel of Viru Centre and earns extra money.
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Miriam's Broken Picture

Original title: Miriami katkine pilt

2009 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Priit Tender

Miriam takes the blame on herself instead of little brother. Little brother cannot bear it and admits his guilt. But finally the hen has to confess that she was behind it all.

Miriam will not let the hen bring the ball inside. The hen does not obey, and then wants somebody to play ball with her. She even snatches the remote control so that Miriam and little brother would not be able to watch TV. Chasing the hen to get the remote control back, little brother happens to break father’s and mother’s wedding picture. And appears very unhappy and scared. When parents come home, Miriam takes the blame on herself. She is made to stand in the corner for punishment. Little brother cannot bear it and admits his guilt. When it turns ...
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Magnus

Original title: Magnus

2007 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Kadri Kõusaar

The debut feature film directed by Kadri Kõusaar tells the story about alienation and absence of emotions through the relationship of a depressed youngster and his father. The film with excellent cinematography has received awards at several acknowledged film festivals. The film is currently banned for protecting the private life of a prototype.

Magnus is growing up in a broken family where children are not much cared for, playing games of "what if" with death. He has learned from his parents that he won't live long with his lung disease. Even if for now Magnus has been cured, his anguish has become stronger. He has no meaning of life nor any future plans. His father has been involved in suspicious business and believes he can awaken his son with the same pleasures he is used to himself. Magnus goes to his father with different kind of hopes.
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Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat

Original title: Veepomm paksule kõutsile

2004 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Varis Brasla

The funny family film directed by Latvian filmmaker Varis Brasla tells about sisters who are taken care by their aunt for two weeks while their parents are away.

This is a contemporary story about two little sisters whose parents are away and the children are taken care by their aunt. Even if the strict babysitter and the girls are getting into a fight with each other, the labyrinth of unexpected events leads to a happy end.
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