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Outside Disability

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Hendra Raud

There’s a divide present between able bodied and physically disabled people. Their ability to work, love, study, and live is too often defined simply by their condition. With our project, we want to convey our audience the reality of this community’s experience outside of their disability.

Physically disabled people navigating personal relationships and the effects of accessibility in society. The film is based on real interviews our team conducted with PDP, where we asked them about their experiences in dating, friendships, and social perception.
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Terapeut

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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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Mood for Nostalgia

Original title: Viis nostalgiale

2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Robi Uppin, Maria Kivirand

Short documentary Mood for Nostalgia is about friendship between neighbors who have known each other for entire life. A cold winter, silence, loneliness and thoughts of nostalgia are surrounding their every day life. Their sincerity opens up a world of unusual friendship in isolated countryside of Estonia.
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Taavi as Taavi Himself

Original title: Taavi kui Taavi ise

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea
Ingrid Leppik

2011 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Henri Piiroja
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Kaspar

2011 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Annamari Kenk, Tiina Haak
The Touch

2009 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Anelija Juškeleviciute

How do dolphins affect humans? The dolphinarium in Smiltyne is one of the most important tourist attractions in Lithuania due to the therapeutic effect of dolphins.
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Pretty people

Original title: Ilusad inimesed

2008 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Missikonkursil Miss Vaimukad 2007 asuvad võistlustulle vaimupuudega neiud-naised, omamoodi ilusad ja õnnelikud inimesed.

In the spring of 2007, young women with intellectual disability start preparing for a beauty contest in Estonia. Beauty contest called "Miss Witty 2007" takes place in a recreational center in Tuksi, Lääne county, Estonia at the end of August 2007. The contest is tutored by Miss Estonia 2007, Viktoria Azovskaya, who teaches, mentors, encourages and consoles. Young participans are excited, happy and sincere. Young woman Pille Siplane from Saaremaa island is crowned as Miss Witty 2007 whose dream is to make a film herself one day. Winning the competitions helps Pille to fulfill her dream since she gets the ...
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In Earnest

Original title: Ihust ja hingest

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Indrek Kangur

The story of the non-profit organization "In Earnest", founded by three young men, is an colourful example to illustrate the hot spots of social enterprise.

Three economy students have put their full effort for marketing the handmade products made by people with special needs. Their vision includes implementing Estonian disabled people's working potential fully and effectively and to become an acknowledged and exemplary socially oriented company. This task is certainly not an easy one – but one has to have high hopes.
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