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Phantom Owl Forest

Original title: Eia jõulud Tondikakul

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Anu Aun

Adventures are going to begin when 10-year old city girl Eia is brought to mysterious Phantom Owl Farm for the winter holiday.

The new Estonian family adventure film “Phantom Owl Forest” talks about 10-year old girl Eia whose Christmas plans take an unexpected turn, when the city girl is brought to a mysterious Southern Estonian farm for the winter holiday. At first the girl does not even realize she will soon save a doomed prival forest, bring together two people in love and untangle a secret held closely in the family.
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Teacher's Story

Original title (in Estonian): "Õpetaja lugu"

2012 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Maria Kivirand
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Working Title: Wunderkind

Original title: Tööpealkiri: Imelaps

2012 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

Alex Prior was born in 1992 in London to an English father and a Russian mother. Even as a child he was being called “a little Pavarotti” or “a little Mozart” because of his angelic voice and his composition skills.

Alex Prior was born in 1992 in London to an English father and a Russian mother. Even as a child he was being called “a little Pavarotti” or “a little Mozart” because of his angelic voice and his composition skills. Alex completes his first composition aged eight and enters the St. Petersburg Conservatory aged 13, where he graduates in the composition and conducting master classes in 2010, aged 17. It is his mother in particular who pushes her son's career: She arranges concerts with leading orchestras in Russia and England, she admonishes him to practise and negotiates his contracts. And ...
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Forbidden fruit

Original title: Keelatud vili

2011 | Documentary | Director: Anu Aun

Two enthusiastic Estonians try to become grape farmers while adjusting the grape plants to the local Northern climate and developing the vineyard culture.

Jaak has the feeling of having been born in a wrong place. He would have wanted to become a wine estate owner somewhere in the middle of vineyards in South Italy. Instead of moving to Italy, Jaak has decided to defy Northern weather and to establish a vineyard on the slopes right next to his farm in Valga county. It may sound unbelievable but he has harvested his first crop. Liia lives not far from Jaak - she comes from Seto region, Estonia, and her passion towards grapes has inspired her to collect more than two hundred varieties of grapes ...
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Trill

2010 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ivan Pavljutškov

Erika lives together with her younger sister Esther in small house. Though tragic events and everyday problems hit Erika continuously, she tries to cope with everything and live biocomplete life.
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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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Kihnu Wedding

Original title: Kihnu pulm

2009 | Documentary, Observation, Anthropological | Director: Meelis Muhu

The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.

A big event is going to take place in Kihnu island - an authentic Kihnu wedding party that lasts for three days. Meelis Leas has proposed Raili Oad and they get married in July 2007. On the first day their marriage will be registered in Pärnu vital statistics office. Then the couple will be taken to the island by boat and all residents of the island will greet them at the harbour. Then the bride goes to her home with her relatives and the groom does the same with his relatives. After sharing a collective meal it is time to ...
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Generation 0

Original title: Generatsioon 0

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Teenagers have a baby and suddenly everything changes: 15-year-old Snezhana and 16-year-old Vova become parents.

Characters of this film were born in 1990s, the times where there were no rules and stability in our country. Everything that had happened before was destroyed, while at the same time there was no vision for the future. Children of this generation lack ideals and motivation. Casual internet relationships, sex and break-ups satisfy their intimate needs. They start early with smoking, drinking and sex. These young people listen to strange music, agree on everything and are ready for everything. They have no big ambitions – a simple, steady job at the supermarket is enough for them. Behind such boring ...
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Summer of a Newspaper Kid

Original title: Lehelapse suvi

2008 | Documentary | Director: Katri Rannastu

A nine-year-old schoolboy sells newspapers in the streets of Tallinn. The sales of the active and sincere young man are crowned with success.

Märten is a nine-year-old schoolboy who has made up his mind to sell newspapers in summer. This seems to be a boring and routine work in the streets of Tallinn that throws the child into the world of adults. Märten is an optimistic and active boy whose sales go well, despite the fact that selling fifteen newspapers requires stamina and optimistic attitude. He won't lose his nerve when people won't buy, and when he meets competitors and even phonies. Märten charms people with his sincerity and earns even tips. The boy has a heart even to give money to beggars.
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Marina Kuvaitseva and the Lonely Women

Original title: Marina Kuvaitseva ja üksildased naised

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Arvo Iho

Marina Kuvaitseva, a proud and independent woman in Narva, leads a folklore ensemble where lonely and educated women sing.

Marina Kuvaitseva is a forty-year-old self-confident and independent woman who leads a folk music ensemble "Suprjaki" in Narva, Estonia. The singers of Marina's ensemble are lonely, educated women who do not want to live together with men who are less intelligent than themselves or who drink too much. People of Narva do not know who they are or where they belong to. Through folk music the women try to contact their roots, to entertain themselves and to find balance in their lives.
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