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Onu Arvo

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? The story of Estonia’s oldest youtuber, influencer and star-chef, Uncle Arvo. The story of food and hunger for life.
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Estonian Funeral

Original title: Eesti matus

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

Andres, a young man who sells retirement insurances in shopping centres, meets a dark-skinned girl and falls in love.Lee, the newfound girl of his dreams called, is an open-minded world traveler who does not understand the „workaholism“ of Estonians nor the need to own land at all costs. With naive dreams, the young lovers want to go travel the world in search of happiness, but they have to take an unexpected small detour first. Andres has to go to his grandfather's funeral and unsuspectingly takes Lee with him. At the funeral, a colorful company of friends, family and neighbours have gathered ...
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Payday

Original title: Pensipäev

2020 | Documentary | Director: Liis Lepik

Sleepy rural life in a remote borough is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings.

Sleepy rural life in a remote borough in Mulgimaa is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings. The warmhearted story looks at the residents of the borough and their daily occurrences – some look back at a lost love, some dream of better days.
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Television Fairy Tale

Original title in Estonian: "Telesinine unistus"

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Greta Külvet, Kätlin Karama
Hearts of Sirgala

Original title: Sirgala südamed

2018 | Documentary | Director: Mirjam Matiisen
New Rise, Old Ebb

Original title: Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn

2018 | Documentary | Director: Enrico Barone, Carlo Cubero, Kristiina Pilvet

In 2016 several fires destroyed several buildings on the island of Piirissaare, among the also the Old Believers prayer house. Praskovja, the 84-year- old choir singer and important member of the community, lost her childhood´s house in one the fires and she is trying to get on her feet down again and continue living.

From May to September 2016, several fires took place on the island of Piirissaare, destroying many houses and the most important building of the community: the Old Believers' prayer house. These events caused insecurity and disagreement among the members within the community. 84-year-old Praskovja is the key figure of the community and used to sing in the prayer house´s choir. Her childhood house burnt down in one of the fires, and now she has been forced to move to her old summer cottage and strives to rise again on her feet. The documentary shows through Praskovja's eyes how the community of ...
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The Mail Carrier

Original title in Estonian: "Postiljon"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Sven Olters

Film student Sven Olters’s short film tries to find an answer to question: Is true love everlasting?

Older man – Viktor is living by himself. He has his daily routine – every day he wakes up, makes himself a cup of hot coffee and exactly at 8AM he is sitting in front of his kitchen window, waiting to see an older lady, a post carrier. Viktor is in love with her, but he’snot brave enough to confess his feeling to her. The only time, he can be with her, is in his dreams. On the day, when Viktor pulls himself together and is ready to go and talk to her, she doesn’t come. He finds out that ...
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Simply a man

Original title (in Estonian): "Muidu üks mees"

2015 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eeva Mägi

“Simply a man” is a documentary film about Arkaadi Sai who lives in a former kolkhoz village which is now dying out. Arkaadi lives in a complete solitude and nothing is actually happening in his life. One day a filmmaker comes to Arkaadi to make a film about him. But in order to make a film something has to happen. So this film happens.
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To Shura

Original title: Šurale

1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Renita Lintrop, Hannes Lintrop

A film about an elderly Russian woman who was an industrial worker in Estonia. Despite her hard existence and horrible working conditions she trusts in God and human cordiality. The film is part of a series of portraits by the Lintrups (who also made cogito, ergo sumof elderly and somewhat strange Estonians that relate the history of this small ethnic group.
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E.Paulus

1974 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu