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Lynx Man

Original title (on Finnish): Ilveskuiskaaja

2023 | Documentary | Director: Juha Suonpää

After installing many trail cameras to his forest, Finnish pensioner Hannu opens a unforeseen door to the Finnish nature and creates a true connection to lynxes living there.

Following divorce and a serious accident Hannu lives alone on his farm in the West of Finland. An environment home to all kinds of wildlife – including the Eurasian lynx, a wildcat until recently almost extinct. When Hannu finds a dead lynx by the side of the road, it is like meeting an old friend: he realizes that the lynx who lived in the area during his childhood have returned. Filled with renewed vigour and lust for life, Hannu sets up trail cameras all over his land. Soon, 23 cameras are recording everything from moose to mice. Hannu starts to ...
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Tales Of A Toy Horse

Original title in Ukrainian: Казка про Коника

2021 | Documentary | Director: Ulyana Osovska, Denis Strashnyi, Rodion Shub

Tales of a Toy Horse is a film about being human and its possibility even when there is war around you.

An intimate and poetic cinema verite with animated interludes reveals the philosophy of life of an old monk and artist, who for many years keeps his monastic vow to find something good in every day. Combining spiritual life with social activism since 2014, he takes multiple trips to deliver humanitarian aid to Donbas, where his vow is challenged by the war-torn reality.
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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Tanel Toom

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbour and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place. Young and energetic man Andres together with his wife Krõõt arrives to his new farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Robber’s Rise must become a place, that’ll take care of the family. Household needs a lot of work and consistency – battle with nature, fate and his spiteful neighbour Pearu ...
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The Swan

Original title in Icelandic: Svanurinn

2017 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Asa Helga Hjörleifsdottir

Meeting a swan may be an introspective experience, similarly to facing the nature of Iceland, its magnificent mountains, watery grasslands and powerful winds. For a nine-year-old girl Sól all this won't be a free choice since her family sends her away to the wild and lonely nature because of a theft.

There is a beast living on the top of a mountain in Iceland. It appears to human beings as a swan. When looking in the eye of a man, the beast will see the person completely through and foretells all about the life of the person. Meeting the swan is an introspective experience, similarly to facing the nature of Iceland, its magnificent mountains, watery grasslands and powerful winds. This is often the reason why so many people wish to travel to Iceland and drive around the country despite harsh weather conditions. It is not a free choice for the nine-year-old ...
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Zoopark

2017 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

The discomfort that people feel when looking monkeys in a cage is a warning sign.

Visiting the zoo is a feast day. The zoo is a place where the lion and the hare live happily side by side and the children train makes daring circles. Many don’t know that the zoo is open 365 days a year and just like the animals, does not rest the people who take care of them. Film opens the hidden side of legendary Tallinn Zoo and speaks of the animals and humanity.
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Gorilla Tourism

Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

Rwanda in Eastern Africa is a place that already for the past twenty years, after the last civil war and genocide where almost a million people were killed, has been successful in avoiding ethnic conflicts and in constructing a new society of conciliation. The main source of income for the people in this country of the Hutu and the Tutsi is mainly agriculture; however, the strict rulers of the state want to turn this mountaneous country into one of the most modern and technologically developed small states of Africa. But the main source of financing this grand plan is mountain ...
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Homecoming

Original title (in Estonian): "Kodu"

2016 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Loore-Emilie Raav

A documentary by the student Loore Emilie Raav is about the animal protector Kadri Taperson living in Hiiumaa and her everyday work and life on the island regarding the animal protection. At the same time the leading character Kadri has an animal shelter in her personal home.

Kadri Taperson who is living in Hiiumaa is involved in animal protection on the island, at the same time keeping an animal shelter in her personal home. Kadri’s days are tight because there’s incredibly much work on a little island of Hiiumaa – she needs to rush from one case to another. Each moment the phone may ring because something has happened again.
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Elephants don’t forget

Original title (in Estonian): "Elevandid ei unusta"

2015 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Kristel Muiste

“Elephants don’t forget” is a short documentary film about a young zoo-worker Erko who tis taking care of the elephants. Despite the challenges of working with big animals, Erko has a purpose to ensure the elephants the best life that is possible in that kind of an environment.
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Jesus, Gays and Pussicats

Original title: Jeesus, homod ja kiisud

2012 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Jaan Kolberg

The protagonist of the documentary is Rein Mets, an extremely controversial man known as an evangelist and founder of the Living Word religious movement in Estonia. He is also a father of five children, a bisexual and has been living together with a man for more than 20 years.

Documentary about the life of Rein Mets, an evangelist and activist of the Living Word, a father of five and a bisexual. Yet, this is not just another biographical documentary - the film also studies Tegemist ei ole puhtalt eluloofilmiga. Film puudutab ka meie lähiajalugu ja inimese otsinguid harmoonia ja tasakaalu leidmisel ning kindlasti ka küsimust sellest, kuidas korraldada oma hinge- ja füüsiline maailm selliselt, et ruumi jääks ka teistele kaasinimestele.
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Pharmacist

Original title: Apteeker

2007 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Jaanis Valk

Ester, a good-tempered pharmacist living in Virtsu, has courage to be different. She loves nature, animals and solitude.

This is a story about a pharmacist in her late 50s who works in a small community. Unlike the other members of her community, the woman finds happiness in helping cats and other animals and not in drinking alcohol near the village shop nor earning mammon. She has no husband nor children and she actually does not want to have them. She likes her solitude and has courage to be different. However, this is "unacceptable" for the society.
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