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Northern Starfish

Original title: Põhjatäht

2014 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mattias Mälk

A fantasy thriller about a female spy and a diver who knows the secrets of starfish.

A diver discovers the fateful connection between starfish and the stars in the sky. When a star disappears from the heavens one night, a Mafioso notices it and immediately starts suspecting the diver. The Mafioso’s girlfriend seduces and drugs the diver in order to find the lost star but she falls asleep herself as well. In their sleep, they fall in love and that makes the Mafioso lose his temper. The stars in the sky hopelessly lose their balance and the evil starfish launch their attack. The dream is full of horror and tragedy. When they wake up, the woman and ...
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Connected to the Monastery

Original title: Kloostriga seotud

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.

In front of the main gates of the Pskov-Caves Monastery there is a modest wooden St. Barbara Church where Father Jevgeni has served as a priest already for several decades. He baptizes, weds, blesses, remembers, hears confessions, calculates the congregation's money and manages the church. Jevgeni holds around two hundred funeral ceremonies a year. Death is one of the main characters in the documentary; however, another main subject of the film is life - the one lived by Jevgeni and the people who are connected to him and the church. There is nun Olga who has kept a hairdresser's profession ...
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Perfecto

Original title: Ideaalide tund

2011 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Philosophical meditation on the nature of an artist. Who is an artist - a creator or just another layabout?

Spectacular and contemplative documentary directed by Manfred Vainokivi about creating and those who create, about the beauty and pain of making art. "The Days of Parrots", a theatrical play by Andrus Kivirähk, deals with similar themes. The drama company seen in the film practises the play. Not only the birth of a theatrical play is being observed but also the reflection of the whole process in those participating and in the surrounding space. Excerpts of sentences, half-open doors, dark corridors, light and shadows, actors both at work and at pastime, stage director directing like a conductor who is waiting for ...
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Final Days

2006 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne
Polar Rhythms

Title in Estonian: Polaarrütmid

2005 | Documentary | Director: Katharina Grepp

The hot salsa dance helps Estonian and Finnish dance afficionados to defy the cold Nordic climate while getting energy from Southern rhythms.

Documentary about salsa dancers and their love towards the hot dance in a cold climate. A unique species lives in harsh climatic conditions - winter storms on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Salsaria estonica won't fly to a wam country in winter - instead, the species derives energy from hot rhythms and fast-paced dancing during the cold and dark winter. However, there is a problem in the otherwise idyllic Estonian salsa landscape – there are not enough men for dance partners. The solution arrives from an unexpected direction.
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Beauty of Fatherland

Original title: Isamaa ilu

2001 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Portrait documentary by Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi observes the parallel lives of two opposite women - Anne Eenpalu, the leader of "Home Daughters" and Tiina Jantson, activist in Estonian beauty contests. Both women take care of cultivating beauty in Estonia in their own way.

The documentary observes two matriarchs - Tiina Jantson governs the beauty contest empire in Estonia; Anne Eenpanu leads the activities of "Home Daughters" - a girls' corps of Estonian Defence League. The film's main characters and their activities are very different. Whereas Anne's pedagogical approach is almost totally based on the love for fatherland then Tiina spends her days in the glitter of show business. However, there are some similiarities in their lives. The documentary studies the values, gender roles and moral norms in Estonia at the beginning of 21st century.
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Elf Disco

Original title: Päkapikudisko

2001 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Expedition by filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi to the hidden world of violence where the victims are children.

The children's world includes as much brutality as the world of adults. This is invisible violence since it often takes place as an intramural activity. Filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi study the cases of the following kids: Kätlin, Märt, Marek and Indrek. All of them have experienced more violence in their own way than most of the kids of their age. The film brings the viewer to a sad journey to the hidden and traumatic zone in society. The filmmakers try to talk to the children, parents and teachers about the subjects that are often referred to only in ...
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Iron Rose Blossoms

Original title: Raudroosiõied

2001 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Karol Ansip
Hotel E

Original title: Hotell E

1992 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn

In every wall that separates, one can find a door. Victor finds such a door and has begun a dangerous game…

In every wall that separates, one can find a door. A door which connects. Victor finds such a door. Faceless, nameless Victor is prepared to go. Yet every departure is also an arrival. Every arrival, however, is not a return. Victor has begun a dangerous game…
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Escape

Title in Estonian: Põgenemine

1991 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Historical documentary by Andres Sööt and Jaak Lõhmus about Estonians and Estonian Swedes who fled from the Soviet Red Army to Sweden and Germany in 1943-1944.

Historical retrospective to the escape of Estonians and Estonian Swedes from the Soviet Red Army to Sweden and Germany in 1943-1944. The documentary begins and ends with the episodes of crackling logfires and rippling waves in summer 1990 by the Estonian coasts where 46 years ago the boats filled with refugees left Estonia across the stormy Baltic Sea. Photographs, rare film footage and personal recollections of refugees express their journey and the further destiny of the refugees during the first post-war years. The film is an emotional mosaic about the great saga of escaping the war.
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