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2 Hours to Happiness

Original title: 2 tundi õnneni

2022 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Moonika Siimets

Poetical documentary film of the longing for and the search of happiness between Estonia and Finland.

More than 70,000 Estonians live and work in Finland, at the same time as their families, parents, children and homes are in Estonia. The documentary film speaks about adjusting to new conditions, sticking to and loosing one’s roots, the yearning for and the search for happiness. The film is a humorously wistful documentation of families living in the snowy fields of Lapland, apartments in Vantaa, on the staircases of shopping malls, at construction sites, hotel lobbies, and of grandchildren in the living rooms of Estonian grandmothers who are waiting for their children to come home.
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Chasing Unicorns

Original title: Ükssarvik

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

Based on true stories, this is comedy-drama about a female founder trying to make it in a male-dominated tech world. Õie, an accountant from a small town accidentally stumbles into the tech scene of her home-country Estonia — a place where startups are a “national sport” and almost everyone has one. She is joined by a serial failure Tõnu, who is always trying one more time. Fast-paced and fun movie, based on true stories of startup founders, gives an authentic picture of the highs and lows of the crazy tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley — and back.
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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | 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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Mountains That Were Not There

Original title: Mäed, mida polnud

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Jurtšenko

A documentary film that takes the viewer to the great stages of the sport of cycling. Estonians Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe are the same age and both from the small village of Vändra. They are under the microscope as they both cycle in the top-level Astana Pro Team.

Talent, diligence and willpower can take you to the world stage, even if you grow up in Vändra, on the periphery of Europe, and dream of becoming a professional cyclist. A pro who conquers famous mountaintops in the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Dolomites, and whose name is heard from week to week on the Eurosport channel when the Tour de France, the Giro d´Italia or the Vuelta are underway. One exceptional success story is understandable, but when there are two of them, and both at the same time… Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe grew up to become world-class champions ...
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Constructing Albert

Title in Estonian: Alberti leiutamine

2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis

Albert Adrià has all the ingredients of a creative genius. Playing a key role in the creation of elBulli, the greatest restaurant in history, wasn't enough. Escaping the shadow of his famous brother Ferran, Albert is seeking his own success.

The most important culinary revolution of modern times took place at elBulli, a restaurant in a remote cove on the Catalan coast. Ferran Adrià is the famous maestro people know, but behind elBulli’s success was also a hidden genius: Albert, Ferran’s younger brother. Four years after closing of elBulli, Albert has decided to become master of his own world, building 5 unique restaurants in the centre of Barcelona. Enigma, the jewel in the crown of this gastronomic empire, will prove to be his greatest hurdle. Will Albert escape the shadow of his famous brother and enter the Pantheon of great ...
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Chasing Ponies

Original title: Ameerika suvi

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

This road movie is about life. It is loosely based on the adventures of real Eastern European university students selling books door to door in United States.

This road movie is about life. It is loosely based on the adventures of real Eastern European university students selling books door to door in United States. This movie touches us all, as summer work in the US has become something of a phenomenon among students in Europe - everyone knows someone who has spent a summer in USA - some experiences good, some not so good, each a story in it's own right. This movie is your chance to experience their adventures firsthand. Without sacrificing 3 months of your life. Filming took place in September 2015. It was all ...
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Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship

Original title: Õpetusi kosmoselaeva ehituseks

2015 | Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema

A film about a bunch of brainiacs, who, having seen too many sci-fi movies, start building the first Estonian student satellite Estcube to send it to outer space. They are comforted by the fact that in space technology nothing is certain and they are most likely to fail. Nothing to lose!

Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship is a film about a brainiacs who have seen too many sci-fi movies, start building the first Estonian student satellite- Estcube. Its a film about its building, launching and life after the success. Mart Noorma PhD, one of the main characters of the film, is the initiator of and the engine behind the project, or the supervisor, officially speaking. The satellite was primarily built by students, namely around 90 of them, who have been associated with the project over the years. Estcube was launched in the spring of 2013, amidst of loud media ...
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For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls

Original title: Kellele lüüakse pulsikella

2014 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andres Keil

For men in their golden mid-age years recreational sport has become an obsession - instead of fleeing from death their madness might bring them directly to the deathtrap.

Recently, the number of those involved in recreational sport has dramatically grown. The love for sports among the middle-aged men has gone beyond healthy limits. A hobby has become an achievement-based sports for them that is a risk for their health. These man aim at excelling together with the professional sportsmen. Priit Pullerits, the protagonist of the film, offers the viewer a possibility to follow his training and daily life since he is an achievement-based hobby sportsman. The filmmakers look for the answer to the question why middle-aged men get so inspired by the sports? Is it because the are ...
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MC Battle - disputes

Original title: MC Battle - sõnasõjad

2008 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Mihkel Ulk

MC Battle is the annual big event among Estonian hip-hop community - young rap artists enter a competition in order to find out who is the best one in the field.

MC Battle, the event of the year in Estonian hip-hop scene, can be compared to martial arts, to verbal cannon shooting. It is probably quite an extraordinary phenomenon, a folklore event where the word is a weapon and where the best versifiers try to outperform each other. The rhymes are often very offensive yet very witty. The possibility to become a famous rap artist attracts many odd personalities.
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High Jump

Original title: Hüpe

1985 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik
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