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Left hanging in the air

Original title in Estonian: Jäi õhku

2024 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Johanna Mägin

An introspective short documentary film about childhood memories that date back to the time when the author was involved in competitive sports.

An introspective short documentary film about childhood memories that date back to the time when the author was involved in competitive sports. Through these stories, the filmmaker looks at the beliefs through which she learned to see herself as a child, but which may have outlived their time today.
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Stream of Life

Original title in Estonian: Eluvool

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kristiina Iilane

A short film about author’s thoughts on whether it is always necessary to share everything or is it sometimes better to remain silent in order to spare your loved ones from the pain.

Looking back on the warm childhood memories, the author is trying to understand whether we have to share all the stories with our loved ones. Or is it better to keep some for yourself in order to keep beloved people from feeling pain.
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Australian Christmas

Original title in Estonian: Austraalia jõulud

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Joosep Ehasalu

Joosep Ehasalu’s observational short documentary shows a slice of idyllic childhood near Elva.

Childhood is a special time, where the moments and feelings are amplified. Be it a small thing like a late christmas present from Australia. For a child it might be a big and memorable thing for life. This is a film about a couple of these small moments.
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Rapid Eye Movement

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Abdolhossein Rezvani

Abdolhossein Rezevani’s dreamy documentary takes us down on the memory lane of the filmmaker’s life and the collective memory of Iran as a whole.

The movie touches on topics such as how memories affect us in our everyday life and how the image of oneself is formed from memories of the past.
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Roots: With Mum At The Monastery

Original title: Juured: Emaga kloostris

2018 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?
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Ten & Ninety

Original title: Kümme, üheksakümmend

2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Martti Helde

Portrait documentary about a ten-year-old boy who dreams about the career as a musician in a symphony orchestra.

Kert is a ten-year-old boy from Rapla county, Estonia, who is enchanted by classical music. His days are filled with school, performances and interest towards electronics. In order to move closer to his dream job, Kert has been regularly practising flute for the past three years as well as visiting the rehearsalt of ERSO (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra). Kert – a boy like an orchestra.
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Toys and Totems

Original title: Nukud ja tootemid

2017 | Documentary, Animation, Puppet | Director: Kadriann Kibus, Sergei Kibus

We play to evoke the ideal, and anything is possible.  Then we grow up and everything is impossible.

Some objects in our lives are more significant than others, be they ritual artifacts or childhood toys. Their life-stories intertwine with our own. Reflecting to and from their significant objects, children create reality, and so can grown-ups. The film, with its documentary stories, stop-motion animation and associative imagery, pays tribute to the humans’ bittersweet yearning for re-connection and transformation. Ritual objects and children’s toys can be equally infused with the power to change our perceived reality. Playing is a cosmological act that can make anything possible.
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Sitting Tenant

Original title (in Estonian): "Sundüürnik"

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

Short documentary, directed by Maria Aua, is about her childhood home memories when her family were sitting tenants.

Maria lost her home because of the new property reform at the beginning of 90s. Her home had all of the sudden new owners and Maria ́s family had become sitting tenants. The new house owner wanted to get rid of the tenants, he started to take steps to make it happen by taking away basic living conditions. The way Maria had to leave her home still haunts her, there are unlikable memories connected to the owner. She returns to her childhood home to find a reconciliation with the owner who terrorized her family.
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Silent Surrender

Original title: Ma elasin Eesti Vabariigis

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Documentary by Liina Triškina about the year of 1939 that was fateful for the republic of Estonia. The film studies the subjects of freedom and critical situations, doings and undoings.

What does it feel to live in the turbulent times as a ten-year-old, in the country that one day thrives and the next day will disappear from the world map? The pivotal times of the year 1939 both for Estonia and the whole world changed history. The filmmakers examine the events side by side with the memories of the children of the era. Family photos, newspaper cuts, dramatic archival excerpts, memories of elderly people who used to be children at that time - all of this reflect the tragic events of 1939 and the silent destruction of the Republic of ...
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Midsummer's Day in Tuna near Uppsala

Title in Estonian: Jaanipäev Uppsala lähistel Tunas

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn's father Joosep Nõu recalls his childhood during the preparations for the Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Performance of folk dancers in Tuna on June 21, 1991.

Helga and Enn Nõu visiting Enn's parents and preparing for the Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Joosep Nõu recalls events from his childhood; his father and relatives; the people of Muhu island who went to the mainland; accommodating Russian sailors. Alide and Helga have set the festive table. Folk dancers are performing in the central ground of Tuna.
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