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Art of Righteous

Original title: Õiglased

2020 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

A movie about “extras” or actors in minor background roles in movies/series/ads. The protagonists are all locally recognised hobby actors, who have accumulated loads experience from shoots - now it’s time to make their own movie.

The protagonists of the film are “extras”, or the actors in minor background roles in film, TV and advertising. Folks who are always present if there’s yet another casting for a background part or mass scene. Work obligations or personal life are not to become obstacles to participating at a shoot! It is a sacred obligation of being there and being chosen. They make up a distinct “brotherhood”, having known each other and filmmakers for a while, almost being a part of this mysterious “movie crowd”. The central characters - Toomas, Andres, Jürjo, Taavo and Maarja - are all locally ...
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Roots: A Poem About Love

Original title: Juured: Poeem armastusest

2018 | Documentary | Director: Nora Särak, Dominik Krutsky

It was my first time leaving Estonia with no thoughts of return. It was the first time I changed my life completely for something as unexpected as love.

It was my first time leaving Estonia with no thoughts of return. It was the first time I changed my life completely for something as unexpected as love. It was my first time truly understanding the pathetic feeling of yearning. This poetic collage is my attempt at sharing my thoughts and the situations that have recently led me to them.
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Ester Mägi. Cadenza and motif

Original title: Ester Mägi. Kadents ja teema

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

One of the most respectable lady of Estonian music, composer Ester Mägi, has written music about sixty years while having remained characteristically conservative.

Portrait documentary about Ester Mägi, composer and music teacher, tells about memory and music. Born in 1922, Mägi has composed music for nearly sixty years; her professional style has simultaneously been traditional and innovative, yet originally conservative. Ester Mägi recalls her life and contemplates on music. If she feels fine, she goes to the rehearsals and performances of her work and gives interpreters (or "consumers of sound" as she calls them) necessary advice and feedback. When Mägi was a little schoolgirl she told her teacher that she would become Miina Härma when she grows up. Well, instead she became Ester ...
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Daisy Petal Game II: Silver Wedding

Original title: Karikakramäng II: Hõbepulmad

2013 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik

Tragicomical story about a middle-aged married couple who decides to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a grand party.

Helle and Olev's 25th wedding anniversary is approaching. The couple wants definitely to celebrate their big day and the party must be perfect, including tossing the bridal bouquet, traditional dances and food. First it seems that everything is going smoothly, but during the party the show starts to fall apart and suppressed feelings, fears and complexes will be revealed.
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INSIDE + OUT

2013 | Students film, Music video | Director: Ivan Pavljutškov

Student Ivan Pavljutskov’s short film tells a story about 4 band members, who one day decided that it’s never too late to start to change.

A story about 4 band members of one hip+hop band, who one day decided to change everything. They went inside the elevator…
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Trendy Dog

Original title: Moekoer

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Moonika Siimets

Documentary about the daily lives of the lapdogs Nufi and Vishenka and their owners Nele and Marina; also about their dreams and dedication that knows no limits.

In the glamorous world of lapdogs, Nufi and Vishenka are more than dogs - they are stars. Their owners Nele and Marina are fully dedicated to leading the lives that the status of their pets require from them, including all the ups and downs - either the successful performance at the fashion show or looking for the right mating partner. The film tells about love and friendship in an original and unexpected way.
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Tsirkusetuur

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik
A Letter from Ruhnu

Original title: Kiri Ruhnust

2009 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

A young woman becomes a school teacher and discovers life in a small island of Ruhnu.

Young woman Kadri becomes s a teacher in an island of Ruhnu that is a small, isolated community. Her main duty is to teach the youngest children in the first and second grade - there are only two schoolchildren in these classes. At the same time, Kadri tries to get used to the island's life and to understand the strange traditions and odd behaviour of the local people living in isolated community.
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The Revolution that Wasn't

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aljona Polunina
BAM – Railroad to Nowhere

Original title: BAM

2008 | Documentary | Director: Jouni Hiltunen

Documentary by Finnish director Jouni Hiltunen about the enthusiasm, hopes and reality of railway constructors in Baikal-Amur district.

In 1974, Leonid Brezhnev, the secretary-general of the Communist Party of USSR, called for the Soviet youth to construct the 3500-kilometre-long arterial railway including a city and 200 stations in Baikal-Amur district, Russia (BAM) in order to use the immense amount of mineral resources of the area. Thousands of young people, including Estonians, went to work in Siberia, while believing in Brezhnev's idea. The railway was being constructed simultaneously from both ends and the top event was planned to be when the ends would finally meet. Brezhnev died in 1982 and BAM was not even close to completion. It was ...
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