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The Tour of Dreams

Original title: Unistus Ameerika tuurist

2021 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Taavi Arus

When no public recognition at home, a gospel band Robirohi plans the tour to the source of gospel music, to perform at the halls of fame in Kentucky, USA.

This documentary is a film about bluegrass, gospel and god, in one of the most secular countries in the world. "Robirohi" is not a very well known band in Estonia. Most of their concerts are held in churches and congregations, their soulful music gets little plays on non-christian radio stations. Nearly all band members have felt enlightenment: "It is as if a warm wave of light passes through all your body". All members but one. The band would love to be famous one day – but is gospel the right path to take? They book their dream tour to America, ...
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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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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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New Rise, Old Ebb

Original title: Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn

2018 | Documentary | Director: Enrico Barone, Carlo Cubero, Kristiina Pilvet

In 2016 several fires destroyed several buildings on the island of Piirissaare, among the also the Old Believers prayer house. Praskovja, the 84-year- old choir singer and important member of the community, lost her childhood´s house in one the fires and she is trying to get on her feet down again and continue living.

From May to September 2016, several fires took place on the island of Piirissaare, destroying many houses and the most important building of the community: the Old Believers' prayer house. These events caused insecurity and disagreement among the members within the community. 84-year-old Praskovja is the key figure of the community and used to sing in the prayer house´s choir. Her childhood house burnt down in one of the fires, and now she has been forced to move to her old summer cottage and strives to rise again on her feet. The documentary shows through Praskovja's eyes how the community of ...
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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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Our world is theirs

Title in Estonian: Meie maailm on nende oma

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mati Kark

Journalistic documentary about the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the point of view of local Arabs and Jews.

Residents of Palestine try to preserve normal daily life despite the bloody conflict with Israel. Palestinian children go to school, local farmers grow vegetables, young people dream about the better future – everyone tries to go on living a normal life. Among others, local headmaster and peace activist Jalal Khudairy, taxi driver Taisir Jubeh, agricultural entrepreneur Mohammad Shraim, basketball coach Abedalraziq Ezzat, olive grower Shareef Khaled, Madli Maruste, volunteer from Estonia, share their thoughts about life and solving the conflict. The documentary also shows the life of Palestinians in a refugee camp and in Israeli settlements founded in the middle ...
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Sanctuarium

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun

Vyacheslav Bihun's documentary about a sacred place called Sanctuarium.

There is a sacred place called Sanctuarium. It is not physically fixed. It is a temporal refuge where you can gain immunity from modern world chaos. You can discover it within yourself. But if it's difficult to find it, you might visit such the place and its Founder in Tallinn’s Old Town, known as Ukrainian Cultural Center.
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Sparkling Rivers

Original title: Sädemete jõed

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märten Vaher

Georgian environmental activist Dato Chipashvili fights against hundred million investment projects putting the interests of local people and transparency first.

Georgia is not only a country of wine and high mountains, but it is has also more than 25 000 rivers. Running water is a richness, that has been noticed by a lot of investors and made Georgia their desired destination. Even now 80 per cent of Georgian electricity comes from hydroelectricity power plants and in the near future there are plans to construct more than 100 new stations. For thousands of people it means they have to be resettled. Shady deals, unclear investors registered in tax havens, energy minister’s business interests in the hydro construction company and deaths by ...
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Three Jewels

Original title in Estonian: Kolm juveeli

2016 | Documentary, Anthropological, Students film, TV Show | Director: Gerli Nõmm

Documentary tells the story of three women from different generations who all have dedicated their lives to the most ancient and endangered Cambodian art forms – Smot chanting.

Documentary film „Three Jewels“ tells the story about hopes and dreams of three Cambodian women of different generations. They are all connected by the same passion – the passion for traditional Khmer dharma chanting/Smot chanting. Our main character Srey Oun is a 35-year-old woman who has stayed single, and given up her dream of studying traditional music in Phnom Penh, to stay with her old parents and help them with backbreaking household works. 25 year-old Srey Pov, on the other hand, has it all – she is a famous Smot chanter and owns a business that enables her to support ...
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Unifying faith

Original title: Ühendav usk

2013 | Documentary | Director: Elo Selirand