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Love and Toil

Original title: Armastus ja sunnitöö

2024 | Amateur films, Movie | Director: Ingrid Ulst

The film is based on Part V of the novel "Truth and Justice" by A.H. Tammsaare.

The two farmsteads of the Robberˊs Hill (Vargamäe) - Mäe and Oru - have been in conflict with each other since the days of youth of their old masters. Although both farmsteads are now in the hands of younger generation, their mutual resentment has not disappeared. The old masters can not make peace with each other even in their last days and conflict is instigated by the fact that Oru has no suitable heir. After all, the old of the Robberˊs Hill are convinced that it is the farmstead that must last even if man dies. Next to the old ...
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Estonian Funeral

Original title: Eesti matus

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

Andres, a young man who sells retirement insurances in shopping centres, meets a dark-skinned girl and falls in love.Lee, the newfound girl of his dreams called, is an open-minded world traveler who does not understand the „workaholism“ of Estonians nor the need to own land at all costs. With naive dreams, the young lovers want to go travel the world in search of happiness, but they have to take an unexpected small detour first. Andres has to go to his grandfather's funeral and unsuspectingly takes Lee with him. At the funeral, a colorful company of friends, family and neighbours have gathered ...
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Betti Alver

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Enn (Ernst) Lillemets

Documentary film sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities - Betti Alver.

Enn Lillemets authored film about his close friend and soul mother Betti Alver. Through personal memories and Betti’s creative masterpieces, Lillemets sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities. Actress Saara Nüganen, and poets Viivi Luik, Eeva Park and Mats Traat accompany him in this film.
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County Court

Original title: Maakohus

2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Eeva Mägi

When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it. When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it.

A short film by Eeva Mägi is packed with absurdity and tells a rather conventional story in a rather unconventional way. The film reflects a court drama where a mother and a father, two ex-spouses, fight over the custody of their 5-year old son in court. The whole court process takes place in the middle of a grain field and on that field the courtroom has no boundaries much like the mother and father whose actual goal is to exact vengeance on each other with no regard to the means used.
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Kevin, No!

Original title: Kevin, ei!

2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leslie Laasner

Smart life addicts on an adventurous summer camp on an isolated island.

A bunch of juvenile gaming millionaires decide to organise n adventurous summer camp on an isolated island to enjoy their favourite activity - surfing on the phone. However, the smart life addicts who have grown under the light of their screens for their whole life, are surprised to discover that there is a place in the world with no coverage of WiFi. Crushing boredom sets in quickly and hope fades along with cell phone batteries: is there anything at all to be done in such a desolate place? Soon the discover some old-timer on the island who has a tempting ...
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Dawn

Original title (Latvian): Ausma

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Laila Pakalniņa

Has betrayal in Soviet time become an act of heroism of modern times?

This film is based on a Soviet propaganda story (most likely false) about “Young Pioneer” (Soviet equivalent to the "Boy Scout") Morozov who denounced his father to Stalin’s secret police and was in turn killed by his family. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to become informers, even at the expense of family ties. In the Soviet Union this story was a subject of many books, songs, plays, a symphonic poem, opera and also the basis of Bezhin Meadow, an unreleased film from 1937 that was directed by Sergei Eisenstein. In our film 75 years later we ...
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Crocodile

Original title: Krokodill

2009 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

The story of a former opera star who must by the will of Fate work as a Crocodile.

The story of a former opera star who must by the will of Fate work as a Crocodile in a styrofoam costume entertaining children in the children’s playroom of a shopping centre. This kind of life seems joyless and even disgusting to the former leading tenor, and he vents his frustration by behaving rudely. Until one day, into his life enters a fateful woman and… a crocodile.
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North Dragon

Original title: Põhjakonn

2007 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

With the help of Põrguneitsi, the mythological virgin of hell, a young man saves the world.

With the help of Põrguneitsi, the mythological virgin of hell, a young man saves the world. When he later comes ot understand that hes has not shanged anybody's attitude, he leads the world to ruin again.
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The Table

Original title: Laud

2004 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Jelena Girlin, Mari-Liis Bassovskaja, Urmas Jõemees

Vivat, crescat, floreat vagina!

Roza has given birth to many children, all with different men. The protagonist is Rita, her youngest daughter, whose fate - like her mother's - is to endure the effort and pain of giving birth. How and whether she can cope with this, or the world?
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Bolero

1988 | Musical film, Dance | Director: Hagi Šein
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