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The Wayfarers

Original title: Rändajad

2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Sepping

Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.

It's a story about three Siberian Estonian women of different generations whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly rebuilt their lives. One hundred and seventy years later, the situation has reversed: some have already "got used to the life here", but for others, on the eve of the war, it is the last minute to travel to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
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Heiki on the Other Side

Original title: Heiki teisel pool

2022 | Feature film, Short | Director: Katariina Aule

When Heiki, who has inadvertently passed away at a house party, meets his recently deceased grandfather on the beach of the dead, the young man must find money for the boatman to help his grandfather to the underworld.

A dark comedy tells the story of Heiki — a young man who dies during a party he’s hosting at the house of his recently passed grandfather and ends up in the Underworld where he must face the consequences of his death. Waking up on a mysterious beach, Heiki is surrounded by hundreds of people who all seem to patiently be waiting for something. Only after talking to Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, does Heiki realise that he is indeed dead. Meanwhile in reality, after finding his unresponsive body, Heiki’s friends Riho and Harri don’t arrive at the same ...
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Lovable

Original title (in Latvian): Milulis

2022 | Feature film, Short | Director: Stanislavs Tokalovs

Matiss is way too young to be suddenly left to care for his partner’s nine-year-old daughter. A responsibility like this reveals Matiss’ true nature, inner demons and a lack of relationships based on pure love.

Career, loyalty, power, wealth or love? A promising future, accidental opportunities, contrasting values and radical priorities for individualistic kids from a generation of independence and freedom. Cynical troublemaker Matiss does not stop at anything to gain personal advantages and to benefit from legal loopholes to cheat, manipulate and blackmail.
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Swing, Axe and the Tree of Eternal Love

Original title: Kiik, Kirves ja Igavese Armastuse Puu

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Meel Paliale

A regular day at the car shop comes to an end when two friends Kiik and Eerik discover their boss’s dead body. After Kiik finds his girlfriend cheating him with a local playboy, he suffers a mental breakdown and runs away.

A regular day at the car shop comes to an end when two friends Kiik and Eerik discover their boss’s dead body. After Kiik finds his girlfriend cheating him with a local playboy, he suffers a mental breakdown and runs away. Kiik becomes fixated with cutting off all memories of his old relationship that includes chopping down a tree at the other side of the country where they gave a vow for eternal love. Kiik and Eerik hit the road.
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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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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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A Bad Scene: Early Spring

Original title in Estonian: Varakevad

2017 | Feature film, Short | Director: Rain Tolk, Gustaf Boman Bränngård

When 15 year old Sander falls prey to an almost fatal bad joke, he has to decide whether to try and break away from his determined social status, or conform and accept his role in the group.

"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found. The second short film is "Early Spring". This is not a cool youth movie about frolicking teenagers. It's a sociopsychological challenge to incite a discussion about group dynamics, conformism, and social roles that are largely shaped and confirmed in teenage years. Hopefully there ...
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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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The Days That Confused

Original title (in Estonian): Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Triin Ruumet

The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia.

The 27-year- old protagonist Allar moves from one provincial party to another, meeting colorful characters and finding himself in evermore confusing circumstances. The amounting tension and absurdity of surrounding events lead Allar to give serious thought to his life. What follows is a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia to finally discover meaning in oneself.
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The Polar Boy

Original title: Polaarpoiss

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Anu Aun

A boy with two faces meets a girl with two souls.

Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna’s bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jealousy, Mattias accidentally commits a crime ...
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