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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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U48 2017: Death of the Mother

Original title in Estonian: U48: Ema surm

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Teemu Kettunen

A short film about a dying mother in a disconnected family.

Ema Surm examines a disconnected family through a mother’s eyes in her deathbed, while her husband is trying to capture the last moments of her and their daughter with a smartphone.
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A Friend of Mine

Original title: Üks mu sõber

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

A heartfelt comedy directed by Mart Kivastik tells the story about endless solitude that can be soothed only by a close friend.

After his wife dies, Mati has no wish to live any more. His colleague Ruth and daughter Mari carefully try to help him but this won't take Mati's pain away. He will eventually get hospitalized and then caregiver Sass comes to help Mati. Sass is a friend to everyone, especially those in trouble. Mati doesn't really care for being friends with anyone; but Sass's sincerity and positive world view make it impossible to turn away. It is still a long way with unpredictable turns to the knowledge that there is still love left in the world; and it seems that ...
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Dog-Eat-Dog

Original title: Hundiseaduse aegu

1984 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Olav Neuland

The romantic adventure film directed by Olav Neuland is a love story between a young thinker and the beautiful daughter of a vassal in medieval Estonia, when the last free villages were turned into feudal estates.

Meleleiv and Liisa are two young Estonians with pure souls who meet each other during the battles with feudal order. Herman Pesentack and Hans Metten, the vassals driven by greed and power hunger, use both violence and tricks in order to get what they want. Those who are mentally stronger will come out as winners. The freedom of Estonians can exist only within the borders set by the feudal order. The man who has given the vassal's oath of homage to his lord must be also ready to rise against his nation.
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Coast of Winds

Original title: Tuuline rand

1971 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

The drama directed by Kaljo Kiisk is based on the first part of the novel series "Coast of Winds" by Aadu Hint, depicting the events before and during the revolution of 1905 on the island of Saaremaa.

The people of Kaugatoma fisherman's village start to build their own ship in order to earn a living independently from the local baron who does everything to prevent the collective action. Despite that the new ship "Kaugatoma" will hoist its white sails. However, the power of money becomes decisive for organizing the collective action and for the captain, Tõnis Tihu, and his relationship with the local community and his family. He leaves his wife Liisu with whom he has a son and marries a well-off widow. As a captain, it lies in Tõnis's power to take care of his seamen, ...
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Kolme katku vahel

1970 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Virve Aruoja
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The misadventures of the New Satan

Original title: Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan

1964 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov, Jüri Müür

The feature film directed by Jüri Müür and Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "The misadventures of the New Satan" by A. H. Tammsaare, telling the story of Devil who becomes human and goes to live on Earth, desperately trying to live in the right way. He wants to prove that it is possible to become blessed with life on Earth.

When going to live on Earth as a human being, the Devil believes that through hard work and submissiveness it is possible to become blessed one day. His neigbour, a cunning guy Ants, laughs at the Devil's plans since these do not disturb Ants' life. He gives the Devil good advice with managing his farm named Põrgupõhja (Hell's Bottom), even if this help will cost a lot for the Devil and his family. Despite that, the Devil remains patient and keeps his faith in order to achieve his goal - until the day when Ants discovers that the Devil won't ...
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Funeral Diaries

U48 2017: Death of the Mother

A Friend of Mine

Dog-Eat-Dog

Coast of Winds

Kolme katku vahel

The misadventures of the New Satan