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Wishes from the well

Original title in Estonian: Soovid kaevu põhjast

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Alesja Suzdaltseva

A short film about a man caught in the cogs of life.

A short film about a down and out man who needs to find money for medicine before the apothecary closes. As begging and lies fail, his last resort becomes the bottom of a wishing well. Soon after a curious boy comes up to the well and the man will try to grant his wishes for coins.
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Janu

2022 | Other categories | Director: Eva Kübar
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Melchior the Apothecary. The Ghost

Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

In the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant.

In the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant. In the morning, the guard has fallen to death from a high tower and several more people lose their lives in suspicious accidents. Investigating these events, Melchior's paths cross with a prostitute, a priest, a foreign artist and a mad heretic. The clues take him to the Pirita Convent, which gloomy vaults hide a dangerous secret buried in oblivion. At the same time, Melchior is troubled by the question of why his beloved Keterlyn suddenly breaks ...
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The Drought

Original title in Estonian: Põud

2021 | Students film, Animation | Director: Luisa Susanna Kütson

IKUMUMU student Luisa Susanna Kütson’s ani- mation is about reaching for happiness.

Sometimes it may be difficult to find happi- ness that might hide nearby. In that case it is good idea to trust someone who has already found theirs.
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Tõnis Mägi

2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke

A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

The film is partly based on Tõnis Mägi’s life story but focuses more on his contemporary works and the new songs he’s created. It shows how each new story reflects his unique world through different moments from his own life and Estonian cultural history.
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Nowness

Original title (in Estonian): "Olevik"

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Kristiina Tang

,,Nowness’’ tells the reminiscent story of a grandfather and understanding grief and death.

Shown through a poetic lens, the film tells the story of a woman’s final farewell with her grandfather. She is grieving and her memories unfold in front of her eyes as she takes her regular “journey” to the well. The magpies evoke the memories connected with her grandfather.
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The Visitor

Original title: Muukalainen

2008 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää

This is the first full-length feature film directed by Finnish filmmaker Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; the film was his graduation thesis. It is a mysterious story about betrayal, love and fidelity.

A boy lives with his mother in a lonely farmhouse amidst the woods. Now and then he goes to see his father who is in prison and the two of them share a common secret. Their life will change the day when a stranger arrives at their house, carrying a letter from the boy's father and being wounded by a bullet. Through the eyes of the silent boy we see the way life changes, the way spring becomes winter and the way hope develops to betrayal.
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Homeward. Debora Vaarandi

Original title: Kodutee

1988 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

Poetess Debora Vaarandi contemplates on life, flow of time and her childhood places in the island of Saaremaa.

Poetess Debora Vaarandi contemplates on life, poetry and the flow of time in the island of Saaremaa. A 72-year-old poetess returns to the paths of her childhood and recollects her childhood memories about the farms, forests, meadows, stone fences and Pöide church. She would happily come back to live in Saaremaa to spend her old age years. Her poetry is recited by actor Aarne Üksküla.
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Nehatu vallakooli hoone

1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ants Vill
Akadeemik E.Lippmaa

1987 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peeter Tooming