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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Original title: Savvusanna sõsarad

2023 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.

A deeply moving, intimate and breathtaking approach to issues of trauma, healing, and community. In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.
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Nightwalkers

Original title in Estonian: Ööline

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Pilleriin Raudam

„Nightwalkers“ is an experimental short documentary by film student Pilleriin Raudam, which depicts one night in the city of Tallinn. With neo-noir cityscape and various characters the viewer moves through the night to the next morning.

„Nightwalkers“ depicts Tallinn, which gains a whole new look during the nighttime. While the streets are empty, the movie’s characters activate as each of them has their own connection with nighttime. Along with the sun rise the atmospheric darkness disappears. It is still the same city, but new in the daylight.
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Moment of Silence

Original title in Estonian: Vaikusehetk

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eik Erik Sikk

Eik Erik Sikk’s documentary “Moment of Silence” gives a closer look at a day in the life of the Estonian Youth Theatre’s art director Mirko Rajas: how to keep the balance between inner peace and creative burning?

“Moment of Silence” follows a usual weekday in the life of the Estonian Youth Theatre’s art director Mirko Rajas in all of its glory. The creative work’s hectic nature and burning routine with meetings, rehearsals, lectures and shows melts into a screaming gust of wind, in the middle of which glances towards peace and quiet are crucial for survival. Moments of silence.
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Olevik

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Johan Huimerind

Johan Huimerinna's short documentary talks about being alone in the middle of nature, silence and noise.

In the time of social distancing, we find ourselves at Oleviks place, for whom being alone is an everyday thing. A dialogue of the nature, the silence, the noise and the human itself who is surrounded by all of that
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Raudvara. Anu Raud

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Erle Veber
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The Gardener Of Tension Fields

Original title: Pingeväljade aednik

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Joosep Matjus, Katri Rannastu

Estonian well known writer Mehis Heinsaar has seven encounters during his journey in the wilderness, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of the writer.

The main character of the film is the mysterious writer Mehis Heinsaar, a creator who likes to travel in his inner psychogeography. The writer is surrounded by unusual and meaningful nature, he can speak the language of animals and birds and see the invisible to the naked eye. The writer strives for wide meadows through a wild thicket, and those multi-day hikes he calls the pilgrimages of a poor man. The wanderer has seven encounters along the way, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of Mehis Heinsaar.
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2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jyri Pitkänen

A story of an old man and his silent journey through the Eastern Europe.

An old Finnish athlete travels alone through eastern Europe with his van to Masters Winter Games in Austria to compete in ski jumping.
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Hiatus

Original title in Estonian: Hingetõmbehetk

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Nele Aunap

Human activity on hold offers a new perception of the world we have built.

“Hiatus” is an atmospheric cinema poem about humanity, triggered by the worldwide pandemic, lockdown, and social distancing. Although the activity of people in the city is on hold, time continues to move on at a calm yet gallant pace. Welcome to the artificial world built for us, by us, standing without us.
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A Year Full of Drama

Original title: Aasta täis draamat

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

Estonia is crazy about theatre. In October 2017 there's an announcement for a paid position to find someone who has never been to theatre before. The task – to watch and review every Estonian theatre production of 2018. From 450 job applicants 21-year-old small town girl Alissija is hired. Coming from the periphery and a Russian-speaking family, she knows nothing about performing arts, actors, nor has ever been to any of the theatre houses. To make the job logistically possible, she has to move to the capital of Tallinn. Months pass and there are shows that inspire and many more ...
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Dance Of Death

Original title: Surmatants

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vaiko Edur

Documentary about American cultural historian Paul Firnhaber, who has found his peace in a small town of Estonia, called Viljandi.

In secular culture, death tends to be a taboo subject and people avoiding to talk about it, regardless of the fact that death is a part of our life. American cultural historian and anthropologist Paul Firnhaber who have moved to Estonia, thinks that one of the reasons may be ignorance - we do not know exactly what the death is and and what happens after death at all. The scientist who studied the burial rituals and the death culture of different countries, sheds some light on the fear of death, also from where have been grown out the tradition to ...
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