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The Real Rannap

Original title: Päris Rannap

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aleksander Ots, Kaidi Klein

Estonian music is priceless, but his personality is very complex and contradictory. The authors of the film were above all attracted to the personality of the composer, driven by the desire to pull the mask off the maestro and show the real Rannap to the extent possible.

Composer and pianist Rein Rannap’s contribution to Estonian music is priceless, but his personality is very complex and contradictory. In numerous TV shows, viewers have met exactly the Rannap that he chooses to show them at that very moment. He has a superb ability to put on a mask and present carefully composed text in interviews. When cameras are rolling, Rein slips into his role. He can play the role very colourfully, creating conflicts and throwing juicy comments at singers at rehearsals. The authors of the film were above all attracted to the personality of the composer, driven by the ...
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Rain

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Janno Jürgens

Feature film directed by Janno Jürgens follows 12-years-old Ats, whose older brother Rain unexpectedly returns to the family home in a small seaside town to face their authoritarian father Kalju and their mother, a woman on the verge of losing love. Ats is a witness of the clash between his father and brother, two stubborn men from different generations with radically different views of the world.

Feature film directed by Janno Jürgens follows 12-years-old Ats, whose older brother Rain unexpectedly returns to the family home in a small seaside town to face their authoritarian father Kalju and their mother, a woman on the verge of losing love. Ats is a witness of the clash between his father and brother, two stubborn men from different generations with radically different views of the world. When father tries to push Rain, who has lost his footing, into the boundaries of his world, Rain finds hope in Aleksandra, a mysterious woman with a shady past.
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Bridges Of Time

Original title: Ajasillad

2018 | Documentary | Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede

"Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.

Meditative documentary essay portrays the less-remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave. With finesse, they push beyond the barriers of the common historiographic investigation in order to achieve a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation.
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Roots: Waiting For A Miracle

Original title: Juured: Oodates imet

2018 | Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.

A woman’s biggest joy is giving the gift of life to a new human being. The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.
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The Phenomenon of Eha

Title in Estonian: Eha fenomen

1999 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

A story about a very brave and positive woman fighting cancer.

After being diagnosed with cancer, Eha was operated 15 times during 13 years, she got chemical and radioation treatment. But her optimistic attitude and willpower have always been there. Eha is a unique case in the medical practice of Estonian oncologists. The documentary shows the doctors who treat Eha: Avo Viiard, Jaan Kelk, Aivar Tilk and Ants Vaar who are really glad as Eha has succeeded to survive for such a long time with her disease. Eha's big love Mati is certainly behind the woman's positive state of mind. They met when both of them had gone through difficult times. ...
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Talupidaja Jaan Kaalma

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Gennadi Meleško
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Sadam udus

1986 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar
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Peremehetunne

1983 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp
Daily life of Anna Aaver

Original title: Anna Aaveri argipäev

1981 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov about Anna Aaver, an hard-working milkwoman of Energia collective farm in Rakvere district, Soviet Estonia, who has been selected as a delegate for the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Anna Aaver comes from Belorussia - in 1955 she emigrated with his Estonian husband to Estonia and now works as a milkwoman in Energia collective farm in Rakvere district, Estonia. It's the early 1980s. The energetic, hard-working woman has been always among the best employees accoring to the head of the collective farm. Anna Aaver, a delegate for the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of USSR, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She has raised five children and taught them to become hard-working people as well. Despite the Soviet norms related to obligatory remarks and ...
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Ülo Läänemets

1971 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ants Kivirähk
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