Semi-autobiographical narrative by Oskar Luts about friendship Read More »
Tag Archives: Estonia
The Days That Confused / Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse (2016) Triin Ruumet, Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr., Kait Kall, Kristjan Lüüs
Wind is blasting through your speeding car but the heat still burns your lips. Read More »
The Last Ones / Viimeiset (2020) Veiko Õunpuu, Pääru Oja, Laura Birn, Tommi Korpela
A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they’ll forget a tough existence. Read More »
Names Engraved in Marble / Nimed marmortahvlil (2002) Elmo Nüganen, Priit Võigemast, Indrek Sammul, Hele Kõre
Two brothers choose the opposite sides in a civil war of a small country. Read More »
Zero Point AKA Nullpunkt (2014) Mihkel Ulk, Tambet Tuisk, Brigitte Susanne Hunt, Märt Pius
After being denounced as an outcast in school and frightened away from home by his mother’s developing schizophrenia Read More »
Georgica (1998) Sulev Keedus, Evald Aavik, Mait Merekülski, Ülle Toming
Quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. Read More »
1944 (2015) Elmo Nüganen, Kaspar Velberg, Kristjan Üksküla
In “1944” Director Elmo Nüganen portrays the real events on the Eastern Front in Estonia in 1944 Read More »
The Idiot (2011) Rainer Sarnet, Risto Kübar, Katariina Unt, Tambet Tuisk
Based on the Dostoyevsky novel of the same name The Idiot (Idioot) is an impressively stylised piece of work that takes on elements of the surreal Read More »
In The Crosswind (2014) Martti Helde, Einar Hillep, Ingrid Isotamm, Laura Peterson
“Risttuules” is very emotional and tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on memories of Erna. Read More »
Tseka komissar Mirostsenko (1925) Paul Sehnert, Alfred Hindrea, Leoniide Jürisson, Mihkel Lepper, Drama
The Soviet Russia of 1920s. A group of Estonians, including young woman Agnes and her mother, Agnes’s friend engineer Karl Raudsepp and his fiancee Erna, are waiting for permission to return to Estonia. Read More »
Klass / The Class (2007) Ilmar Raag, Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja
Kaspar and the class pushover Joosep are 16 and life in high school isn’t easy. Without meaning to, Kaspar defends Joosep against the bullying of his classmates, but every time Kaspar tries to him, it backfires, with the class taking it out on Joosep. Kaspar just wants his friends, his girl and his unassuming life back. Joosep wants to regain his dignity and the chance to switch to a high school far away. But their classmates are relentless, going further and further with each incident.
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