Populär Vun Estonia

According to pop culture mythology, Paris Hilton “invented” the selfie in 2006. In factual terms, Uber and its rideshare model was officially launched in 2010. Mare Tralla’s video precedes - and reflects - both of these cultural landmarks that have since become nouns. In this piece, no words are needed: a woman rides in the backseat, entranced by pulsing rhythms. Through a double-layered image - or perhaps an altered state of mind - we follow the movements of a fleeting moment inside a car.

Mirror on the wall, camera on the ceiling: fast tracked images of waves of an influx of movement inside a women’s bathroom. Entering, waiting, using, leaving: this is a surveillance-style depiction of the transitory life in a non-place filled with possibilities.

An encounter between two men in a club in Riga. A stagnant, distant but carefully observant capturing of a hypnotising pole dance to Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York, that ultimately leads to a personal/closer connection, with general introductory questions about life (and its expectations).

1. Catherine's Ring 2. Body Rider

The documentary explores the origins and influences of Subbi’s painting through the recollections of his closest friends.

Lost film. The military oriented comedy tells about a simple farm boy Joosep Toots, his life in military service, his attempts to win back the affection of a young woman Teele and his rivalry with a dandy cavalry officer. The events of the film have been spiced by plenty of humour and numerous documentary scenes introducing Estonian defence forces.

Lost film. Helja, an Estonian woman, and his British groom John have met during the Estonian War of Independence. They hear from an old professor of an old folk tale about the dark past of Estonia. Estonian pageboy Mangu who works at von Sternhell's manor proposes a pretty slave girl Linda. However, von Sternhell gives orders to steal the bride right in the middle of the wedding. She will be taken to von Sternhell's castle according to the brutal middle-age custom – the law of the first night. Together with fellow villagers, Mangu gets into a desperate battle with the noblemen in order to save his wife's pride.

Low IQ lad named Fuuskur tries to find perfect formula for his homemade snus.

Shot over a single day — after learning of the death of her grandfather, documentary director Katrina Lehismäe and her family take a road trip across a frozen Estonia in the middle of winter to the small town where he lived to take care of his affairs and start to come to terms with their own grief. An intimate portrait of bereavement, life and what is left after it has departed.

Estonia can be cursorily viewed in several ways - either as a tiny periphery state or a border country. But there is also another way - to go deeper into the country while truly perceiving it. Here a totally different layer opens up. This documentary is an inventory of an Estonian spirit before heading towards the superficial Postmodernism era. This is the story of our country, the way it actually is, the way we see it. A sensitive and an intelligent place with its stories and facts. Sometimes familiar, sometimes strange. Not gone yet. It is a country designed by the joint forces of the icecap and singing.

The film is about Tartu and its enormous capacity for innovation over the decades. Tartu vs Tallinn characterizes the theme of the film that tells the story of how the Western world came to Estonia.

The main difference between making out and knocking out is the speed in which two heads collide.

Tallinn after the March bombing, filmed in April and May 1944.

This witty and artistic portrait film shows the joy and pain of Marko Kompus, a poet from the legendary Tartu literary group "Erakkond". The author of the film, Jaan-Jürgen Klaus, who has previously filmed other cult figures from Tartu, follows Elva's hermit poet all year round.