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3 Estonian Films Eesti filmid Features Shorts Animation Documentaries

4 Editorial staff: Eda Koppel, Birgit Pajust Design and layout: Profimeedia All photos courtesy of production companies Estonian Film Institute Tallinn 2016 ISSN Printed in Estonia by Ecoprint

5 1944 The Fencer The Secret Society of Souptown Roukli Ghost Mountaineer Angry Painter Dawn Mother Class Reunion The Polar Boy The Days that Confused Magic Kimono Seneca s Day The Poet and the Spy Ready or Not, Happy You Are November Bodom Dearest Sister The End of the Chain Pretenders features

6 feature The last year of war on Estonian turf. Men are fighting on the boarder of Europe and Russia. Some have been taken to the Red Army, some to Waffen SS. Today 70 years on, the filmmakers, try to show the hopes, aims and drama of these men as objectively as possible. The film has become the most successful Estonian film in local box office history. Original title: 1944 Director: Elmo Nüganen Screenwriter: Leo Kunnas Cinematographers: Rein Kotov E.S.C, Mart Taniel E.S.C Art Director: Kalju Kivi Sound: Jyrki Rahkonen Editor: Tambet Tasuja Main cast: Kristjan Üksküla, Kaspar Velberg, Maiken Schmidt Producers: Kristian Taska, Maria Avdjushko Co-producer: Ilkka Matila Produced by: Taska Film (Estonia), MRP Matila Röhr Productions (Finland) Premiere: February 20, 2015 Festivals: Let s Cee FF (Austria), Arras FF (France), Cairo IFF (Egypt), Camerimage FF(Poland), Chennai IFF (India), Palm Springs IFF (USA), Cleveland FF (USA), Trondheim IFF (Norway), Festival of Tole rance (Croatia) 100 min / DCP / Dolby Digital Director Elmo Nüganen is the creative director of Tallinn City Theater. His first feature film Names in Marble (2002) broke all audience records in Estonia, which was followed up by the success of current film Contact Taska Film Tartu mnt Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sales Eyewell AB Upplandsgatan 69 SE Stockholm, Sweden [email protected] Phone: Skype: m.werner.eyewell 4

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8 feature 2015 The Fencer In 1952 a young fencing champion Endel arrives in a small town Haapsalu to work as a physical training teacher. For an introvert man it is hard to get contact with the children who have been through a lot. In spite of the opposition of the principal of the school, Endel manages to get a permit to teach fencing for children. Slowly it becomes a therapy for the children as well as the teacher himself a way to deal with everyday grim. The defeated principal is holding a grudge and starts to investigate, why did the champion of the Soviet Union really come to a small town. The Fencer is partly based on true life events of an Estonian sportsman and coach Endel Nelis ( ). Director Klaus Härö studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. He has directed four feature films Elina: As If I Wasn t There (2002), Mother of Mine (2005), The New Man (2007), Letters to Father Jacob (2009) as well as documentaries and short films. His films have won more than 60 prizes in festivals all over the world, and they have been successful with both critics and audiences. In 2003 Klaus Härö was awarded the Ingmar Bergman prize, the winner of which is chosen by Ingmar Bergman himself. Härö s first two features were chosen to represent Finland in the best foreign film category at the Oscars Original title: Miekkailia / Vehkleja Director: Klaus Härö Screenwriter: Anna Heinämaa Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri F.S.C Art Director: Jaagup Roomet Sound: Maik Siegle, Peter Riegel Music by: Gert Wilden jr. Editor: Tambet Tasuja, Ueli Christen Main cast: Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere, Lembit Ulfsak Producers: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho, Jörg Bundschuh, Ivo Felt Production companyies: Making Movies (Finland), Kick Film (Germany), Allfilm (Estonia) Premiere: March 11, 2015 Festivals and awards: Cambridge FF, IFF by the Sea, Cinefest Sudbury s 27th edition, Beirut IFF (Lebanon), Festival du film historique Asbl (Belgium), Sao Paulo IFF(Brazil), Leiden IFF (The Netherlands), Kyoto Historica IFF (Japan), Arras FF (France) - Prix du public, Northern FF (The Netherlands), Cairo IFF (Egypt), India IFF, Goa (India), European Union FF Ottawa (Canada) - Audience Award, Chennai IFF (India), AFI EU Showcase (USA), Una finestra sul nord (Italy), Munich IFF (Germany) - German Film Award for Peace Special Prize 2015, Palm Springs IFF (USA), Mill Valley FF (USA), Nordic Light FF (USA), Finnish entry for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe Nomination 2016 Best Foreign Film 95 min / DCP / 1:2.35 / 5.1 6

9 Contact Making Movies Oy Torkkelinkatu Helsinki, Finland Phone: [email protected] Allfilm Saue 11 Tallinn 10612, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

10 feature The Secret Society of Souptown The Secret Society of Souptown is a story of a 10-yearold smart and brave girl Mari who lives in Tartu, area called Souptown. Her parents are obsessed with work so she spends most of her time with her grandfather Peeter, the professor at a local University. Mari has three best friends and together they form a secret society to play scavenger hunt games her grandfather is inventing for them. One day their city is attacked by a mysterious poison which turns adults into children. The kids embark on an adventure to discover the antidote. Director Margus Paju is representing a new generation of Estonian film-makers. He graduated in film directing from Baltic Film and Media School and is currently completing his Master s Degree. Since 2008 Margus is an in-house director at Nafta Films. Together with Nafta and producer Esko Rips, Margus has directed several short films, two scientific documentaries, TV series and a great number of commercials. Besides directing Margus also writes scripts, film reviews and articles about film history for several Estonian culture magazines. Original title: Supilinna salaselts Director: Margus Paju Screenwriters: Mihkel Ulman & Christian Gamst Miller-Harris Cinematographer: Meelis Veeremets E.S.C Art Directors: Jaagup Roomet, Kaisa Mäkinen Editor: Harri Ylönen & Marion Koppel Sound: Matis Rei Music by: Liina Kullerkupp Principal cast: Olivia Viikant, Arabella Antons, Hugo Soosaar, Karl Jakob Vibur, Mirtel Pohla Producers: Esko Rips, Diana Mikita Co-producer: Jesse Fryckman Production companies: Nafta Films (Estonia), Solar Films Inc. (Finland) Premiere: May 11, 2015 Festivals and awards: Zurich FF (Switzerland) - Audience Award, Schlingel FF (Germany) - Audience Award, International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (Poland) - Special Award, IFF Juniorfest (Germany) - The Main Festival Prize, Riga IFF (Latvia), Cinekid (The Netherlands), Chicagi IFF (USA), Listapad (Belorussia), Reykjavik FF (Iceland), Cottbus FF (Germany) 105 min / DCP / Cinemascope / Dolby Digital 5.1 Contact Nafta Films Soo 4, Tallinn 10414, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sales Claudia Schmitt Beta Film GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28d, Munich/Oberhaching 82041, Germany Phone: [email protected]

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12 feature 2015 Roukli A small farm community is on the brink of getting swallowed by raging war. Lives of the frightened locals get shaken by the arrival of two men on the run from the mysterious, apparently vengeful Peedu. Following events delve into the fine ties of human relationships and the meaning of individual existence lurking behind them. A seemingly pessimistic premise of the film slowly turns into something much more complex a work that depicts the frailty of deep human connection and reaffirms it as a legitimate possibility once we learn to let go. Director Veiko Õunpuu s debut feature Autumn Ball premiered at Venice IFF in 2007 and won the Orizzonti Award. He received the European Talent Award for The Temptation of St Tony, which later premiered internationally in Sundance in 2011 and was nominated for the Best Production Design at the European Film Awards. Õunpuu was chosen as one of the 100 most intriguing contemporary film directors in the book 10*10 in Film by Phaidon Publishing. His previous title Free Range: Ballad on Approving of the World premiered at Berlinale 2013 and has been circulating festivals since and won numerous awards. Filmography: Empty (2006, short film), Autumn Ball (2007), The Temptations of St Tony (2009), Free Range/ Ballad on Approving of the World (2013), Roukli (2015) Original title: Roukli Director: Veiko Õunpuu Screenwriter: Veiko Õunpuu Cinematographer: Erik Põllumaa E.S.C Art Director: Veiko Õunpuu Editor: Liis Nimik Principal cast: Juhan Ulfsak, Mirtel Pohla, Eva Klemets, Peeter Raudsepp, Lauri Lagle, Meelis Rämmeld Producer: Tiina Savi Produced by: Filmiühistu Roukli Premiere: July 2015, Palic Film Festival Festivals: Palic IFF /Serbia), Tokyo IFF (Japan), Helsinki IFF (Finland), Tallinn BNFF (Estonia), Cottbus FF (Germany), Muces IFF (Spain) 99 min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Dolby Contact Tiina Savi Filmiühistu Roukli Phone: [email protected] 10

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14 feature 2015 Ghost Mountaineer Ghost Mountaineer is a youth film with elements of horror. The film is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era. It tells the story of an Soviet Estonian student hiking group which gets caught up in a series of scary events unfolding in wintry Siberia. The unpopular group leader Olle disappears on the last day in the mountains. His rival, liberal-minded and adventurous Eero guides the descending hikers into a Buryate village on the mountain to seek help. A weird and insane chain of events is unleashed which seems to be orchestrated by the missing Olle. In a foreign land and among people they do not know, the hikers are faced with a task which they at first do not want to undertake and later are unable to tackle. Original title: Must alpinist Director: Urmas Eero Liiv Screenwriter: Urmas Eero Liiv Cinematographer: Ants Martin Vahur E.S.C Art Director: Katrin Sipelgas Editor: Urmas Eero Liiv, Tambet Tasuja Music by: Tiit Kikas Principal cast: Priit Pius, Hanna Martinson, Vadim Andreev, Liis Lass, Reimo Sagor, Rait Õunapuu, Veiko Porkanen Producer: Anneli Ahven Co-producer: Aurelio Laino Produced by: Kopli Kinokompanii (Estonia), Decima Rosa (Italy) Premiere: November 25, 2015, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 12 Director Urmas Eero Liiv graduated from Tartu University majoring in biology and Tallinn University majoring in film directing. He is an author of several Estonian documentaries and TV documentaries that have reached the highest ratings in local TV channels. For the last few years, he has worked in commercial TV channels and been engaged in production of several successful documentary shows as a director/author and a host. Ghost Mountaineer is his first full-length feature film. 103 min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Stereo Contact Anneli Ahven Kopli Kinokompanii Gonsiori 27, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] facebook.com/mustalpinist

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16 feature 2015 Angry Painter A hard-boiled erotic vengenace thriller on the fateful encounter of mystical killers Painter and Driver with Estonian prostitute Elbe that sets in motion a fateful encounter of events with Russian Korean drug mob across Seoul and Tallinn. Director Jeon Kyu-hwan had a unique career path in becoming an influential film director as he entered the industry as a manager for actors such as Cho Jae-hyunm (The Isle, Bad Guy, dir. Kim Ki Duk) and Sul Kyung-gu (Silmido, No Mercy). He made his directorial debut without any formal educational background. Starting with Mozart Town, his debut feature from 2008, he made the Town Trilogy including from 2009 and from 2010, by employing an independent film production method. His Town Trilogy shed light on the shady and lonely hidden sides of a modern day metropolitan city by employing different approaches in all three films. His 2011 film shifted its direction and had its setting at Varanasi, a sacred place in India, to present a torrid love affair between a man and a woman. From Seoul to Varanasi was officially invited to the Panorama section of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in Later in 2012, Jeon unveiled The Weight at Venice, where it picked up the Queer Lion before appearing at numerous other festivals including Busan and Black Nights in Tallinn where Jeon picked up the Best Director prize. Both of his films were sold by Korea s top art house distributor FineCut, representing directors such as Kim-Ki Duk and other leading Korean independents. Angry Painter is his seventh feature. Original title: Sungnan Hwaga Director: Kyuhwan Jeon Screenwriter: Kyuhwan Jeon Cinematographer: Jinkyong Kim Editors: Kyuhwan Jeon, Jaemin Ha Music by: Junsik Kim, Sten Šeripov Main cast: Jungsang Yu, Jongwon Moon, Lia Bulynia, Yuju Shin Producer: Miae Choi Co-producers: Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Uku Toomet Produced by: TreeFilm Ltd (South Korea), Niijanaa Films (Estonia), Orbital Vox Studios (Estonia) Premiere: November 24, 2015, Tallinn Black Nights FF 100 min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Dolby Surround Sales M-Line Distribution 3F Mido Bldg, Shinsa-dong Gangnam-gu Seoul, Korea Phone: [email protected] 14

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18 feature 2015 Dawn The film is based on Soviet propaganda story (most likely not too accurate) about Young Pioneer Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin s secret police and was in turn killed by his family. His life exemplified the only moral duty of all good Soviet citizens: the good of the state is of the utmost importance. In the film 78 years later we call him little Janis. He is a pioneer, who lives in the Soviet collective farm Dawn. His father is the enemy of the collective farm (and Soviet system). Little Janis betrays his father. The father is taking revenge on his son. Who, in this old Soviet fairy-tale, is good and who is evil? Unfortunately, totalitarian regime and dictatorship intending to transform people into dull screws of unthinkable mechanism is eternal subject disregarding the limits of time and space. Original title: Ausma Director: Laila Pakalnina Screenwriter: Laila Pakalnina Cinematographer: Wojciech Staron Editor: Kaspar Kallas Main cast: Antons Grauds, Vilis Daudziņš, Wiktor Zborowski, Andris Keišs, Liena Šmukste Producer: Laila Pakalnina Co-producers: Kaspar Kallas, Malgorzata Staron, Lukasz Grudzinski Produced by: Hargla Company (Latvia), Miracle Worker (Poland), Staron Film (Poland), Digitaalne Sputnik (Estonia) Premiere: November 2015, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 16 Director Laila Pakalnina graduated from the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in She is the director and scriptwriter of 26 documentaries, 6 shorts and 5 fiction features. She has 2 children, 2 bicycles, 1 husband and 1 dog. Her films have been screened in official programmes of Cannes IFF, Venice IFF, Berlin IFF, Locarno IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Rome IFF etc. Her films were awarded in many international festivals. Fiction Features: The Shoe (1998), The Python (2003), The Hostage (2006), Pizzas (2012), Dawn (2015) 92 min / DCP 4K / 1:2.35 Cinemascope / 5.1 Contact Hargla Company Valtaiku 19 Riga LV1029, Latvia Phone: [email protected] facebook.com/filmausma Digitaalne Sputnik Männimetsa tee 38-8, Laagri 76401, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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20 feature 2016 Mother This small town crime story in the pastel tones of modern retro offers recognition and bitter humour. Mother is a thrilleresque story about rash decisions made in the name of dreams that will have haunting consequences for some time to come. The film focuses on a woman whose adult son has fallen into a coma after being shot. Taking care of him at home, she has to face a whole town trying to solve the puzzle of what exactly happened. But in a small town, where everyone knows everyone and everything except for what s right under their nose, the world s clumsiest crime may go unsolved. Original title: Ema Director: Kadri Kõusaar Screenwriters: Leana Jalukse, Al Wallcat Cinematographer: Jean-Noël Mustonen F.S.C Art Director: Minna Hint Editor: Tambet Tasuja Main cast: Tiina Mälberg, Andres Tabun, Andres Noormets, Siim Maaten, Jaan Pehk, Jaak Prints, Rea Lest Producer: Aet Laigu Produced by: Meteoriit Premiere: January 7, min / DCP / 1:1.78 / Dolby Digital 18 Director Kadri Kõusaar is an award-winning director, whose work is well known at the international festival circuits. Her debut feature Magnus (2007) premiered at Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard section. Kadri s second film The Arbiter (2013) premiered internationally in competition (East of the West) at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Mother is Kadri s third feature length film. Contact Meteoriit A. Kapi 5-17, Tallinn 10136, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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22 feature 2016 Class Reunion The three buddies Mart, Andres and Toomas are invited to the 25-year anniversary of their high school graduation. Actually, Mart and Andres are inclined to stay home, but Toomas talks them into going. He has organized a great weekend with drinks, ladies and sauna as a warm-up event to the class reunion. The question is whether they actually survive the Tallinn nightlife... and if they ever arrive to meet their old class-mates! The film takes a close look at the modern man at the very moment when he discovers that he is no longer 18, but instead has reading glasses and is beaten by love and excessive nose hair. Class Reunion is a comedy about old friends who realize that at some point they have to grow up... for the most part at least. The film is filled with scenes that are just as goofy, wacky and sometimes directly vulgar, as they are recognizable and human. Based on the motion picture Klassefesten 2011 Nordisk Film Production - produced by Tomas Radoor and René Ezra, written by Lars Mering and Claudia Boderke, directed by Niels Nørløv Hansen. Original title: Klassikokkutulek Director: René Vilbre Screenwriters: Lars Mering, Claudia Boderke, Martin Algus Cinematographer: Mihkel Soe E.S.C Art Director: Anni Lindal Editor: Tambet Tasuja Music by: Arian Levin Main cast: Mait Malmsten, Genka, Ago Anderson Producers: Kristian Taska, Evelin Soosaar-Penttilä Executive Producers: Tomas Radoor, René Ezra, Ilkka Matila Produced by: Taska Film To be released: February 17, Director René Vilbre has directed different TV shows, commercials, documentaries, short and fiction films. Selected filmography: Short film Another (for ARTE, Grand Prix at the Cinessone Film Festival, France 2006), more than 10 international festivals; feature film Mat The Cat (Children & Youth Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institutes, 47. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2005), more than 15 international festivals; feature film I Was Here, international premiere at Karlovy Vary IFF 2008 (Moscow International Festival of Detective films, Winner in category Crime and Punishment, The Year s Best Film by The Cultural Endowment of Estonia, more than 15 international festivals all over the world), Kid Detectives & The Secret of the White Lady (2013). 90 min / DCP / 5.1 Contact Taska Film Tartu mnt Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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24 feature 2016 Family Lies The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald, who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul s son-in-law Egon Rei must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. Family Lies is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and setups that can be found in every family s secret chronicles. Director Valentin Kuik Graduated from film direction department of VGIK on Writer and director. His short story Geisha won the Estonian short story competition in 1980, his novel The Revolt of the Sons brought him first place in Estonian novel competition in Has made 8 feature films and 21 documentaries. Original title: Perekonnavaled Directors: Valentin Kuik, Manfred Vainokivi Screenwriter: Valentin Kuik Cinematographer: Manfred Vainokivi Art Director: Manfred Vainokivi Editor: Kersti Miilen Main cast: Tambet Tuisk, Eva Koldits, Ülle Kaljuste, Roman Baskin Producer: Marju Lepp Produced by: Filmivabrik To be released: March 1, min / DCP / 16:9 / 5.1 Contact Filmivabrik Kunderi 9a, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Director Manfred Vainokivi is a producer, cinematographer and director. As the owner of the film production company Filmivabrik, he has produced several shorts and two feature Mat the Cat (2005), Bank Robbery (2008). Recent filmography, documentaries: The Bar (2008), Jolly Old Farts (2009), Maestro (2009), Censorship Lefovers (2010), Life is a Flower (2010), Wunderkind (2010), Old clown (2011) Beggar Writers` House (2012), Baskin (2012), Perfecto (2011), Stealing Socialism (2014) 22

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26 feature 2016 The Polar Boy Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. His dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. He risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna s bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jealousy, Mattias accidentally commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years. The only escape he sees is to get himself declared irresponsible. In order to achieve that, Mattias decides to start faking the illness his girlfriend really has bipolarity. Original title: Polaarpoiss Director: Anu Aun Screenwriter: Anu Aun Cinematographer: Heiko Sikka Art Director: Jaagup Roomet Editor: Margo Siimon Music by: Sten Šeripov Main cast: Roland Laos, Jaanika Arum, Katariina Unt, Jörgen Liik, Kaspar Velberg, Mirtel Pohla Producers: Priit Pääsuke, Kaspar Kaljas Produced by: Luxfilm To be released: March min / DCP 2K / 1:2.35 / Dolby Director Anu Aun is a 35-year old Estonian director-scriptwriter and producer. Anu has graduated with BA from TV Directing and completed postgraduate studies in Film Directing in Baltic Film and Media School. She has produced and directed several short films and documentaries. Anu s latest short film Shift was selected to more than 70 international film festivals and won 17 prizes from all over the world. Anu s debute feature The Polar Boy was developed in Torino Film Lab and Nipkow Program. Contact Luxfilm J.Vilmsi 37-6, Tallinn 10126, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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28 feature 2016 The Days that Confused The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia. The 27-year-old protagonist Allar moves from one provincial party to another, meeting colorful characters and finding himself in evermore confusing circumstances. The amounting tension and absurdity of surrounding events lead Allar to give serious thought to his life. What follows is a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia to finally discover meaning in oneself. Original title: Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse Director: Triin Ruumet Screenwriters: Triin Ruumet, Greta Varts Cinematographer: Sten-Johan Lill Art Director: Matis Mäesalu Editor: Hendrik Mägar Music by: Hendrik Kaljujärv Main cast: Hendrik Toompere Jr, Juhan Ulfsak, Jaanika Arum Producer: Maie Rosmann-Lill Produced by: Kinosaurus Film To be released: April min / DCP / 1:2.39 / Director Triin Ruumet is representing a new generation of Estonian filmmakers. She graduated from the Baltic Film and Media School with an MA in film directing. She has already made several short films that have seen success at different film festivals. In addition to film, Triin regards painting an important creative outlet. At the moment she is completing her debut feature The Days that Confused and directing adverts, music videos and television series. Contact Maie Rosmann-Lill Kinosaurus Film Kopli 25, Tallinn 10412, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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30 feature 2016 Magic Kimono Magic Kimono tells a tale about a middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who is living in a shell for the past years due to a family tragedy. Unwillingly she joins a group of Japanese women traveling to Northern Europe to participate in kimono show. During her performance in a fairytale-like art nouveau Riga, she is suddenly faced with her Husband, who disappeared twenty years ago and has now returned to give their relationship a second chance. The encounter is a strange one, as Husband looks mysterious and almost otherworldly. In the middle of despair, Keiko strolls the city meeting young chef by accident. Through a joint cooking show, the two souls develop a connection with food becoming a language between the different cultures of Japan and Europe. With Husband s support, Keiko s experiences gradually bring her out of her shell and provide her a new lease on life. Director Maris Martinsons is an internationally awarded film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. After graduating from Latvia Conservatoires in 1989 as a drama theatre director he worked together with Latvian musicians as an independent director/producer for music videos. Martinsons originally worked in the TV field, creating numerous TV shows, music videos and TV series and each of these productions brought him a step closer to creating a feature film. By winning the Best Director in the Shanghai IFF (2008) for his first feature film Loss, Maris Martinsons opened a new page in his professional career by establishing collaboration with actress Kaori Momoi through the internationally recognised Amaya shot on location in Hong Kong. Filmography: Loss (2008), Amaya/Hong Kong Confidential (2010), Christmas. Uncensored (2013), Oki - in the Middle of the Ocean (2014), Romeo n Julietta (2015) Original title: Maģiskais kimono Director: Maris Martinsons Screenwriter: Maris Martinsons Cinematographer: Gints Berzins Art Director: Aivars Zukovskis, Hidefumi Hanatani Music by: Osamu Kitajima Main cast: Kaori Momoi, Issey Ogata Producer: Linda Krukle Co-producers: Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Jason Gray, Eiko Mizuno Grey Produced by: Krukfilms (Latvia), Oree Films (Estonia), Loaded Films (Japan) To be released: May min / DCP / 1:2.39 / 5.1 Contact Orée Films Vabriku 33-1, Tallinn 10411, Estonia Phone: (EST) (JPN) [email protected] 28

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32 feature 2016 Seneca s Day It is 1989, the final year of the Soviet era in Vilnius. Eighteen-year old buddies establish the Seneca s Fellowship. Their motto is: Live each day as if it was your last. A love triangle breaks up the fellowship right at the time the nation experiences an exceptional sense of community via the Baltic Chain. Twenty-five years later, the main character, who appears to be accompanied by good luck at first glance, is disillusioned with himself. He has betrayed the ideals of his youth and became a cold observer of life. Life forces him to open up his own Pandora s box. Original title: Senekos diena / Seneca päev Director: Kristijonas Vildziunas Screenwriter: Kristijonas Vildziunas Cinematographer: Audrius Kemezys Art Director: Galius Klicius Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis Main cast: Dainius Gavenonis, Elzbieta Latenaite, Marijus Mazunas Producer: Uljana Kim Co-producers: Riina Sildos, Roberts Vinovskis Produced by: Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania), Amrion (Estonia), Locomotive Productions (Latvia) To be released: August min / DCP / 1: Director Kristijonas Vildžiunas was born in 1970 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Prior to becoming a film director, Kristijonas Vildžiunas performed with Siaures Kryptis, a well-known Lithuanian rock band. In 1996 Vildžiunas graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music, Theatre and Film where he studied film directing. Since 1995, Vildžiūnas has completed three short films and three full length feature films. Contact Amrion Nurme 45, Tallinn, 11616, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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34 feature 2016 The Poet and The Spy An intelligence official with a drinking problem named Gustav crosses his monotonous paths with a beautiful gypsy woman who he falls in love with. Unluckily, she turns out to be a Russian secret agent. The feeble mind of a man in love is moreover blurred by poet Miku s outlook on life that lacks of concepts crippling the free spirit discipline, order and allegiance. Gustav gets his act together and decides to reject the gypsy, whereon the intelligence service finds it necessary for their flirtation to continue. This leads the ones involved into a complete dead end, as loyalty demands sacrifice. Original title: Luuraja ja luuletaja Director: Toomas Hussar Screenwriter: Toomas Hussar Cinematographer: Rein Kotov E.S.C Art Director: Kristiina Ago Editor: Tambet Tasuja Music by: Luka Zima Main cast: Jan Uuspõld, Rain Tolk, Lana Vatsel Producer: Ivo Felt Produced by: Allfilm To be released: September 22, min / DCP / Cinemascope / Director Toomas Hussar is an award-winning Estonian film director, screenwriter and actor. Toomas writes and directs for both cinema and the stage. His 2012 film Mushrooming was a national box office hit, drawing up spectators in a country with 1.3 million inhabitants. The film was a success at international festivals as well it premiered at Karlovy Vary and at the Toronto IFF. It won the FIPRESCI Jury Prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg, the Best Actress Award at Marrakech, and was recognized as the Best Estonian Film of Contact Ivo Felt Allfilm Saue 11, Tallinn 10612, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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36 feature 2016 Ready or Not, Happy You Are There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man. They are both hopelessly lonely people hoping that maybe there s someone somewhere... So they might as well meet. Original title: Armastus tuleb magades Director: Mart Kivastik Screenwriter: Mart Kivastik Cinematographer: Elen Lotman E.S.C Production Designer: Toomas Hõrak Editor: Katri Rannastu Main cast: Katariina Unt, Ivo Uukkivi, Ita Ever, Tiit Sukk, Katrin Pärn Producer: Anneli Ahven Co-producers: Hlin Johannesdottir, Birgitta Bjornsdottir Produced by: Kopli Kinokompanii To be released: October min / DCP 2K / 1:1.85 / Director Mart Kivastik acknowledged scriptwiter and an author of many theatrical plays, novels, film scripts. Filmography: 1979 (short, scriptwriter and director, 1989), Semm (1990, scriptwriter), E2 E4 (short, scriptwriter, 1992), Firewater (feature, co-scriptwriter, 1994), Mistress (short, scriptwriter, director, 2000), Father (short, scriptwriter, director, 2001), Taarka (feature, scriptwriter, 2008), Vasha (feature, co-scriptwriter, 2009), A Friend of Mine (2011) Contact Anneli Ahven Kopli Kinokompanii Gonsiori 27, Tallinn Phone: [email protected]

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38 feature 2016 November The film is based on the Estonian bestselling novel Rehepapp by Andrus Kivirähk. The story is a mixture of pagan magic, black humor and romantic love. In a village where werewolves, the plague, and our ancestral spirits roam, lives a young farm girl named Liina. She is hopelessly in love with village boy Hans and lives out her desperate longing as a werewolf, running after her beloved, ready to die in the name of love. For in her village, the real problem is how to survive the cold, hard winter and neither stealing nor cheating nor losing one s soul is taboo. The villagers have become as soulless as the Kratt creatures they command. Where does love fit into this world of pragmatism where anything goes? Original title: November (working title Rehepapp) Based on: Rehepapp by Andrus Kivirähk Director: Rainer Sarnet Screenwriter: Rainer Sarnet Cinematographer: Mart Taniel E.S.C Art Director: Jaagup Roomet, Matis Mäesalu Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski Music by: Michal Jacaszek Sound design: Marco Vermaas Main cast: Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Dieter Laser, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Heino Kalm Producer: Katrin Kissa Co-producers: Ellen Havenith, Lukasz Dzieciol Produced by: Homeless Bob Production (Estonia), PRPL (The Netherlands), Opus Film (Poland) To be released: Director Rainer Sarnet In his 42 years of existence, Rainer Sarnet has directed 5 films, lived with 3 women, accumulated about 10 friends, passionately loved Fassbinder, directed theatre plays by Przybyszewski, Gorky, and Jelinek, been deemed a wonder child at film school and had got the opportunity to defend this ambitious title only 15 years later with his film November (working title Rehepapp). The mystery is still out there. 120 min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Digital SR Contact Homeless Bob Production Tööstuse 58-17, Tallinn 10416, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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40 feature 2016 Bodom Reconstructing a legendary campsite murder turns deadly when the girls decide to rewrite history. Every camper s worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. As the years passed and the case grew cold, the unsolved mystery turned into an urban legend, a creepy campfire story passed from generation to generation. Now, a group of teenagers arrives at the same campsite, hoping to solve the murder by reconstructing it minute by minute. As night falls, turns out not all of them are there to play. Tonight... it s girls against boys. Let the killing games begin. Original title: Bodom Director: Taneli Mustonen Screenwriters: Taneli Mustonen, Aleksi Hyvärinen Cinematographer: Daniel Lindholm Art Director: Anneli Arusaar Editor: Aleksi Raij Music by: Sten Sheripov Main cast: Nelly Hirst-Gee, Mimosa Willamo, Mikael Gabriel, Santeri Mäntylä Producer: Aleksi Hyvärinen Co-producer: Mika Pajunen Produced by: Don Films (Finland), Münchhausen Productions (Estonia) To be released: Autumn min / DCP / Cinemascope / Stereo 38 Director Taneli Mustonen is a Finnish director and screenwriter known for, among others, his critically acclaimed Finnish box office hit Ella and Friends (2012). He is currently in post-production of his next feature The Reunion, a remake of the Danish smash hit comedy Klassefesten (2011), as well as working on a slate of genre films and fiction series for Don Films. At the American Film Market 2014, Variety noted his upcoming horror film Bodom as one of Scandinavia s most anticipated elevated genre imports. Contact Don Films Pursimiehenkatu 4A, top floor Helsinki, Finland Phone: [email protected] Münchhausen Productions Niine 11, Tallinn 10414, Estonia [email protected] Phone:

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42 feature 2016 Dearest Sister Dearest Sister is about a Lao village girl who s only chance of escaping indentured poverty is to manipulate her wealthy cousin s illness into dependence. Poor village girl Nok travels to capital Vientiane to care for her rich cousin Anna who has mysteriously lost her sight, and somehow gained the ability to communicate with the dead. Matters are further driven downfall by the cousin s ambivalent marriage with an Estonian expat Jakob, who has his own dark secrets to hide. Original title: Nong Hak Director: Mattie Do Screenwriter: Christopher Larsen Cinematographer: Mart Ratassepp Art Director: Helen Lõhmus Music by: Sten Šeripov Main cast: Vilouna Phetmany, Tambet Tuisk, Amphaiphun Phommapanya Producers: Mattie Do, Christopher Larsen, Douangmany Soliphanh Co-producers: Helen Lõhmus, Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Annick Mahnert Produced by: Lao Art Media (Laos), Oree Films (Estonia), Screen Division (France) To be released: Autumn Director Mattha Thi Do (Mattie) was born in Laos, lived in USA for 30 years and returned in As a makeup artist Mattie had worked for various independent film productions. In Laos she soon began production on her first feature film, Chantaly (2013) at Lao Art Media. In 2014, Mattie became the first Lao filmmaker to represent Laos film at the Cannes Film Market as part of the Institut Français La Fabrique des Cinemas du Monde. Later that year, Mattie was selected to participate in the Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab. Mattie Do is, to date, the only woman to direct a feature film in Laos. 100 min / DCP / 1:2.35 / Dolby SR Contact Oree Films, Vabriku 33-1, Tallinn 10411, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sales James Fler Raven Banner Entertainment, 33 Villiers St., Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1A9, Canada Phone: +1 (416) [email protected] /

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44 feature 2016 The End of the Chain A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it s good to go, because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other all of them on the verge of a breakdown - or perhaps a breakthrough? The main character, Waitress, sees and absorbs it all. One by one - through their personal drama - the clients push the Waitress towards her own edge. Original title: Keti lõpp Director: Priit Pääsuke Screenwriter: Paavo Piik Cinematographer: Meelis Veeremets E.S.C Art Director: Eugen Tamberg Main cast: Maiken Schmidt, Hendrik Toompere jr Producer: Marianne Ostrat Produced by: Alexandra Film, Luxfilm To be released: Autumn min / DCP 2K / / Dolby Digital Director Priit Pääsuke graduated from the Tallinn University with BA in film directing in From 2012 to 2015 he attended the MA program of theatre and film directing in Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 2005 he works as a freelance director and editor and as a producer in his own production company Luxfilm. In 2008 Priit s short fiction Black Peter (2008) premiered at the 38th Tampere Film Festival, participated altogether at 22 film festivals and won 11 prizes; in 2015 he premiered a feature length documentary Impromptu. Existential comedy The End of the Chain is Priit s fiction feature debut. Contact Alexandra Film Tuvi 16-3, 10119, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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46 feature 2016 Pretenders After a heavy decision, Anna and Juhan are unable to move on with their lives. They take time off at their friends fancy summer house and once there, are forced to offer shelter to another couple caught in the storm. The couple assumes that the house belongs to Anna and Juhan and they do nothing to correct the mistake. Instead, they seize their new roles and start taking their mutual bitterness out on the strangers. Pretenders is a psychological drama about the truths and illusions of a relationship. Original title: Teesklejad Director: Vallo Toomla Screenwriters: Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis Cinematographer: Erik Põllumaa E.S.C Art Director: Eva-Maria Gramakovski Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis Main cast: Mirtel Pohla, Meelis Rämmeld, Mari Abel, Priit Võigemast Producer: Riina Sildos Co-producers: Uljana Kim, Roberts Vinovskis Produced by: Amrion (Estonia), Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania), Locomotive Productions (Latvia) To be released: Director Vallo Toomla is a young promising talent in Estonian cinema. He has studied theology at Tartu University and film directing at Baltic Film and Media School. He has been in versatile roles in front and behind the camera but is best known as a director. Vallo has directed five short films and one puppet animation. His first student work Morbius was selected to international Student Festival Sleepwalkers at PÖFF and got the award of the Best Estonian Short Film. His student-films have all been aired by Estonian Public Broadcasting and his short Devil s Vaudeville was in domestic cinema distribution. 90 min / DCP / 1:2.39 / Dolby Stereo Contact Riina Sildos Amrion Nurme 45, Tallinn, 11616, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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50 short 2015 Mann Tanzt A man finds a cube in the middle of nowhere. He soon finds himself engaged in a conversation with the last person he expected. Original title: Mann Tanzt Director: Maria Reinup Screenwriters: Maria Reinup, Martin Luiga Cinematographer: Sten-Johan Lill Art Director: Kristjan Suits Editor: Jaak Ollino Music by: Kene, The Soft Moon Main cast: Taavi Eelmaa, Juhan Ulfsak Producer: Kristjan Pütsep Co-producer: Mirkka Maikola Produced by: Alasti kino, Von Krahl Theatre Premiere: March 6, min / DCP / 16:9 / Stereo 48 Director Maria Reinup has been working in the film industry for the past seven years. Her first short Mai after graduating the Baltic Media and Film School was released 4 years ago and travelled around the world, winning the Best Baltic Short Award. Mann Tanzt is her second short and now she is finishing her third short film There Lived. Together with a co director Anna Hints, she is now developing their first feature film Innocent Lies. Maria works as one of the programmers for Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, which one of the biggest film festivals in the region. She watches few hundred features a year, has travelled 27 countries and has one true love in life - cinema. Contact Maria Reinup Alasti kino Toom-Kooli 21, Tallinn 10130, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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52 short 2015 Metanoia Absurd and surreal story about photographer Järvet Järvet who has to take pictures of an odd esoteric event. Metanoia raises a question - is our desperate longing for new aion a new level of society s spirituality or just a form of mania. Original title: Metanoia Director: Vallo Toomla Screenwriter: Vallo Toomla Cinematographer: Ivar Taim Art Director: Kristina Lõuk Editor: Vallo Toomla Music by: Indrek Soe Main cast: Ivo Reinok, Liis Lindmaa, Taavi Eelmaa Producer: Elari Lend Co-producer: Mirkka Maikola Produced by: Von Krahl Theatre, Lendfilm Premiere: March 6, min / DCP / 1:2.39 / Dolby Digital Director Vallo Toomla is a young promising Estonian film director. He studied film directing at Baltic Film and Media School and has studied theology at Tartu University. He s student films have participated and won several prizes in many festivals. He has directed also one short animation and one feature film. Filmography: Morbus (short, 2009), Devil s Vaudeville (short, 2010), The Process (short, 2010), Elisabeth von Ungern-Sternmeer (short, 2011), Lemonade Story (animation, 2013), Metanoia (short, 2015), Pretenders (full-length feature in post-production) Contact Mr Goo Goo Luise 5-6, Tallinn 10142, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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54 short 2015 Superbia If you ve been hit, one day you ll hit back. If you aren t loved, you won t love anyone, either. I have friends who have said they ve never seen their father. In response I ve said, don t you have a mirror at home? Those who have a father call their naturally inherent bad character traits genes passed down from their parents. And they call their good traits their own. We need a microscope to find our parents good attributes deposited into ourselves through reflective neurons. Yet even without a microscope, the question arises: am I ready to be a father if my father inside me hasn t dissolved? Original title: Superbia Director: Martti Helde Cinematographers: Erik Põllumaa E.S.C, Sten-Johan Lill Production Designer: Kristina Lõuk Editor: Jaak Ollino Jr. Sound Designer: Matis Rei Music by: Pärt Uusberg Main cast: Tõnis Niinemets, Kaido Veermäe Producer: Elina Litvinova Produced by: Von Krahl Theatre, Allfilm Premiere: March 6, 2015 Festivals: Kino Pavasaris (Lithuania), ECU The European Independent FF (France), L Inconnu FF (France), NexT IFF (Romania) 17 min / HD 52 Director Martti Helde graduated from Baltic Film and Media School as film director and continues to study Theatre and Film Directing on the master level at Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Helde has directed short films, TV commercials, and Black Nights Film Festival opening trailers. Selected filmography: Burnt Mistakes (2010, short), Thibault (2009, short), In the Crosswind (2014, feature), Superbia (2015, short) Contact Elina Litvinova Allfilm Saue 11, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] Phone: ,

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56 short 2015 Elo Elo hates kindergarten. She does not understand why she has to stay in this prison, while there is a alluring and mysterious life waiting for her outside. Elo comes up with a plan how to escape that place for good. One day however a new and kind teacher Helena comes to work there. Elo falls completely in love with her, but will soon also feel her first heartbreak. Original title: Elo Director: Helen Takkin Screenwriters: Margus Paju, Helen Takkin Story by: Indra Feldman Cinematographer: Heiko Sikka Art Director: Tiiu-Ann Pello Sound: Indrek Soe Music: Madis Aesma Costumes: Liis Plato Editor: Jaak Ollino jr. Main cast: Katriin Meribel Kungla, Kärt Tammjärv, Kaie Mihkelson, Henrik Kalmet, Liis Barkala Producer: Esko Rips Co-producer: Liis Orav Produced by: Nafta Films Premiere: October 9, min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Dolby 5.1 Contact Nafta Films Soo 4, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] 54 Director Helen Takkin studied in Baltic Film and Media School. Helen works mainly as a commercial director in Estonia and in foreign countries. Elo is her first professional short film.

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58 short 2015 The Butterfly Man Boruslawsky s Circus is a parallel universe where the boundaries of human capabilities are tested every night. Anselm (30), a barely noticable guy is an assistant of Magician Ernesto. His dream is to become a magician by himself. One night an accident happens - Maestro Ernesto, when transforming himself, disappears in the middle of the show. Now circus director is in a hurry to find a replacement and Anselm realizes his chance. Original title: Liblikmees Director: Edina Csüllög Screenwriter: Urmas Nimetu Cinematographer: Jarmo Kiuru Art Director: Vassilissa Danavir Sound: Ann Reimann Music: Krimminaalne Elevant Costumes: Piret Ühtegi Editor: Laura Saimre Main cast: Nero Urke, Raimo Aas, Toomas Suumann Producers: Peeter Urbla, Kristo Jürmann Produced by: Exitfilm Premiere: October 9, min / DCP / 1:2.39 / Stereo Contact Exitfilm Madala 1, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] 56 Director Edina Csüllög has studied Estonian and Hungarian languages and literature, pedagogics and psychlogy in different universities in Estonia, Hungary and Finland. She has graduated from Baltic Film and Media School in 2013 and made several award-winning films during her studies.

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60 short 2015 Take Off M. Romanek, captain of the starfleet geology team, is left behind as his spaceship leaves uninhabited desert planet Ephestos without him. Romanek s oxygen levels are running low and hope is slowly leaving him. While trying to get in touch with the ship that left him behind he establishes contact, through a wormhole*, with 7-year-old Nele, who was playing hide and seek on earth. Romanek hopes to get rescued and Nele, unaware of it, will help him rediscover the beauty and wonder of being alive in a place as mysterious as the universe. *A wormhole or Einstein-Rosen Bridge is a hypothetical topological feature that would fundamentally be a shortcut connecting two separate points in spacetime. Original title: Äralend Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez Screenwriter: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez Cinematographer: Sten-Johan Lill Art Director: Tiiu-Ann Pello Sound: Ranno Tislar Editor: Marta Pulk Principal cast: Argo Aadli, Maia Mägi Producer: Kristjan Pütsep Co-producer: Liis Orav Produced by: Alasti Kino, Nafta Films Premiere: October 9, Director Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez is a Colombian film director currently living and working in Estonia. Graduated as a Filmmaker from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2010, after two years working in Diorama postproduction as an Editor and Director Carlos moved to Estonia to Get his MA degree in Baltic Film and Media School. Carlos is really interested in science fiction, science, comic books and particle physics, but mostly in how all of this can be tied and used to try and tell stories about the human experience, or about the experience of being a human. Besides film, Carlos also writes short stories and long ones, draws and has been flirting with video instalation projects. At the moment he is developing two short films and a feature film. Filmography as a director: La Ciudad de los Atardeceres Rojos (2009), Cuarto Creciente (2010), El Juicio de Jude (2010), Kaardimaja (2014), Take Off (2015) 19 min / DCP 2K / 1:1.85 / Dolby 5.1 Contact Alasti Kino Tööstuse 58-17, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected]

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62 short 2015 Grounded During a battle in Afghanistan, a helicopter pilot Raul The Stork (34) loses the sight from one eye and his best friend, co-pilot Henry Dove dies in deadly wounds. After returning home, depressed Raul who is stripped of his wings, infuriates his wife and she moves away from him with their child. Raul feels like a useless cripple and decides to end his life. He builds a flying machine from helium balloons and decides to take the last flight of his life. But while flying nothing goes as planned. The wind carries him towards an airport and he is soon discovered by the air force who thinks that he is a terrorist. The last flight becomes a fight for his own life. Original title: Tiibadeta piloot Director: Leeni Linna Screenwriter: Leeni Linna Cinematographer: Rein Kotov E.S.C Production designer: Kristjan Suits Sound: Ants Andreas, Markus Andreas Costumes: Kristiina Ago Editor: Eik Lattu Main cast: Priit Võigemast, Karin Rask, Mart Toome, Hendrik Kalmet, Raimo Pass Producer: Anneli Ahven Produced by: Kopli Kinokompanii Premiere: October 9, min / HD / 16:9 / Dolby SR 60 Director Leeni Linna graduated from the Baltic Film and media School with a MA in film directing in She has worked as director, producer, story editor and scriptwriter with different film and TV projects. Her short films have participated in international film festivals and awarded with several prizes. Filmography: Personal Space (2005, short), Christmas Cafe (2005, short), Hope Des Last (2006, short), Vanapagan (2006,short), Class Reunion (2007, short), The Messenger (2009, doc), Taxi Driver (2013, short), Blood Type (2013, doc), Grounded (2015) Contact Kopli Kinokompanii Gonsiori 27, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected]

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64 short 2016 Mausoleum Lauri Randla s short film tells a tragicomic story of the pathologist Aleksei Abrikosov who embalmed Lenin s body and in theory managed to overcome death so his further existence will be permanently attached to caretaking of the Lenin s corpse. The story follows Abrikosov s and his apprentice s critical night, when they have to solve a problem with Lenin s body, just prior to the holy celebration of the First of May. Welcome to Moscow of 1936 and into the world of Stalinist terror where a human is less worthy than a fly. Original title: Mausoleum Director: Lauri Randla Screenwriter: Lauri Randla Cinematographer: Peter Salovaara Art Director: Juulia Mäkinen Editor: Leo Pauli Liesvirta Music by: Lauri Randla Main cast: Viktor Lanberg, Sergei Furmanjuk, Aleksandr Okunev, Matti Onnismaa Producer: Peeter Urbla Co-producers: Osku Pajalahti, Ilkka Mertsola Produced by: Exitfilm (Estonia), Funny Films and Aalto University ELO Film School (Finland) To be released: Winter/Spring min / HD / 1:2.39 / Stereo Director Lauri Randla graduated from ELO Film School, Aalto University of Art and Design (Finland) with M.A. in film directing. Filmography as director/scriptwriter, shorts: The Imprisonment (2008), Until this Day (2009), The Convict (2010), The Zone (2011), Love / Hate (2012), Sillamäe (2013) Contact Peeter Urbla Exitfilm Pikk tn. 67-5, Tallinn 10133, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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66 short 2016 Karv Leo tries to resolve his balding problem with a mysterious hair growth serum he ordered over the Internet. The liquid starts causing grotesque and extreme changes in his body and now Leo must stop the metamorphosis before he loses even the last hairs on his head and much else. Original title: Karv Director: Oskar Lehemaa Screenwriter: Oskar Lehemaa Cinematographer: Heikko Sikka Art Director: Piia-Berta Piir Editor: Carlos Lesmens Music by: Kaspar Kadastik Main cast: Tõnis Niinemets Producer: Kaspar Ainelo Co-producer: GASP! Produced by: Kinosaurus Film To be released: December min / DCP / 1:2.35 / Director Oskar Lehemaa has worked as director and assistant director in the Estonian advertisement and film community during the last five years. He has directed several successful Internet advertisement campaigns, like the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and Qsurf viral campaigns, which have both gathered over a million views. Oskar is finishing his studies in the Baltic Film and Media School and is currently developing his short film Karv with the Estonian production house Kinosaurus Film. Contact Kinosaurus Film Kopli 25, Tallinn 10412, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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68 short 2016 Ice Harri is a lieutenant-colonel in the Estonian army embarking on missions to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is divorced and only sees his 10-year old son on holidays from time to time. Struggling with the guilt of not being there for his estranged son, Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island where he used to go with his father as a boy. Harri decides to take the quicker way a local ice road over the frozen sea. While arguing with his ex-wife on the phone, Harri loses the tracks and an accident occurs. The car falls through the ice into the cold water. The father, who is used to controlling every aspect of his life, is now faced with forces he cannot control. The journey becomes a journey of survival on the edge of illusionary realities of life and death. Ice tells the story of the importance of saying, I love you while there is still someone there to listen. Original title: Jää Director: Anna Hints Screenwriters: Greta Varts, Anna hints Cinematographer: Tõnis Tuuga Art Directors: Matis Mäesalu, Anneli Arusaar Editor: Marion Koppel Main cast: Mait Malmsten, Aksel Ojari Producer: Eero Talvistu Co-producer: Raoul Nadalet Produced by: Exitfilm To be released: Autumn min / DCP / 1:2.35 / Stereo 66 Director Anna Hints is a promising young director winning Kaljo Kiisa young filmmaker s award with her short film Free World. She has studied literature, folklore and has BA both in photography and film directing. She has a background of active years in Estonian contemporary art scene since Anna s personal and group exhibitions have taken place both in Estonia and abroad. In her art she has explored the thin borderline of public versus private, the backstage of our fears and desires, the concept of memory both personal and cultural. Voice becomes an important means of expression; she often combines old runic songs with voice improvisation and has composed in all of her films. Contact Exitfilm Madala 1, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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72 animation 2015 The Master A dog Popi and a monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home who is just one day not coming any more... From this particular day there starts their mutual life. Popi, being actually smarter and stronger capitulates in front of monkey s whims symbolizing with it his obedience and subservientness. At the other hand, Huhuu symbolizes licentiousness and silliness. This is verity, more phantasmal than a dream and more dreadful than truth. Directors Riho Unt has graduated from Estonian State Institute of Arts in 1982 as Interior Designer. Since then he has worked in Nukufilm studios as a director. His films have won a number of awards at animation festivals. Recent filmography: Brothers Bearhearts (2005), Miriam s Nestbox (2006), Miriam and the Flood (2006), North Dragon (2007), Lily (2008), Happy Birthday (2012), Miriam s Kite (2013) Original title: Isand Director and Screenwriter: Riho Unt Based on a short story by Friedebert Tuglas Art Director: Riho Unt Cinematographers: Ragnar Neljandi Animators: Märt Kivi, Andres Tenusaar Technique: puppet animation Producers: Andrus Raudsalu, Kerdi Oengo Produced by: Nukufilm Premiere: February 4, 2015 Festivals and awards: Animated Dreams Festival (Estonia) - Special mention by Tsvika Oren, 5th Brasil Stop Motion IFF (Brasil) Honorable Mention, Animax Skopje Festival (Republic of Macedonia) - Bronze Brick, IAFF CIN- ANIMA (Portugal) Grand Prix, Stoptrik IFF (Slovenia) - Special Mention of Best Stop Motion from the Left Side of Iron Curtain, Filmets Badalona FF (Barcelona) Grand Prix, Imaginaria IAFF (Italy) - Jury Honorable Mention, Ottawa IAFF (Canada) - Cartoon Network Prize for Best Narrative Short Animation, 17th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation (Germany) - Best of International Animation, Monterrey IFF (Mexico) - Special Mention by the Short Film Jury, Annecy IAFF (France) Jury Award, Animafest (Zagreb) - Jury`s Special Award 18 min / DCP / 16:9 / 5.1 Contact Nukufilm Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 70

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74 animation Wedding Game The wedding where the egoes of the young couple try to outmatch each other. A dream-like and dynamic story based on an Estonian fairy tale. Director Andres Tenusaar graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Univesrity in Art and Drafting. Has been working as an animator and film director since 2000 in puppet film stuudio Nukufilm Studio and NGO Peata Film. From 1999 has taken part in several VJ-projects as a video artist. Filmography: Communicating Vessels (2013), The Triangle Affair (2012), Miriam s Food Processor (2012), So Long (2009), Physical Education (2008), Miriam s Picnic (2007), Nonexistent Status (2006) Director Marili Sokk garduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in Scenography. Since 2004 she has been working in Nukufilm Studio as a puppet animator. She has also made set designs for theaters and TV series and has participated in several (Estonia, Norway, Finland, etc) exhibitions as an installation artist. Which has taken her to Hamburg s young artist s biennale ARTGENDA Filmography: The Other Side (2000), One by One! (2011), Pipe Piper (2014) Original title: Pulmamäng Directors: Andres Tenusaar, Marili Sokk Screenwriters: Andres Tenusaar, Marili Sokk, Malle Valli, Piret Sigus, Triin Sarapik-Kivi Animator: Marili Sokk Artists: Eva Jakovits, Piret sigus, Triin Paumer, Kaie Kal, Okeiko, Peep Pedmanson, Silja Saarepuu, Ulla Saar, Yyhely Hälvin Music: Cleaning Women Tehnique: cut-out, drawing Producer: Malle Valli Produced by: Animailm, Peate Film Premiere: Spring min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Contact Animailm Raua 32-35, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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76 animation Life with Herman H. Rott Herman H. Rott is a punk rat who lives alone in his messy apartment. One day a small cat sees the very drunk Herman returning from a bar, finds him charming and decides to move in. After a small struggle the cat manages to transform the apartment into a monument of petit-bourgeois ideals. The rat tries to be accepting but when cat s parents come for an unexpected visit Herman becomes more and more frustrated. After a lot of effort and a huge fight the cat finally achieves her goal, Herman is becoming an even bigger cleaning maniac than her. While observing a drunk wolf, the cat starts to realize that she doesn t find the new proper Herman exciting anymore. Director Chintis Lundgren studied fine arts at an alternative art school called Non Grata. She started her career in animation in 2008 as an independent author and since 2011 she runs a small studio called Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio. She is an author of 6 short films and numerous commissioned films, music videos etc. Selected filmography: The Great Grey Shrike (2009), Volli Pall (2010), About the Hard Life of the Barn Swallow (2011), Mysterious Swamp (2013) Original title: Elu Herman H. Rott iga Director: Chintis Lundgren Screenwriters: Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić Animators: Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić Editing: Chintis Lundgren, Ivor Ivezić Sound design/mixing: Henrik Malmgren, Thomas Richard Christensen Tehnique: hand-drawn animation Producer: Chintis Lundgren Co-producers: Draško Ivezic, Tim Lebourgne Produced by: Chintis Lundgren Animatsioonistuudio (Estonia), Adriatic Animation (Croatia), Open Workshop (Denmark) Premiere: November 18, 2015 Festivals: Animafest Zagreb - Best Croatian Animation, TAIS Animation Showcase (Canada) - Audience Award, Motovun Film Festival (Croatia) - Best Short Film, Let s Cee Festival (Austria) - Special Mention, Anim est (Romania) - Special Mention, Be There! Corfu Animation Festival (Corfu) - Audience Award, Banjaluka (Bosnia) - Special Mention, Big Cartoon Festival (Russia) - 1st Prize in category Winners, Fredrikstadt Animation Festival (Norway) - Best Short - Golden Gunnar, Best Animation (Meters, Russia), Etiuda & Anima, Poland - Audience Award + Special Mention, Anilogue (Hungary) - Audience Award, Tindirindis (Lithuania) - Special Mention, Piccolo Festival Animazione (Italy) - Audience Award 11 min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Contact Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio Moora 11, Tallinn, Estonia [email protected]

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78 animation Piano Marta is carrying home a piano from a second-hand musical instruments store. She almost succeeds. Albert tries already for thirty years in a row to express his love to Paula. He almost succeeds. Paula wants to do the same. She almost succeeds. Police superintendent Kits has been dreaming of skydiving all his life. He almost succeeds. Miriam wants to be a circus artist. She almost succeeds. Honey bee is trying to get out of the closed window. It almost succeeds. A film without main characters where the characters lives interweave to each other in both dramatic and less dramatic ways, and it all takes place in a rather usual house. Director Kaspar Jancis made his first animated film during his school years. He has been part of the creative core of several rock groups, written song lyrics and melodies. With his films, Kaspar has won several awards including Cartoon d Or in Recent filmography: Weitzenbergi Street (2002), Frank & Wendy (2004, co-directors Ülo Pikkov, Priit Tender), The Very Last Cigarette (2007), Crocodile (2010), Villa Antropoff (2012) Original title: Piano Director: Kaspar Jancis Screenwriter: Kaspar Jancis Animators: Ülle Metsu, Tarmo Vaarmets, Maiken Silla Editing: Kaspar Jancis Music: Kaspar Jancis Sound design/mixing: Horret Kuus Tehnique: classical animation Producer: Kalev Tamm Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm Premiere: November 18, 2015 Festival: Countryside Animafest (Cyprus), AFF Fantoche (Switzerland), AF Insomnia (Russia) Audience Award, Athens IFF (Creece), Ottawa IAF (Canada), European AFF Balkanima (Serbia), AIFF Tofuzi (Georgia) - The Best Film For Adult and The Best Script, Fredrikstad AF (Norway), AIFF Cinanima (Portugal), AFF Animated Dreams (Estonia), European Film Forum Scanorama (Lithuania), Interfilm 31st International Short Film Festival (Germany), IFF Etiuda&Anima (Poland), Anilogue IAF (Hungary), Festival international de Montréal (Canada), Animateka IAFF (Slovenia). 8 min / DCP / 1:1.85 / 5.1 Contact Eesti Joonisfilm Roo 9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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80 animation 2015 Miriam s Stray Dog Miriam and her family are making a snowman. There is a stray dog watching their process and he definitely likes the snowman very much. The dog won t leave, although it is very cold. The children bring him inside and construct a nice place from paper-boxes. Hen is the only one who does not share the joy of all others. And the Hen is the one who faces the most anxious moments. The dog s owner shows up in the morning and we shall find out the reason the dog loved the snowman so much. Finally even the Hen relents. Original title: Mirjami kodutu koer Director: Andres Tenusaar Screenwriters: Leelo Tungal, Peep Pedamson Animators: Triin Sarapik-Kivi, Olga Bulgakova, Andres Tenusaar Editing: Raivo Möllits Music: Tiit Kikas Sound design/mixing: Film Audio, Tiina Andreas Tehnique: animation, stop motion, classical puppet Producers: Kerdi Oengo, Andrus Raudsalu Produced by: Nukufilm Premiere: November 19, 2015 Festivals: Animated Dreams (Estonia) 5 min / DCP / 4:3 / 5.1 Contact Nukufilm Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 78 Director Andres Tenusaar has studied art. Since 2000 he has been working as an animator and director. He has also made films and music for films as well as video for theatre/dance pieces and made VJ animations.

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82 animation 2016 Eternal Hunting Grounds Here, the children bury the animals, decorate the graves, sing songs and recite poems. The ritual surrounding the burial involves not just the children. The vegetation, the sea and the birds all take part in the ceremony. The dead animals come alive again they rise in the Eternal hunting grounds. The children s imagination stretches as far as the horizon, they visualize how it is there. This vision is like a beautiful treasure inside of them. They love this game - it is both important and exciting. The hunter also lives on the island. He has killed the animals that the children find. The hunter kills because he is hungry, or just because he likes to do it. He sometimes lets his victims lie to decay in open air. The children collect them and turn the hunter s cruel actions into something good. One day the hunter shoots a heron. This bird is bigger and more beautiful than any other animal the children have found. This animated short film takes on the topic of child and nature, innocence and truth. What lies in between? Original title: Igavesed jahimaad Director: Elin Grimstad Screenwriter: Elin Grimstad Animators: Triin Sarapik-Kivi, Olga Bulgakova, Sergei Kibus, Andres Tenusaar Editing: Robert Stengård, Skafti Gundmundsson Music: Sam Mcloughlin, Alison Cooper Sound design/mixing: Yngve Sætre (Duper Studio) Tehnique: flat puppet animation Producer: Ingvil Giske Co-producers: Kerdi Oengo, Andrus Raudsalu, Produced by: Medieoperatørene (Norway), Nukufilm (Estonia) To be released: March 23, min / HD 2K / 1:1.85 / Dolby SR Director Elin Grimstad moved to Oslo in 2004, after graduating from Bath Spa University in animation and creative writing. Sheset up her own animation studio and started making quirky animation films and illustrations. She integrates animation, theatre and music to create a new, unique expression. Contact Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 80

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84 animation 2016 Bird Flu Story about a man and a snake, an alcoholized penguin and the disappearance of birds. Story about an apple tree and apples, about roots and rootlessness. Story about a paradise and about the expel from it. Original title: Linnugripp Director and Screenwriter: Priit Tender Artist: Hefang Wei Composer: Märt-Matis Lill Compositioning: Hefang Wei, Priit Tender Animators: Laura Linna, Ülle Metsur, Maiken Silla, Tarmo Vaarmets, Katrin Vaher Sound Design: Horret Kuus Editor: Priit Tender Technique: drawn animation Producer: Kalev Tamm Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm To be released: Spring min / DCP / 1:1.85 / 5.1 Contact Eesti Joonisfilm Roo 9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 82 Director Priit Tender is an award-winning Estonian animator. He has made both cel and puppet animation films. His films are driven by black humor, surrealism and odd ethnic tales.

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86 animation 2016 Out of Internal Worlds A fly rubs its hands together. A man and a woman, inside and out, balanced within and between each other. The fly takes flight. The slugs move. The fly buzzes. Original title: Siseilmadest väljas Director: Helen Unt Screenwriters: Helen Unt, Anti Naulainen Artists: Helen Unt, Mattias Mälk Composer: Liisa Hirsch Compositioning: Helen Unt, Marje-Ly Liiv Animators: Ülle Metsur, Maiken Silla, Tarmo Vaarmets Sound Design: Horret Kuus Editors: Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn, Helen Unt Technique: drawn Animation Producer: Kalev Tamm Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm To be released: Spring min / DCP / 1:1.85 / 5.1 Contact Eesti Joonisfilm Roo 9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 84 Director Helen Unt graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts in printmaking and animation. Graduation film Chicks on the Highway was shown in several international animation festivals. Currently she is working on her debut film.

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88 animation 2016 Full House A diligent postman performs his work duties in an exemplary manner, and then meets his future wife. Original title: Täis maja Director and Screenwriter: Kristjan Holm Artist: Kristjan Holm Compositioning: Marje-Ly Liiv Animators: Ülle Metsur, Maiken Silla, Tarmo Vaarmets Editor: Kristjan Holm Technique: drawn Animation Producer: Kalev Tamm Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm To be released: Autumn min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Director Kristjan Holm graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts in 1999 as an interior designer. In time the understanding, that room is limited to four walls, started to trouble him though. An unexpected discovery that also film frame has four walls, gave him the final impulse to change the subject and dedicate his life to investigating the ties between frames and walls. Filmography: Small House (2008), Escape (2009) Big House (2011), Worst-Case Scenario (2014) Contact Eesti Joonisfilm Roo 9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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90 animation 2016 Fatcula A mystical beauty clinic appears next to a sports club, threatening to ruin the club owner. What is really happening in the clinic? The solution seems to be in a bottle labeled Fat Burner. Original title: Fatcula Director and Screenwriter: Martinus Daane Klemet Artists: Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk Compositioning: Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk Animators: Ülle Metsur, Maiken Silla, Tarmo Vaarmets 3D animaator: Martinus Daane Klemet Editor: Martinus Daane Klemet Technique: drawn Animation Producer: Kalev Tamm Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm To be released: Autumn min / DCP / 1:1.85 / Director Martinus Daane Klemet Studied in Personal Computers and Networks in Tallinn Polytechinc School and in graphics and animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. During his university studies he made two short 3D animations Light My Fire and Furry Flurry which were screened in many animation film festivals. He has also worked as a freelance 3D animator. Filmography: In the Air (2009), XYZtopia (2013) Contact Eesti Joonisfilm Roo 9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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92 animation 2016 Amalimbo Tipuana, a five-year-old girl, experiences the limbo as she tries to pass to the other side in her desperate urge to mourn the recent death of her beloved father. It is a short story that happens in an undefined place in an also undefined near future. The main characters of the film are Tipuana (5) and her grown-up version and alter ego Older Tipuana (27). The genre of the story is fantasy and the technique is 2D animation; in the end animation fuses with live-action. Original title: Amalimbo Director and Screenwriter: Juan Pablo Libossart Director of Animation & Art Director: Roland Seer Cinematographers: Nicklas Karpaty, Pia Lehto Music: Ander Kjellberg, Åsa Carlson Technique: 2D / rotoscopy / live-action Producer: Johanna Lind Co-producers: Marianne Ostrat, Ami Ekström Produced by: Fasad (Sweden), Fork Film (Estonia), Film i Väst (Sweden) To be released: Autumn min / 2K DCP / 1:1.85 / Dolby Digital Director Juan Libossart Based in Sweden and born and educated in Argentina, Juan Libossart completed the MEDIA MBS s European Master of Audiovisual Management (MEGA) in 2010 and the European Producers Workshop (EAVE) in Among other films, he has produced Erik Gandini s feature documentary Swedish Theory of Love, Marcus Lindeen s Dear Director and co-produced Chema Rodriguez s Nightfall in India. Amalimbo is Juan Libossart s first film as a director and scriptwriter. Libossart joined Fasad in 2013 and before that worked at ATMO, a production company also based in Stockholm. Contact Fork Film Animation Studio Tuvi 16-3, 10119, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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94 animation The Overcoat It s all about how an overcoat changed the life of a poor office clerk, named Akaky Akakievitch, who lived in the city a long time ago. Gently mocked by his colleagues at work for his old, threadbare coat, and after an unfortunate run-in with the scary Commissioner, the head of his whole department, Akaky decides to save up for a brand new overcoat. But not even he could foretell the great and terrible chain of events that would be set off. An animated adaptation of Gogol s classic ghost story, with thrills, laughter and a wandering cat, The Overcoat is a warm and wonderful Christmas special for the whole family; and reminds us how lucky we are for all we ve got... Director Hugh O`Conor is a young director and an actor of film and TV who has appeared in several dark big-screen dramas. Filmography: Corduroy (director, writer, 2009), Spacemen Three (director, co-writer, 2008). As actor: The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015), The Bachelor Weekend (2013) Director Meelis Arulepp has worked in A film since Meelis has co-directed 8 short films and worked as a supervising animator and character animator on more than 20 animated films, eg. Smurfs The Legend of Smurfy Hollow, Asterix and the Vikings, Titeuf - the Movie etc. Filmography: The Little Short-sighted Snake (short, 2005), Things You Think (TV series, 2011), The Great Painter (2013) Original title: Sinel Directors: Hugh O Conor, Meelis Arulepp Screenwriter: Hugh O Conor Animators: A Film Estonia, Giant Creative Music: Vaiko Eplik Tehnique: 2D mixed Producer: Kristel Tõldsepp Co-producers: Michael Lennon, Dan Spencer Produced by: A Film Estonia (Estonia), Giant Creative (Ireland) To be released: December min / DCP / 1:2.37 / Stereo Contact A-Film Estonia Toompuiestee 30, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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96 animation 2016 Life before Life Truth and justice are relative terms. Depending on the point of view, everybody might be right. Original title: Elu enne Elu Director and Screenwriter: Rao Heidmets Animators: Leo Lätti, Urmas Jõemees, Pauline Heidmets, Rao Heidmets Music: Sven Grünberg Sound design: Horret Kuus Editing: Urmas Jõemees Rao Heidmets Producer: Rao Heidmets Produced by: Rao Heidmets Filmstudio To be released: min / DCP / 16:9 / Stereo Contact Rao Heidmets Filmistuudio Müürivahe 31-16, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 94 Director Rao Heidmets was born in 1956 in Pärnu, Estonia he studied in the Tallinn Technical University, faculty of electro-energetics. After graduating in 1982 he started working in the Tallinnfilm Studios - at first as an animator and from 1983 as a film director. Filmography: The Theatre Papa Carlo (1988), Noblesse Oblige (1989), Livingroom (1994), Instinct (2003), Pearlman (2006), Inherent Obligations (2008)

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98 animation 2016 Empty Space A 10-year old girl longed for a puppy as a birthday present. Her dissappointment was very big when instead puppy she got father she had no idea he was still alive. This documentary based film tells a story about a very long-standing dream that kept him alive through many years and actually will come true only now, through this film. Original title: Tühi ruum Director and Screenwriter: Ülo Pikkov Animator: Marili Sokk Editing: Ülo Pikkov, Raivo Möllits Tehnique: HD 2 K Producer: Kerdi Kuusik - Oengo Produced by: Nukufilm To be released: min / DCP / 1:1.85 / 5.1 Contact Nukufilm Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 96 Director Ülo Pikkov studied animation at Turku Arts Academy in Finland and since 1996 has directed several award-winning short animation films in Eesti Joonisfilm and Nukufilm studios. Also as a manager and a producer for documentary and animation films in company Silmviburlane. In parallel with producer s work Ülo has continued directing his own animation films and supporting new talents in the Estonian animation scene.

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102 documentary 2015 Christ Lives in Siberia Danial, Mariam and Zaur lived in St Petersburg with their mother Sveta and father Magomed. One day, the mother took her three children and moved to the Vissarionites community far in Siberia. This is the world s largest sect, detached from civilization, gathered around their Teacher Vissarion, the reborn Jesus Christ. After a year the mother married a vissarionite bell ringer Dmitri, who became the children s stepfather. Danial s, Mariam s and Zaur s real father has struggled for years to get his children back. Film director Arbo Tammiksaar moved with his family to Siberia for about a year, to live in the Vissarionites village. The style of the film is observing documentary in it s purest form. Without any comments from the author. We follow the characters lives and their relations with their parents and the Teacher, their friends and playmates in this isolated place in the middle of Siberian taiga. Original title: Kristus elab Siberis Directors and Sceenwriters: Jaak Kilmi, Arbo Tammiksaar Cinematographers: Arbo Tammiksaar, Jaak Kilmi Editor: Mirjam Jegorov Producer: Margus Õunapuu Co-producer: Kaarle Aho Produced by: Film Tower (Estonia), Making Movies (Finland) Premiere: January 28, 2015 Festivals: Jihlava International Film Festival (Czech Republic), ArtDocFest (Moscow) 73, 85 min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Directors Jaak Kilmi graduated from the Department of Audiovisual Arts of Tallinn Pedagogical University with a Bachelor of Arts in directing. His credits as director include several award-winning documentaries like Disco & Atomic War (2009), Tallinn Spicy Sprats: the Canned Tales (2011), etc. Directors Arbo Tammiksaar graduated from the Department of Audiovisual Arts of Tallinn Pedagogical University in He has also attended the Nort h by Northwest screenwriting courses. His credits as director include several documentaries and shorts: Elusive Miracle (2006), Nazis & Blondes (2008), etc. Theme: human interest, social Contact Film Tower Gonsiori 27, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sales Reflexion Films Olga Kolegaeva [email protected] 100

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104 documentary 2015 Impromptu Why do we have to renounce music? Why would a talented and skilled musician want to back away from the system, that helped him to reach and understand music in the first place? Why would he want to reshape a working absolute into something that is based on personal preference? Impromptu is an experimental concert film about people, who have dived deep into improvisational music and explore its vast possibilities by breaking notes in tiny splinters. They believe that their music can be the acoustic reincarnation of a soul. Forgetting the seams holding trichords together, you ll find yourself in the fifth or sixth harmonic parallel. Most likely alone but content. Thoroughly independent. These choices require abandoning any evaluation and also evaluators. The only thing that exists is total subjectivity, simultaneously right and wrong. Moving further means moving closer. Original title: Impromptu Directors: Priit Pääsuke, Mart Taniel Screenwriters: Priit Pääsuke, Mart Taniel Cinematographers: Mart Taniel E.S.C, Erik Põllumaa E.S.C Sound: Rainer Jancis Editor: Priit Pääsuke Producer: Priit Pääsuke Produced by: Luxfilm Premiere: January 30, min / 8mm, HD / 4:3, 16:9 / Dolby Digital Theme: music 102 Director Priit Pääsuke graduated from Tallinn University with BA in film directing in He is one of the founders of Luxfilm and has been working there since it was established in He is presently developing feature End of the Chain and documentary Tõnis Mägi with Hermann as a director and The Polar Boy as a producer. Director Mart Taniel graduated from Tallinn University and FAMU Film School in Prague as a director of photography. He is an independent cinematographer, who works with several film production companies in Estonia, Finland and Austria, on features, documentaries, short films and commercials. Contact Luxfilm J. Vilmsi 37-6, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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106 documentary 2015 Tashi Delek! Tashi Delek! is a coming of age story of Tashi. On a wider scale, it is a story about a small nation struggling to keep its identity since opening of borders 22 years ago. It is a universal story about the conflict between spiritualism and materialism. Tashi is a normal 17 year old teenager who loves to play football and basketball, have fun with his friends and listen to pop music. He is also a monk studying at Pema Tsal Sakya Buddhist Monastery, sent here by his parents at the age of 6. Soon, Tashi faces the most important decision in his life whether to devote his life to serving as a monk, or to leave the monastery and return to everyday life, to try his luck at college and in business. We follow Tashi on his long journey home through the Himalayas to visit his father, witnessing the present day life and customs of one of the best preserved traditional Tibetan communities in the world. Director Peeter Rebane after graduation from Harvard University, 20 years ago, Peter founded together with his brother Priidu region s most successful entertainment company BDG. Years later, he continued his studies in the field of film, by taking courses in the USC film school in Los Angeles and experimenting with various film projects. Peter s last successful documentary Robbie Williams: Fans Journey to Tallinn and concert film Robbie Williams Live in Tallinn spread all over the world via the BBC. After the documentary, Tashi Delek!, Peter s next work would be full-length feature film Roman. Original title: Tashi Delek! Director: Peeter Rebane Screenwriter: Peeter Rebane Cinematographer: Mait Mäekivi E.S.C Sound: Eduardo Agni, Horret Kuus Editor: Tambet Tasuja Producers: Priit Rebane, Patrick Holzen Produced by: Factory Premiere: April 24, min / Full HD / 16:9 / 5.1 surround Theme: religion, coming of age, society Contact Factory Estonia pst.9, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 104

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108 documentary 2015 Anthill Anthill is a compilation of short novels about people who live in a giant garage complex in Lasnamäe (Estonia). During its long life the building has changed from a simple garage to a utopian facility and become a key centre in Lasnamäe residential. The building that was meant to be a place for keeping cars has developed into a different kind of establishments and services many of these far from car-related. First there were car services and stores, then diners, cafes, and restaurants. The highlight of the complex is now a sauna. That is why the bastion full of cars is even more expressive, weird, and unusual a garage, which reminds a time machine. Original title: Sipelgapesa Director: Vladimir Loginov Screenwriters: Vladimir Loginov, Max Golomidov Cinematographer: Max Golomidov Sound Recorder: Juri Vagner Sound Designer: Evgeni Berezovski Editor: Rufat Hasanov Producer: Elina Litvinova Produced by: Allfilm International Premiere: Visions du Reel IDFF, April 16, 2015, Switzerland 83 min / DCP / 1:2.35 / Stereo Theme: society 106 Director Vladimir Loginov Graduated from the sociology department of the International University of Social Sciences. He gained additional experience in TV productions, news, and advertising design at BBC s Moscow Congress. Loginov s filmography consists of both short and feature length films (Remembering Tomorrow, Identity, Wedding for Dummies, Krim, Window, Air, Silence). His films have been awarded with the best short film awards at Kinoshok in Russia and Armenia, and been picked for East Silver Market. Contact Allfilm Saue 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: , [email protected]

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110 documentary 2015 Fast Eddy s Old News Ed Vaar (1929 Kuressaare, Estonia 2014 Toronto, Canada), a freelance cameraman who earned his nickname Fast Eddy by often arriving at the scene of accident before the police and CBC s crime reporters. A lot of his material was used on the TV by CBC. The rest hundreds of hours worth of tape that he didn t manage to sell is piled up in the rooms and the cellar at Eddy s penthouse in central Toronto. Can you sell old news? What does Ed remember and what do his old film reels say about his interests? When do one s own preparations for death come to an end and when do you change into a ward, a potted plant, a piece of furniture? How does the end come for a person who has recorded the deaths and destruction of so many others for the infotainment industry? Original title: Fast Eddy vanad uudised Director: Marko Raat Screenwriter: Marko Raat Cinematographer: Marko Raat Sound: Ranno Tislar, Ivo Felt Editor: Jaak Ollino Jr Producer: Ivo Felt Produced by: Allfilm Premiere: April 21, min / DCP / 16:9 / 5.1 Theme: society, social issues 108 Director Marko Raat graduated film school in Tallinn. He has made as author documentaries, full lenght features, video art works, shorts, TV productions, directed in theatre and has been involved in several art projects. Selected filmography: Premiere of Illegal Databanks (1998), For Aesthetic Reasons (1999), Agent Wild Duck (2002), Fun For Five Female (2005), Don t Shoot the Piano Player (2005), Knife ( 2007), Toomik s Film (2008), Father, Son and Holy Theatre (2009), Black Box (2011), Fast Eddy s Old News (2015), Chairman.The Opera (2015), Diary of the City Priest (doc in production) Contact Allfilm Saue 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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112 documentary 2015 Hey, Rasma! Just like ordinary people, whole nations often wonder why their neighbors are living better than they. If not other nations, then at least Latvians often ponder why their neighbors Estonians live as well as they do. So why is that? Could the answer have some connection with Latvian cargo ship Rasma, that sank near Mohni Island 75 years ago? Latvian ship Rasma is a reason to provoke the harmonious life of Northern Estonians living on the harshly beautiful coast by questioning whether at least some basis of their wellbeing might have come from the Latvian ship. Original title: Hei, Rasma! Director and Screenwriter: Laila Pakalnina Cinematographer: Arko Okk, E.S.C Underwater cinematography: Rauno Volmar Editing: Kaspar Kallas Producer: Arko Okk Co-producers: Laila Pakalnina, Kinokompanija Hargala (Latvia), Ketvirta Versija (Lithuania) Executive Producer: Marie Adler Produced by: Acuba Film International Premiere: April 23, 2015 Visions du Réel, 2015 Festivals: Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival (Estonia), Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (Lithuania), Riga International Film Festival (Latvia), Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Germany) Director Laila Pakalnina Graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), Department of Film Directing (1991), graduated from the Moscow University, Department of TV Journalism (1986). More than 50 awards from international film festivals. Author of more than 30 documentaries, 10 feature film scripts, 5 short feature films and 5 full length feature films. FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes International Film Festival, France for the The Ferry and The Mail (1996). Order of Al Merito della Republica Italiana, Milan, Italy (2004). 38 min / DCP / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: history, human interests Contact Acuba Film Tartu mnt 80, Tallinn Phone: [email protected] Sales Adler & Associates Entertainment, Inc. USA, 8721 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069, Phone: [email protected] 110

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114 documentary 2015 Arvo Pärt Even if I Lose Everything... if I lose everything, Arvo Pärt has written in his workbook. Fortunately for us, for a lot of years, Arvo Pärt has kept a diary. He calls Even the diary his workbooks. In the course of decades, along with work at musical texts, he has filled those work-books with his contemplations, with his moments of grief and joy, with his finds, dis-coveries, worries and experience with everything that might be called the inner life of an artist. Through the years, hundreds of such workbooks have accumulated. They are ordinary music books, with the lines of life and death, the lines of love, crea-tivity, reason, imprinted on the staves like the lines in his palm altogether, a long path of life. As soon as he was born, Pärt was capable of swimming in the sea of music. And very early, the music book for sounds and words appeared, like a cloth for wiping the tears of joy and of sorrow. For a search for something that is nameless and has no end. Original title: Arvo Pärt isegi kui ma kõik kaotan Director and Screenwriter: Dorian Supin Cinematographer: Dorian Supin Sound: Mart Kesse-Otsa Editor: Kadri Kanter Producer: Reet Sokmann Produced by: Minor Film Premiere: August 24, 2015 Festivals: Nordic Film Days In Lübeck (Germany) 90 min / DCP /16:9 / Stereo Theme: portrait Director Dorian Supin was born on 25 September in 1948 in Leningrad (now St Petersburg). In 1975 he started work at the Estonian Television first as an assistant cameraman and later as cameraman and director at Eesti Telefilm, additionally writing some scripts as well. Since 1997 Dorian Supin is a freelance cameraman and film director. Together with six Estonian filmmakers, he founded the film and television production company F-Seitse in 1998, where he works to this day. Filmography documentaries: And Then Come the Evening and the Morning (1989), Arvo Pärt. 24 Preludes for a Fugue (2002), Cecilia, Orient Occident and Your name (2002, short docs), Dialogs. Composer Valentin Silvestrov (2008), Heino Eller. Quinta Essentia (2013) Contact Minor Film Trummi 34B Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 112

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116 documentary 2015 Out of Fashion We live in an era of global consumption where the rate of consumption is increasing exponentially. It s no secret that the fashion industry is at the forefront of this consumption rally. Thousands of factories in the third world produce not only clothing for big corporations, but also tons and tons of toxic waste. Fashion designer Ret Aus has an ambitious plan to change the world. Aus has realized that the only way to fight against the fashion industry is from the inside. The documentary Out of Fashion follows Reet Aus s journey from Tallinn, through the fashion stages of Europe and the cotton plantations of South America, and right into the epicenter of mass produc-tion in Bangladesh. The documentary was filmed from Original title: Moest väljas Directors: Jaak Kilmi & Lennart Laberenz Cinematographers: Lennart Laberenz, Mart Taniel Consultant: Reet Aus Editor: Liis Nimik Composer: Jarek Kasar Sound Designer: Matis Rei Producers: Katrin Kissa, Jaak Kilmi Produced by: Homeless Bob Production Premiere: September 16, 2015 Director Jaak Kilmi graduated from the newly formed film school of Tallinn Pedagogical University. He has directed numerous short films, award-winning documentaries (The Art of Selling, Disco and Atomic War, etc.) and two feature films (Meeting with the Unknown and Revolution of Pigs). He has been a member of FIPRESCI since Director Lennart Laberenz has MAs in history, philosophy and political science. From 2005, he has worked as a freelance filmmakers, author and journalist. His documentary films and television reportages have screened in German and European television stations and international documentary film festivals. From 2008, he has also been working with theatre productions in Europe and South America. 60 / DCP / 16:9 / Dolby Digital Theme: human interest, environment Contact Homeless Bob Production Telliskivi 57-68, Tallinn 10412, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 114

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118 documentary 2015 Rough Stage Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage a contem-porary dance performance in Palestine. But to do so he must overcome several ob-sticles time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cul-tural norms. Set in today s most contested location, Maher s story is at once a para-ble about a society in conflict, and a modern take on and inversion of The Jazz Singer, where the real war is between dreams and tradition. Original title: Karmil pinnal Director and Screenwriter: Toomas Järvet Cinematographers: Max Golomidov, Toomas Järvet Sound: Patrick McGinely Editor: Qutaiba Barhamji Producer: Eero Talvistu Produced by: Exitfilm, Kinoport Film, Kinotehnik Premiere: October 2015 Festivals: IDFA - First Appearance competition (The Netherlands) 74 min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: social issues, culture Contact Exitfilm Madala 1, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Director Toomas Järvet has a BA from Tallinn University and an MA in visual anthropology from Barcelona University. His first film Over and Out participated in 10 international documentary film festivals including Visions du Reel. Sales Visible Film Iva Tkalec [email protected] Phone:

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120 documentary 2015 The Moon Hunter He was the last expressionist of the cinema in USSR. A portrait film about a man who served and developed the art of cinematography. The man for whom the cinema was not only a profession but the meaning of his life. The film is about Jüri Sillart ( ). Original title: Jüri Director and Screenwriter: Julia Sillart Cinematographers: Markus Orav, Max Golomidov, Ants Tammik Editor: Martin Männik Sound: Jüri Wagner, Romet Pott Producer: Arko Okk Executive Producer: Marie Adler Produced by: Acuba Film Premiere: October 29, min / DCP / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: portrait, culture 118 Director Julia Sillart Was born in 1947 in Varna, Bulgaria University of Economic (In Bulgar-ia), working as a teacher of some economic subjects, studied at the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK); 1973 made a graduate work as a director of documentary film named Kadriorg; Between more than 20 newsreels and dozen documentaries, as The Guilt of the Wine (1976), Man s footprint (1983), I Would Like to Live at Home (1977), The Story about the Soviet School (1980), Igor Severjanin (1990), Monumentum kikilipsuga (2011). Contact Acuba Film Tartu mnt 80, Tallinn Phone: [email protected] Sales Adler & Associates Entertainment, Inc., USA, 8721 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069, Phone: [email protected]

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122 documentary 2016 Red Cabaret Cabaret has always been place for courageous and passionate people. Passion on stage will take audience along. Some will get turned on, some will despise. Cabaret in Soviet times was against all rules. But it happened. And cabaret was hugely successful. Today only legends have remained. In documentary film Red Cabaret one time professionals will tell you those legends and intrigues. Take a trip to Soviet Cabaret! Original title: Punane varietee Director: Manfred Vainokivi Screenwriter: Manfred Vainokivi Cinematographer: Manfred Vainokivi Sound: Horret Kuus Editor: Kersti Miilen Producer: Marju Lepp Produced by: Filmivabrik Premiere: January 27, min / DCP / 16:9 / 5.1 Theme: culture 120 Director Manfred Vainokivi Is a producer, cinematographer and director. As the owner of the film production company Filmivabrik, he has produced several shorts and two features Mat the Cat (2005), Bank Robbery (2008). Filmography, documentaries: The Bar (2008), Jolly Old Farts (2009), Maestro (2009), Censorship Lefovers (2010), Life is a Flower (2010), Wunderkind (2010), Old Clown (2011), Perfecto (2011), Beggar Writers House (2012), Baskin (2012), Stealing Socialism (2014). Feature: Family Lies (2016) Contact Filmivabrik Kunderi 8a, Tallinn 10121, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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124 documentary 2016 See You in Chechnya September For Alex, as for the rest of Georgians, war in Chechnya seemed to be far away, seen only on the screens of Russian media. In fact it was just behind the Caucasus Mountains. He d never imagine going there, but he did. He followed her, the French photographer he had met just a few days before at the fashion show. Alex discovers the world of War Reporters and wants to become one of them, but he doesn t succeed. He keeps in connected to war through his friend, practising war reporters and observes what war does to them for 15 years. Original title: Tšetšeenias näeme Director: Alexander Kvatashidze Screenwriter: Alexander Kvatashidze Cinematographers: Alexander Kvatashidze, Niko Tarielashvili Sound: Amélie Canini Editors: Amrita David, Sophie Reiter, Alexander Kvatashidze Producers: Alexander Kavatashidze, Juliette Cazanave, Rebecca Houzel Co-producers: Eero Talvistu, Melanie Andernach Produced by: Lokokina Studio (Georgia), Kepler 22 Production (France), Petit a Petit Production (France), Kinoport Film (Estonia), Made In Germany (Germany) To be released: April Director Alexander Kvatashidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in After graduation from Art College in 1996 he continued study in Tbilisi State University, perusing his career in Painting. Since 2001 Alexander started working in Television as a cameraman and video editor. In he studied film directing in California State University in San Jose. Since 2007 Alexander is an independent filmmaker. By 2015 he has directed 2 shorts and 1 documentary; and has been a DOP and/or editor for over ten films. 68 min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: portrait, social issues, politics Contact Kinoport Film Eero Talvistu Sadama 18, Haapsalu, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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126 documentary Close Relations The Maidan uprising of 2013/2014 marked the onset of dramatic change in Ukraine, which of course has affected directors family as well because he was born in Ukraine and has a lot of relatives scattered all across the country. Filmmaker is travelling to Lvov, to the Crimean peninsula, to Odessa and the Donbas area to tell their story and provide a multifaceted image of Ukraine today. This is a story of ordinary people in the pursuit of happiness. They are telling about their lives in a country with a complicated history which is now trying to move closer to Europe. This move was the decision of a large majority of Ukrainians but has plunged the country into a bloody war. Director Vitaly Mansky Vitaly Mansky was born in Lviv (former USSR) in He studied at VGIK - All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography and had his debut as a director in He has directed 30+ films since then, shown at over 400 international film festivals, including Cannes, San Sebastian, Rotterdam, Berlin, Amsterdam, Moscow, Oberhausen, San Francisco, Locarno, Toronto, Montreal, Yamagata, London and even Pyongyang. He received more than 50 Russian and international awards, among others Chrystal Globe in Karlovy Vary, Silver Dove in Leipzig, Best director (Locarno, Kinotavr), Prix Court Métrage Vision du Reel Nyon, Golden Spire in San Francisco, Laurel Awards. Selected filmography: Virginity (2008), Motherland or Death (2011), Pipeline (2013), Under The Sun (2015) Original title: Radinieki Estonian title: Suguvõsa Director: Vitaly Mansky Screentwriter: Vitaly Mansky Cinematographer: Alexandra Ivanova Sound: Harmo Kallaste Editor: Peteris Kimelis Producer: Guntis Trekteris Co-producers: Marianna Kaat, Simone Baumann, Natalya Manskaya Produced by: Ego Media (Latvia), Baltic Film Production (Estonia), Saxonia Entertainment (Germany), Studio Vertov (Russia) To be released: May min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: politics Contact Marianna Kaat Baltic Film Production P.O. Box 4752, Tallinn 13515, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sales Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottsched str.18, Leipzig, Germany Phone: +49 (0) [email protected]

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128 documentary 2016 Positivus Estonian pop music enjoys good times at the moment. Here and there interesting acts pop up almost daily and global scope of our artists is growing exponentially. Over three years the filmmakers of Positivus (working title) have followed stage ca-reers of musicians of different styles and as a result they have captured somewhat family portrait of current era. On one side the film gives an almost encyclopaedic overview of who s who in Estonian pop music of 2000s. Yet on the other hand the acts and choices of film characters reveal the general feeling of our times - cult of success, opportunism and vanity. The genre of the film isn t pretentious critical real-ism, but rather a musical comedy. Original title: Positivus Director and Screenwriter: Jüti Muttika Cinematographers: Taavi Arus, Jaako Krull, Rasmus Puksmann Sound: Ann Reimann Editor: Asko Kase Producer: Ivo Felt Produced by: Allfilm To be released: Spring min / DCP / 16:9 / 5.1 Theme: music Director Jüri Muttika Director, screenwriter, editor, producer Jüri Muttika was born on 18 October 1977 in Rakvere. Graduated Tallinn Pedagogical University in 2000 followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Journalism and Communication, which formally remained unfinished studied film directing at Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School. He has worked as an TV host and as a reporter. Contact Allfilm Saue 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 126

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130 documentary 2016 Paradise Behind the Fence Russian biggest summer resort Sotchi has been chosen the venue of the Winter Olympic Games of President Putin has promised enough snow for the Games, no traffic jams and big investments in building the Olympic facilities. How it will effect the neighbouring small villages and if they succeed to survive and keep the living pace they are used to? Original title: Lumi punasel lagedal (working title) Director: Aljona Surzhikova Screenwriter: Aljona Surzhikova Cinematographers: Ivar Heinmaa, Kristjan-Jaak Nuudi Sound: Sergei Trofimov, Atanas Tšolakov Editors: Aljona Surzhikova, Julia Ishakova Producer: Riina Sildos Co-producer: Ralph Wieser Produced by: Amrion (Estonia), Mischief Film (Austria) To be released: Spring min / HD, DCP / Director Aljona Surzhikova is director of documentaries and TV broadcasts. Education - Tallinn University, television direction, BA in film and video, Saint Petersburg State University for Film Industry and Television, director of documentaries, MA. Has made broadcasts and documentaries for the following channels: ETV & ETV2 (Estonia), Kanal2 (Estonia), Kanal Kultura (Russia), TV5 (Russia). Filmography: Semjon Shkolnikov s War and Peace (2008), Generation 0 (2008), Miss Robinson (2009), Singing Nadezhda (2011), Not My Land (2013), Bachelor and Volga (2014) Theme: social issues, politics Contact Amrion Nurme 45, Tallinn 11616, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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132 documentary 2016 Let s Play War While there are less and less World War II veterans among the living, the battles of this war keep reoccurring on different battlegrounds in the Eastern territories of con-temporary Europe. Young Estonian men Andrey and Reimo have gotten killed sever-al times in these fights. Each time they resurrect, because these are the rules of the game they play along with their comrades from a military club Frontline. Enthusiasts of different nationalities join such clubs because of their appreciation for the memory of WW II as well as their love of the hobby of reconstructing in detail the soldiers life-style of the era. SS-Untersturmführer Reimo leads the 20th division of Waffen-SS, Sergeant Andrey marches in advance of the Red Army s 11th Rifle Division. The fight for history goes on. Original title: Täna mängime sõda Director: Meelis Muhu Screenwriter: Meelis Muhu Cinematographers: Max Golomidov, Erik Norkroos, Meelis Muhu Sound: Mart Otsa, Jaanis Valk, Hendrik Vahter Editor: Meelis Muhu Producer: Meelis Muhu Produced by: In-Ruum To be released: Spring min / HD / 16:9 / Stereo Theme: social issues, history Contact In-Ruum Gonsiori , Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 130 Director Meelis Muhu has directed and produced many documentary films. Born in 1972 in Paide, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University, holds a BA in directing. Filmography, documentaries: The Opinionator (2003), Alyosha (2008), Counted Noses (2012), PMR In The State of Limbo (2014)

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134 documentary 2016 Woman in the Glaciers In the Tian Shan above the city of Almaty, four thousand meters high, there lies the enormous Tuiksu glacier. Like a huge beast it breathes, approaches and retreats again. Global warming is ruthlessly melting the glacial ice, exposing prehistoric rock layers, while another hard winter of the mountains covers them with ice and snow again. Every motion, crack, change in ice temperature, chemical composition and colour of the glacier is closely monitored. Throughout the days and seasons, the only woman who has been living next to the huge frozen glacier for many years, in a wooden cabin high in the mountains, performs these measurements and sends them to the monitoring center in Almaty. This woman is Aušra Revutaitė. Original title: Moteris ir ledynas Estonian title: Naine ja liustik Director: Audrius Stonys Screenwriter: Audrius Stonys Cinematographer: Audrius Kemežis Sound: Riho Västrik Editor: Mirjam Jegorov Producers: Radvile Sumile, Riho Västrik Produced by: Uku Films (Lithuania), Vesilind (Estonia) To be released: Autumn min / HD / 16:9 / 5.1 Theme: eternity, life, poetry 132 Director Audrius Stonys is a member of European Documentary Network and European Film Academy. Made 20 films as an independent filmmaker and producer. Films have got many international film awards. Among them Audience award in Nyon, Grand Prix in Split, prizes in Bornholm, Florence, Gyor, Neu Brandenburg, Oberhausen, Bilbao and San Francisco the film Earth of the Blind received European Film Academy Award as the Best European Documentary film of the Year. Filmography: Countdown (2004), Uku ukai (2006), The Bell (2007), Four Steps (2008), I Walked Through Fire, You Were with Me (2010), Ramin (2011) Contact Vesilind Vilmsi 53G, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected]

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136 index English Titles Amalimbo 90 Angry Painter 14 Anthill 106 Arvo Pärt Even if I Lose Everything Bird Flu 82 Bodom 38 Butterfly Man, The 56 Christ Lives in Siberia 100 Class Reunion 20 Close Relations 124 Dawn 16 Days that Confused, The 26 Dearest Sister 40 Elo 54 Empty Space 96 End of the Chain, The 42 Eternal Hunting Grounds 80 Family Lies 22 Fast Eddy s Old News 108 Fatcula 88 Fencer, The 6 Full House 86 Ghost Mountaineer 12 Grounded 60 Hey, Rasma! 110 Ice 66 Impromptu 102 Karv 64 Let s Play War 130 Life before Life 94 Life with Herman H. Rott 74 Magic Kimono 28 Master, The 70 Mausoleum 62 Metanoia 50 Miriam s Stray Dog 78 Moon Hunter, The 118 Mother 18 November 36 Out of Fashion 114 Out of Internal Worlds 84 Overcoat, The 92 Paradise Behind the Fence 128 Piano 76 Poet and The Spy, The 32 Polar Boy, The 24 Positivus 126 Pretenders 44 Ready or Not, Happy You Are 34 Red Cabaret 120 Rough Stage 116 Roukli 10 Secret Society of Souptown, The 8 See You in Chechnya 122 Seneca s Day 30 Superbia 52 Take Off 58 Tashi Delek! 104 Wedding Game 72 Woman in the Glaciers

137 Original Titles Amalimbo 90 Äralend 58 Armastus tuleb magades 34 Arvo Pärt isegi kui ma kõik kaotan 112 Ausma 16 Bodom 38 Elo 54 Elu enne Elu 94 Elu Herman H. Rott iga 74 Ema 18 Fast Eddy vanad uudised 108 Fatcula 88 Hei, Rasma! 110 Igavesed jahimaad 80 Impromptu 102 Isand 70 Jää 66 Jüri 118 Karmil pinnal 116 Karv 64 Keti lõpp 42 Klassikokkutulek 20 Kristus elab Siberis 100 Liblikmees 56 Linnugripp 82 Luuraja ja luuletaja 32 Maģiskais kimono 28 Mann Tanzt 48 Mausoleum 62 Metanoia 50 Miekkailia / Vehkleja 6 Mirjami kodutu koer 78 Moest väljas 114 Moteris ir ledynas 132 Must alpinist 12 Nong Hak 40 November 36 Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse 26 Perekonnavaled 22 Piano 76 Polaarpoiss 24 Positivus 126 Pulmamäng 72 Punane varietee 120 Radinieki 124 Roukli 10 Senekos diena / Seneca päev 30 Sinel 92 Sipelgapesa 106 Siseilmadest väljas 84 Sungnan Hwaga 14 Superbia 52 Supilinna salaselts 8 Täis maja 86 Täna mängime sõda 130 Tashi Delek! 104 Teesklejad 44 Tiibadeta piloot 60 Tšetšeenias näeme 122 Tühi ruum 96 index 135

138 index Directors Arulepp, Meelis 92 Aun, Anu 24 Csüllög, Edina 56 Do, Mattie 40 Grimstad, Elin 80 Härö, Klaus 6 Heidmets, Rao 94 Helde, Martti 52 Hints, Anna 66 Holm, Kristjan 86 Hussar, Toomas 32 Jancis, Kaspar 76 Järvet, Toomas 116 Kilmi, Jaak 100, 114 Kivastik, Mart 34 Klemet, Martinus Daane 88 Kõusaar, Kadri 18 Kuik, Valentin 22 Kvatashidze, Alexander 122 Kyu-hwan, Jeon 14 Laberenz, Lennart 114 Laila Pakalnina 110 Lehemaa, Oskar 64 Libossart, Juan 90 Liiv, Urmas Eero 12 Linna, Leeni 60 Loginov, Vladimir 106 Lopez, Carlos Eduardo Lesmes 58 Lundgren, Chintis 74 Mansky, Vitaly 124 Martinsons, Maris 28 Muhu, Meelis 130 Mustonen, Taneli 38 Muttika, Jüri 126 Nüganen, Elmo 4 O`Conor, Hugh 92 Õunpuu, Veiko 10 Pääsuke, Priit 42, 102 Paju, Margus 8 Pakalnina, Laila 16 Pikkov, Ülo 96 Raat, Marko 108 Randla, Lauri 62 Rebane, Peeter 104 Reinup, Maria 48 Ruumet, Triin 26 Sarnet, Rainer 36 Sillart, Julia 118 Sokk, Marili 72 Stonys, Audrius 132 Supin, Dorian 112 Surzhikova, Aljona 128 Takkin, Helen 54 Tammiksaar, Arbo 100 Taniel, Mart 102 Tender, Priit 82 Tenusaar, Andres 72, 78 Toomla, Vallo 44, 50 Unt, Helen 84 Unt, Riho 70 Vainokivi, Manfred 22, 120 Vilbre, René 20 Vildžiunas, Kristijonas

139 Production companies Acuba Film 110 Adriatic Animation (Croatia) 74 A Film Estonia 92 Alasti Kino 48, 58 Alexandra Film 42 Allfilm 6, 32, 52, 106, 108, 126 Amrion 30, 44, 128 Animailm 72 Baltic Film Production 124 Chintis Lundgren Animatsioonistuudio 74 Decima Rosa (Italy) 12 Digitaalne Sputnik 16 Don Films (Finland) 38 Eesti Joonisfilm 76, 82, 84, 86, 88 Ego Media (Latvia) 124 Exitfilm 56, 62, 66, 116 Factory 104 Fasad (Sweden) 90 Filmiühistu Roukli 10 Filmivabrik 22, 120 Film i Väst (Sweden) 90 Film Tower 100 Fork Film 90 Funny Films and Aalto University ELO Film School (Finland) 62 Giant Creative (Ireland) 92 Hargla Company (Latvia) 16 Homeless Bob Production 36, 114 In-Ruum 130 Kepler 22 Production (France) 122 Kick Film (Germany) 6 Kinoport Film 116, 122 Kinosaurus Film 26, 64 Kinotehnik 116 Kopli Kinokompanii 12, 34, 60 Krukfilms (Latvia) 28 Lao Art Media (Laos) 40 Lendfilm 50 Loaded Films (Japan) 28 Locomotive Productions (Latvia) 30, 44 Lokokina Studio (Georgia) 122 Luxfilm 24, 42, 102 Made In Germany (Germany) 122 Making Movies (Finland) 6, 100 Medieoperatørene (Norway) 80 Meteoriit 18 Minor Film 112 Miracle Worker (Poland) 16 Mischief Film (Austria) 128 MRP Matila Röhr Productions (Finland) 4 Münchhausen Productions 38 Nafta Films 8, 54, 58 Niijanaa Films 14 Nukufilm 70, 78, 80, 96 Open Workshop (Denmark) 74 Opus Film (Poland) 36 Orbital Vox Studios 14 Oree Films 28, 40 Peate Film 72 Petit a Petit Production (France) 122 PRPL (The Netherlands) 36 Rao Heidmets Filmstudio 94 Saxonia Entertainment (Germany) 124 Screen Division (France) 40 Solar Films Inc.(Finland) 8 Staron Film (Poland) 16 Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania) 30, 44 Studio Vertov (Russia) 124 Taska Film 4, 20 TreeFilm Ltd (South Korea) 14 Uku Films (Lithuania) 132 Vesilind 132 Von Krahl Theatre 48, 50, 52 index 137

140 useful addresses Production companies Acuba Film Tartu mnt Tallinn,Estonia Phone: A-Film Estonia Toompuiestee Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Alasti Kino Tööstuse Tallinn, Estonia Alexandra Film Tuvi Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Allfilm Saue Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Amrion Nurme Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Animailm Raua Tallinn 10152, Estonia Phone: Baltic Film Production P.O. Box Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio Moora Tallinn, Estonia Digitaalne Sputnik Männimetsa tee Laagri, Estonia Phone: Eesti Joonisfilm Roo Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Exitfilm Madala 1, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Factory Estonia pst Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Filmivabrik Kunderi 8a Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Filmiühistu Roukli Phone: [email protected] 138

141 Film Tower Gonsiori Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Kinosaurus Film Kopli Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Minor Film Trummi 34B, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: useful addresses Fork Film Animation Studio Tuvi 16-3, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Kopli Kinokompanii Gonsiori 27, 10147, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Mr Goo Goo Luise Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Homeless Bob Production Tööstuse Tallinn, Estonia Phone: In-Ruum Gonsiori Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Kinoport Film Sadama Haapsalu, Estonia Phone: Luxfilm J. Vilmsi Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Meteoriit A. Kapi Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Münchhausen Productions Niine Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Nafta Films Soo 4, Tallinn, Estonia Phone:

142 useful addresses Nukufilm Niine 11, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Oree Films Vabriku Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Taska Film Tartu mnt Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Vesilind Vilmsi 53G Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Distributors Acme Film Estonia pst 1/ Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] BestFilm Paavli 6A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Estonian Theatrical Distribution Hea Film Põikmäe Tänassilma, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Forum Distribution / VaataFilmi Hobujaama Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Estinfilm Gonsiori Tallinn, Estonia Phone/fax: [email protected] Must Käsi 2 Vana-Posti Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Tespi Tähesaju Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] 140

143 International film festivals Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams Telliskivi 60A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film Telliskivi 60A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival Esplanaadi Pärnu, Estonia Phone: useful addresses Baltic Event Nurme Tallinn, Estonia Phone: be.poff.ee Docpoint Tallinn Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Telliskivi 60A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival Telliskivi 60A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Matsalu International Nature Film Festival Tallinna mnt Lihula, Läänemaa, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival Telliskivi 60A Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] swff.ee Worldfilm. Tartu Festival of Visual Culture Veski Tartu, Estonia Phone: [email protected], [email protected] 141

144 useful addresses Financing and Archives Estonian Ministry of Culture Suur-Karja Tallinn, Estonia Phone: Estonian Film Institute Uus Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] filmi.ee Creative Europe MEDIA Estonia Estonian Film Institute Phone Uus 3, Tallinn 10111, Estonia [email protected] Estonian Cultural Endowment Suur-Karja Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Estonian National Archive s Film Archive Ristiku Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] TV Stations Estonian Public Broadcaster Estonian Television Faehlmanni 12, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] err.ee Kanal 2 Maakri 23A, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] TV 3 Peterburi tee 81, Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Organisations Estonian Filmmakers Union Uus Tallinn, Estonia Phone: [email protected] Estonian Film Producers Association [email protected] Phone: Estonian National Filmproducers Union [email protected] Phone: The Estonian Association of Film Journalists Narva mnt 11e Tallinn, Estonia [email protected] 142

145 Basic facts on Estonia Population: 1,3 mln Capital: Tallinn Cinema admissions in 2015: 3,01 mln Admissions per capita in 2015: 2,36 Share of domestic films in 2015: 11,33% Average ticket price in 2015: 5 Cinema Top 2015 Original title No of admissions Minions US Country of Origin EE/ FI Fast and Furious US/JP Spectre GB/US Supilinna salaselts EE/FI Fifty Shades of Grey US Inside Out US Hotel Transylvania US Jurassic World US Star Wars US Domestic feature films : Mat the Cat / Shop of Dreams / Men at Arms / The Curse of a Play / Fed Up! 2006: Ruudi / Golden Beach, The Visit of the Old Lady / Lotte from Gadgetville / The Hostage / Mindless / Jade Warrior 2007: Knife / 186 Kilometres / Class / Detour / Magnus / Autumn Ball / Whatever, Aleksander / Georg / Where Souls Go / Kinnunen 2008: Taarka / I Was Here / December Heat / Visitor / A Wish Tree 2009: Vasha / Buratino: the Son of Pinocchio / The Temptations of St. Tony / Bank Robbery 2010: The Snow Queen / Phobos / Red Mercury / Poll Diaries 2011: A Friend of Mine / Letters to Angel / Graveyard Keeper s Daughter / Rat-trap / Farts of Fury / Lotte and the Moonstone Secret / The Idiot / That s IT! 2012: Douchebags / Rat King / Bad Hair Friday / Hella W / Lonely Island / Purge / Mushrooming / A Lady in Paris / All Musicians Are Bastards / Demons / Pizzas 2013: Living Images / The Arbiter / Free Range: Ballad on Approving of the World / Kertu. Love is Blind / Tangerines / Black Diamonds / Kid Detectives & The Secret of the White Lady 2014: In the Crosswind / Man in the Orange Jacket / I Won t Come Back / Landscape with Many Moons / Cherry Tobacco / Zero Point 2015: 1944 / The Fencer, The Secret Society of Souptown / Roukli / Ghost Mountaineer / Angry Painter / Dawn facts

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