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- To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Swedish group winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
- FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- Follows wiz entrepreneur Axel, who decides to recruit women from the neighboring farms for his production of electronic hair curlers.
- Berlin in the 1920s. A dazzling place, but times are not only golden. They are marked by poverty and crime.
- Children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
- In 2004, just before Estonia becomes a member of NATO, Russian intelligence services recruit Alfred Vint, an official at the Estonian Defense Ministry.
- THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of war. Oleg lives with his beloved grandmother, Alexandra, in the small village of Hnutove. Having no other place to go, Oleg and Alexandra stay and watch as others leave the village. Life becomes increasingly difficult with each passing day, and the war offers no end in sight. In this now half-deserted village where Oleg and Alexandra are the only true constants in each other's lives, the film shows just how fragile, but crucial, close relationships are for survival. Through Oleg's perspective, the film examines what it means to grow up in a war zone. It portrays how a child's universal struggle to discover what the world is about grows interlaced with all the dangers and challenges the war presents. Thus, THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS unveils the consequences of war bearing down on the children in Eastern Ukraine, and by natural extension, the scars and self-taught life lessons this generation will carry with them into the future.
- The lives and tales of the residents of the Õnne 13 apartment building in the small town of Morna.
- Robert De Niro is famous for his award-winning portrayals of gangsters, criminals and socially disturbed men who show surprising traces of vulnerability. By analyzing his astonishing roles in iconic films through the years, the documentary reveal the complex actor behind these extreme characters. Because the public knows little about the man who is largely silent about his own life and emotions, this film tries to unwraps one of the most fascinating and enigmatic American actors of all time for the audience. For this the filmakers use clips from his feature films, archive footage of his sparse interviews and probe into his background to illustrate De Niro's methods for becoming the characters he plays and the reasons he's able to do so. All of this culminates in a rare exposé of the genesis of the hidden pain that enables the masterful actor to bring such intensity to the big screen.
- When a legendary businessman and former soviet wrestling champion Otto Müller is shot in his home manor on his 65th birthday, eight family members are present. Each of them has a different motive.
- As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lesinskis, then working in the Soviet mission at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a dark spy game, Ieva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter's dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of events which have their roots over four decades ago. In order to find herself and understand the game she was part of, Ieva sets out on a journey to the past, confronting family secrets, lies and betrayal.
- The aftermath and overcoming the tragedy of a school shooting from the point of view of surviving pupils and their teachers and parents.
- A child prodigy from Louisiana, who shares his father's passion for the unique sport of pole vaulting, must overcome his difficulty with handling failure in order to achieve his dream of becoming the greatest in history.
- At cocoa plantations in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, children aged from 7 to 15 years old, with the promise of paid work, are forced into slave labour. Does the world know about the dark side of chocolate?
- A romantic comedy about a couple who decide to leave their safe life in the city behind and move to the countryside to fix up an inherited mansion.
- An examination of corruption and class warfare in Brazil as told through the stories of a wealthy businessman, a plastic surgeon who assists kidnapping victims and a politician whose income relies on a frog farm.
- 58th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place from May 14th until May 18th 2013 in Malmö, Sweden and marks the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations". Denmark wins with "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest.
- 12-year-old Marta (Laura Rätsep) is placed in a Viking-themed children's camp, from which she decides to run away on the first night, but then gets caught by Tobias (Tõru Kannimäe) and Ekke (Kristen Norden), who quickly want to join her.
- Farewell Comrades paints a portrait of the Soviet Union's decline from the inside, covering the period from 1975 to 1991.
- In a quiet resort town Haapsalu four kids are spending their summer holidays together. Suddenly they are dragged into events that started in the 15th century in the local bishop's stronghold. The children must solve a difficult mystery of a clock robbery and they have to find a treasure that has been lost for centuries and contains a formula of making gold.
- A disused submarine factory became the venue for the world premiere of the performance Adam's Passion, a stage version of music by 2023 Polar Prize winner Arvo Pärt. The performance was recorded in connection with Pärt's 80th birthday in 2015 and was directed by none other than the legendary director and artist Robert Wilson. Musically, Adam's Passion consists of four of Pärt's works; Adam's Lament, Tabula Rasa, Miserere and Sequentia. The conductor is Pärt's world-famous compatriot Tõnu Kaljuste, and over a hundred artists are on stage.
- Actor Andrus Vaarik takes us on a humorous journey throughout Estonia's history with the help of experts.
- The 11-year-old protagonist of the film is an ordinary Ukrainian boy who lived his best life in his native Mariupol. Yuriy had everything that makes everyone happy: a loving family, loyal friends and a home. He was just starting to live, learning to love and facing difficulties in his life. However, on February 24, 2022, everything changed radically - the enemy occupiers crossed the threshold of his home and killed his father, sister and grandfather. The boy was left with only his mother Ira and his bedridden grandmother.
- National music competition to select Estonia's entry for Eurovision Song Contest Malmö 2024 (2024).
- A group of friends risk death to make their mark on the world.
- Long-running documentary series which captures the essence of Estonia through different stories and people.
- New Year's Eve comedy show with sketches from the general public and commentary by the comedy duo of Märt Avandi and Ott Sepp.
- Director Pankaj Johar sets out to understand how, in the biggest democracy in the world, it is possible for millions of children to be bought and sold.
- Foreign affairs show.
- Debate show focusing on current events and controversial topics.
- Weekday evening show covering current events and human-interest stories.
- Traveling show visiting interesting people who live in the Estonian countryside.
- He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia and generates therewith - perhaps involuntarily - the impression of a recluse, which is attributed to him again and again: Arvo Pärt. In The Lost Paradise, we follow him over a period of one year in his native Estonia, to Japan and the Vatican. The documentary is framed by the stage production of Adam's Passion, a music theater piece based on the Biblical story of the fall of Adam featuring three key works by Arvo Pärt. The world-renowned director Robert Wilson has brought this work to the stage in a former submarine factory in Tallinn. Tracing their creative process, the film offers rare and personal insights into the worlds of two of the most fascinating personalities in the international arts and music scene.
- Kerli's latest album Shadow Works speaks to our darker side. It is closely related to Kerli's personal experiences of returning back to the rural life in the nature of her home country, Estonia, and being able to fully know and heal herself through years of solitude in the Nordic wild. The documentary raises themes as solitude, nature, ancient Estonian magic, DIY lifestyle, the creative process and most importantly, discovering oneself in the full spectrum of life and making peace with the darkness. A more intimate look into Kerli's world allows us a rare view into her creative process in the woods of Estonia and hear stories of years spent in the fast-paced entertainment industry of Los Angeles.
- National music competition to select Estonia's entry for Eurovision Song Contest Liverpool 2023 (2023).
- The Story of Shirin and Lewiza, two Yazidi women captured by the IS, who escape to Germany thanks to the intervention of Dr Jan Kizilhan, an expert on trauma.
- Mason Johannes Ööbik flees home to commit suicide. But instead begins a journey through Estonia, accompanied by a deep sense of hopelessness. Johannes is not one bit distinguishable from the surrounding environment and ideals. The main character's quest sends a stunningly realistic view of Estonia at the time, with medium and people.
- Host Mirjam Mõttus travels around Estonia to bring light to neglected topics and people.
- Andrus Valvur was born in New York and raised in Japan, California and Switzerland, a child of the post-war Estonian exile community. He earned serious academic degrees in International Relations yet worked his entire adult life as a stand-up comic, comedy writer (for Robin Williams and Dan Ackroyd, among others), journalist and TV host. Well into middle age he decides to explore his ethnic roots by staging a one-man live comedy show in Estonia, for Estonians, in Estonian. This cheerful film documents the perilous project, paying close attention to Andy's many cross-cultural challenges.
- Estonia's longest running news show.
- The privatization of war has become big business. Cheap, outsourced labor is hired from the poorest countries. With US Department of Defense money, some private companies hire former child soldiers, despite an industry code of conduct.