Focus Estonia

Male+ Voices From Estonia

Experienced male filmmakers who tackle serious topics as if it was a simple matter; a young rising star animator; a female director, enriching the cinematic texture with her own perspective – the films in this “Male+” programme challenge us to expand our boundaries.

Appointments & Tickets

Wed 3.9. • 20:45
Orient Cinema

Thu 4.9. • 16:15
Cinema Trafo 3

Sun 7.9. • 14:15
Orient Cinema

14+ 68'

Presenting Partner


Supported by


Curated by

Helen Unt


Films

Dog Apartment, Priit Tender, EE 2022_02.jpg
Dog Apartment
Ills of fortune have landed ballet dancer Sergei at a suburban collective farm. Here he struggles day after day with the mindless routine, domestic animals and alcohol. Direction Priit Tender Duration 14' Country Estonia Year 2022

Buried in Europe, Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees, EE, 2021_01.jpg
Buried in Europe
This anthropological anidoc focuses on a very much alive and tangible component of the world’s cultural heritage – the architecture of cemeteries. Direction Urmas Jõemees Duration 15' Country Estonia Year 2021
Music Ülo Krigul Sound design Tiina Andreas

Sounds Good, Sander Joon, EE 2018_05.jpg
Sounds Good
A boom operator tries to record the sound of mushrooms. Direction Sander Joon Duration 10' Language English Country Estonia Year 2018

Body Memory, Ülo Pikkov, EE 2011_05.jpg
Body Memory
Our body remembers more than we can ever imagine. It also remembers the sorrow and pain of our predecessors, preserving the stories of our parents and grandparents and theirs before them. But, how far back in the body’s memory is it possible to go? Direction Ülo Pikkov Duration 10' Country Estonia Year 2011

To Pet a Hedgehog, Ave Taavet, EE 2021.jpg
To Pet a Hedgehog
A woman meets a hedgehog. The hedgehog is the one she has been waiting for. So begins an autumn delirium amidst the lonely confines of a Soviet suburban neighbourhood, where reality and dreams merge and humans discover their animalistic side. The man doesn’t realize the changes in the woman until it’s too late. Direction Ave Taavet Duration 12' Country Estonia Year 2021

Cosmonaut, Kaspar Jancis, EE 2019_05.jpg
Cosmonaut
Once a cosmonaut, always a cosmonaut. To the very end. Direction Kaspar Jancis Duration 12' Country Estonia Year 2019
Animation Tarmo Vaarmets Music Kaspar Jancis Sound design Horret Kuus