Monday, October 12th
18.00
Tõstamaa High School
THREE CHANTS
by Krzysztof Nowicki, Poland, 67′
Krzysztof Nowicki’s music film about a choir where men and women of various professions rediscover their will to live.
Trailers
Explore the trailers currently available on our website, arranged by screening date.
More trailers may be added as they become available.
OCTOBER 12
Monday, October 12th
18.00
Tõstamaa High School
SOUTH OF WINTER, LIES THE SNOW
by Seba Vidal Campos, Chile, 97′
Seba Vidal’s homeland, the Patagonian pampas, is a true realm of peace while the rest of the world bickers and fights.
OCTOBER 13
October 13th at 22.05
Estonian Television (ETV2)
LOST FOR WORDS
by Hannah Papacek Harper, United Kingdom, 93′
An audiovisual journey through England’s magnificent landscapes, featuring rare ecosystems that leave both scientists and artists speechless. The filmmaker himself describes his work as a documentary chorale.
OCTOBER 14
October 14th at 22.05
Estonian Television (ETV2)
PAIKAR
by Dawood Hilmandi, Netherlands, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan, 97′
Paikar—meaning “warrior” or “child of war”—was the name given to the film’s protagonist by his Afghan mother even before he was born. The young man now lives in the Netherlands but seeks his identity through his mother and father, who fled to Iran.
OCTOBER 15
October 15th at 22.00
Estonian Television (ETV2)
THE LAST PROMETHEUS OF DONBAS
by Anton Shtuka, Ukraine, 104′
A documentary epic about the heroes who defend a nearly century-old power plant, day and night. This mythical power station must survive, much like Prometheus, who bestowed light and warmth upon humanity.
Thursday, October 15th
8.30 – 10.00
Sytevaka High School
DATING IN THE DARK
, Myanmar, 50′
In the village of Naung Sone in the Southern Shan Mountains, young men head to a neighboring village after dark to look for partners. A humorous student film reveals how this custom of the Pa-O people actually plays out.
Thursday, October 15th
10.25 – 11.10
Sytevaka High School
ALIEN RIDER
by Jacopo Domenichini, Estonia, 9′
A portrait of a young courier earning a living in the city under the cover of night.
Thursday, October 15th
11.30 – 12.15
Sytevaka High School
SAFOORA
by Parviz Rostami, Kurdish, 18′
Kurdish women’s rituals, dances, songs, and prayers to Saint Safoora, asking her and the heavenly powers to send rain to the fields and to heal those whom earthly forces cannot save from death.
Thursday, October 15th
15.30
Sytevaka High School
EVERYDAY AINU
by Oki Kano, Japan, Ainu, 30′
Directed by OKI, the film by the National Ainu Museum—an indigenous people of Japan—captures the daily lives of a hunter, a fisherman, a seaweed gatherer, and a cultural worker. The film does not romanticize life, as it was created by the Ainu themselves. This ensures the film’s authenticity and conveys the strength of the community.
Thursday, October 15th
15.30
Sytevaka High School
GOD IN A MILITARY UNIFORM
by Kano Endo, Japan, Taiwan, 107′
Taiwan had long been a Japanese colony when the spirit of a Japanese man appeared there. Fearing a curse, the island’s inhabitants transformed the spirit into a deity who comes to the aid of those in distress. The filmmakers—anthropologist Yohei Fujino and documentarian Kano Endo—visit more than fifty shrines where gods clad in military uniforms await them on the altars. The film crew investigates whether Japan has truly been so warlike that there is no other way.
OCTOBER 16
October 16th at 22.00
Estonian Television (ETV2)
A QUIET LOVE
by Garry Keane, Ireland, 96′
Three stories about lovers who do not care that their partner is deaf.
Friday, October 16th
16.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
THREE CHANTS
by Krzysztof Nowicki, Poland, 67′
Krzysztof Nowicki’s music film about a choir where men and women of various professions rediscover their will to live.
Friday, October 16th
20.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
PAIKAR
by Dawood Hilmandi, Netherlands, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan, 97′
Paikar—meaning “warrior” or “child of war”—was the name given to the film’s protagonist by his Afghan mother even before he was born. The young man now lives in the Netherlands but seeks his identity through his mother and father, who fled to Iran.
OCTOBER 17
Saturday, October 17th
10.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
A TRIP THROUGH THE EYES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD
by Valery Grysha, Oleksandr Hoisan, Ukraine, 8′
Archival footage from 1906 showing San Francisco’s Market Street inspired a student film that incorporates the earthquake that struck America’s most beautiful city into the historical shots.
Saturday, October 17th
10.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
ALIEN RIDER
by Jacopo Domenichini, Estonia, 9′
A portrait of a young courier earning a living in the city under the cover of night.
Saturday, October 17th
10.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
WEN-JIN
Roy Tsai, Hong Kong, Singapore, 47′
While browsing the internet, the student filmmaker discovered a documentary about his previously unknown grandfather—a film shot after World War II and since restored. This discovery revealed connections at the intersection of professional assessment, public memory, and family ties.
Saturday, October 17th
12.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
DATING IN THE DARK
, Myanmar, 50′
In the village of Naung Sone in the Southern Shan Mountains, young men head to a neighboring village after dark to look for partners. A humorous student film reveals how this custom of the Pa-O people actually plays out.
Saturday, October 17th
12.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
SOUND OF THE SPIRITS
, Myanmar, 63′
The Lisu people have a deep connection with nature. They communicate daily with the spirits of their fields and forests. The shaman Byar Wu helps manage these relationships; his specific task is to call back wandering souls into their owners’ bodies in order to prevent serious illnesses.
Saturday, October 17th
12.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
BONE WHISPERERS
, Myanmar, 27′
Conversing with the bones of the deceased is an ancient tradition of the Pwo Karen people. It is the duty of those left behind to teach the departed how to reach heaven. The Karen live in Myanmar.
Saturday, October 17th
15.30
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
SOUTH OF WINTER, LIES THE SNOW
by Seba Vidal Campos, Chile, 97′
Seba Vidal’s homeland, the Patagonian pampas, is a true realm of peace while the rest of the world bickers and fights.
Saturday, October 17th
20.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
CHEZ JEANNINE – THE FABULOUS BISTRO
by Pierrick Bourgault, France, 76′
Jeannine, an 80-year-old bistro owner, uses her rebellious spirit, sharp tongue, and generosity to transform her tiny café into a sanctuary for society’s outcasts—both young and old. This documentary is a hymn to the sense of community. Every evening and night, Jeannine’s place is cozy and full of fun, and worries are left behind in the darkness of the street.
OCTOBER 18
Sunday, October 18th
10.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
GRANDPARENTS
by Ana Ligia Pimentel, Brazil, 98′
Life along the Amazon is beautiful, but when young people aged 25 to 35 have to step into the role of grandparents, it is no longer quite so lovely or carefree on the banks of the world’s most magnificent river…
Sunday, October 18th
18.00
Festival Palace (Vanalinna School)
TRUE TO HER COLOURS
by Anu Aun, Estonia, 84′
A glimpse into the elegiac world Epp Kokamägi has created through her magical canvases in Pärnumaa—her home on the Baltic coast.
OCTOBER 20
Tuesday, October 20th
12.00
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
EVERYDAY AINU
by Oki Kano, Japan, 30′
Directed by OKI, the film by the National Ainu Museum—an indigenous people of Japan—captures the daily lives of a hunter, a fisherman, a seaweed gatherer, and a cultural worker. The film does not romanticize life, as it was created by the Ainu themselves. This ensures the film’s authenticity and conveys the strength of the community.
Tuesday, October 20th
13.00
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
GOD IN A MILITARY UNIFORM
by Kano Endo, Japan,Taiwan, 107’
Taiwan had long been a Japanese colony when the spirit of a Japanese man appeared there. Fearing a curse, the island’s inhabitants transformed the spirit into a deity who comes to the aid of those in distress. The filmmakers—anthropologist Yohei Fujino and documentarian Kano Endo—visit more than fifty shrines where gods clad in military uniforms await them on the altars. The film crew investigates whether Japan has truly been so warlike that there is no other way.
Tuesday, October 20th
17.00
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
SOUTH OF WINTER, LIES THE SNOW
by Seba Vidal Campos, Chile, 97′
Seba Vidal’s homeland, the Patagonian pampas, is a true realm of peace while the rest of the world bickers and fights.
OCTOBER 21
Wednesday, October 21th
12.00
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
YOUR TOMORROW WILL BE MY SONG
by Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, Chile, United States, 14′
After years of living in Chicago, a young Quechua couple dreams of returning to the Andes. They long for their traditions and nature.
Wednesday, October 21th
12.00
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
SAFOORA
by Parviz Rostami Kurdistan 18′
Kurdish women’s rituals, dances, songs, and prayers to Saint Safura, asking her and the heavenly powers to send rain to the fields and to heal those whom earthly forces cannot save from death.
Wednesday, October 21th
16.30
Estonian National Museum in Tartu
GRANDPARENTS
by Ana Ligia Pimentel, Brazil, 98′
Life along the Amazon is beautiful, but when young people aged 25 to 35 have to step into the role of grandparents, it is no longer quite so lovely or carefree on the banks of the world’s most magnificent river…
Wednesday, October 21th
17.00
Tartu City Library
UNTIL THE LAST BREATH
by Ewa Ewart, Poland, UK, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, 67′
In 2022, the UN General Assembly recognized the right to clean air as being just as important as the universal human rights established decades ago. Today, 99% of humanity breathes toxic air. Every hour, 900 people worldwide die for this very reason. Young children are among the hardest hit. The filmmakers traveled with scientists to document air pollution in Poland, England, Chile, the USA, South Africa, and Pakistan.
OCTOBER 22
Thursday, October 22th
18.00
Tartu City Library
BONE WHISPERERS
, Myanmar, 27′
Conversing with the bones of the deceased is an ancient tradition of the Pwo Karen people. It is the duty of those left behind to teach the departed how to reach heaven. The Karen live in Myanmar.
OCTOBER 23
Friday, October 23th
16.00
Tartu City Library
A TRIP THROUGH THE EYES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD
by Valery Grysha, Oleksandr Hoisan, Ukraine, 8′
Archival footage from 1906 showing San Francisco’s Market Street inspired a student film that incorporates the earthquake that struck America’s most beautiful city into the historical shots.
Friday, October 23th
16.00
Tartu City Library
WEN-JIN
Roy Tsai, Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore, 47′
While browsing the internet, the student filmmaker discovered a documentary about his previously unknown grandfather—a film shot after World War II and since restored. This discovery revealed connections at the intersection of professional assessment, public memory, and family ties.
Friday, October 23th
16.00
Tartu City Library
ALIEN RIDER
by Jacopo Domenichini, Estonia, 9′
A portrait of a young courier earning a living in the city under the cover of night.
Friday, October 23th
18.00
Tartu City Library
DATING IN THE DARK
Myanmar, 50′
In the village of Naung Sone in the Southern Shan Mountains, young men head to a neighboring village after dark to look for partners. A humorous student film reveals how this custom of the Pa-O people actually plays out.
Friday, October 23th
18.00
Tartu City Library
SOUND OF THE SPIRITS
, Myanmar, 63′
The Lisu people have a deep connection with nature. They communicate daily with the spirits of their fields and forests. The shaman Byar Wu helps manage these relationships; his specific task is to call back wandering souls into their owners’ bodies in order to prevent serious illnesses.
OCTOBER 24
Saturday, October 24th
17.00
Museum of Heimtali
SOUTH OF WINTER, LIES THE SNOW
by Seba Vidal Campos, Chile, 97′
Seba Vidal’s homeland, the Patagonian pampas, is a true realm of peace while the rest of the world bickers and fights.
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