Jan Viljus

Filmes

Fools of Fame
Visual Effects
The feature film based on Eduard Bornhöhe's story takes the viewer to the early days of the 20th century, when Estonia was still part of the tsarist Russia. Pride in one's nation was emerging and the desire to give something eternal to one's people at any cost - be it a miracle machine flying in the air or valuable literature written in the language of the country. Unfortunately, it was not that easy and sometimes there was lack of talent.
O Capitão Soviético
Visual Effects
O Capitão Fyodor Volkonogov, um respeitado agente da URSS, descobre que está sendo alvo de uma conspiração política e foge, sendo perseguido por seus ex-colegas. Vulnerável e sem esperança, Fyodor recebe uma mensagem do inferno: após a morte, ele será condenado a tormentos eternos. A única maneira de evitar isso é se arrepender e encontrar pelo menos uma pessoa que lhe conceda o perdão. Mas o tempo de Fyodor está se esgotando...
Conference
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Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.
Dawn of War
Visual Effects
A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
Bad Hair
Visual Effects
Insecure and balding Leo has closed himself in his apartment to try a hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. As Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos.
Virago
Visual Effects
A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. Wherever you look, men are dropping like flies. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the widows as they cross themselves somberly. This is the life and the death of the men in Virago—a village where for centuries no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday. Until today.
Scandinavian Silence
Visual Effects
A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.
The Dissidents
Visual Effects
An upbeat comedy about three boys that escape from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s to fulfill their dreams in the free world.
Out of Fashion
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A documentary following an Estonian fashion designer Reet Aus on a global tour to explore the origin process and the environmental footprints of today's fast paced fashion industry. On the road the mission takes an unexpected turn towards trying to introduce her "upcycling" inspired product line to some of the major fashion retailers to increase awareness of the massive resource waste built into the current product lifecycle.
A Sociedade Secreta de Souptown
Visual Effects
"Sociedade Secreta de Souptown" é um filme de aventuras infantis que se passa em Souptown, um bairro na cidade de veraneio de Tartu. Quatro crianças - Mari, Sadu, Olav e Anton - formam uma sociedade secreta para brincar jogos de "esconde-esconde" inventados pelo avô de Mari, um professor da universidade. Quando a cidade é atacada por um veneno misterioso que transforma adultos em crianças nossa gangue embarca em uma busca pelo antídoto. Seu caminho é pavimentado com desafios maiores do que qualquer outro que tinham visto até agora. É uma aventura que você não pode sequer imaginar. Será que as crianças vão encontrar o antídoto a tempo de salvar seus entes queridos?
Bad Hair Friday
Visual Effects
At an ever-accelerating pace, this thriller / dark comedy tells the story of 8 very different groups whose paths cross in the space of 24 hours. We meet a wide range of characters - from spoiled rich brats to real bottom-feeding criminal scum, and everyone in-between. In the best traditions of Commedia dell’arte, the characters each have easily recognizable roles
The Idiot
Visual Effects
A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness. Based on the book by F. Dostojevski.