Mait Malmsten

In the summer of 1933, looking for better opportunities, Irma comes from the countryside to the city to her relative Lonni. Irma is excited about the change of environment, while Lonni is disappointed with city life and sees Irma's arrival as a new freshness for herself. Rudolf, a middle-aged printer, hires young Irma as a maid in his luxurious apartment. The man's charm and mystery fascinate the girl, and pretty soon feelings ignite. They get married, but then inconsistencies in Rudolf's behavior begin to appear, which puts Irma, who dreamed of true love, in an extremely difficult situation.

13-year-old Oliver and Sass make a nose-shaped glasses holder in shop class, which at-tracts the interest of a mysterious major investor. At the same time, Oliver’s recently laid off father is struggling to find a new job. The boys are too young to run their business themselves so Oliver hatches a plan to kill two birds with one stone: they hire Oliver’s dad to run their business, also saving his parents’ rocky marriage! The trick is that Oliver’s father doesn’t know that he works for his son and son’s friend Sass. A fast-paced duplicitous game unfolds and starts to escalate when the boys find out what their mysterious investor is really up to.

With his last breath Uu's friend entrusts him with the secret of how to go to the past. Uu is an engineer and doesn't believe in miracles, but the trick works. In the past there is a pleasant, eternal summer, long hair, girls and Jenkki chewing gum. In his real life, it is autumn, his friends are bitter, the girls are married and his father is seriously ill. At the end of the day, however, Uu has to decide in which time to live his life - in the summer of the past or in the autumn of the present.

Based on Andrus Kivirähk's books "Poo and spring", "Carnival and Potato Salad" and "Ghost and Facebook", the film tells about longing, friendship, love, family and fears, which often have big eyes. The adventures of the strange characters are spiced with the characteristic warm and bold humor of Kivirähk, wittily weaving together the boundless fantasy of children and the living conditions of the modern world.

It's the summer of 1990. The Soviet Union is teetering on the verge of collapse, while the little Baltic nations struggle to take back their lost independence. The Soviet Union's basketball championship is set to begin on the backdrop of a deeply divided society. The Estonian team Kalev faces a momentous decision. With Estonian independence seemingly within reach, a rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team's participation in the USSR's championship. That would contradict the people's aspirations for liberation. As professional athletes, the team makes the unpopular choice. The championship games start.

In the middle of the night, a drunk town guard happens to meet the daughter of a rich merchant… who drowned herself into a well 10 years ago. Soon after the town guard falls dead from the tower. This is followed by two other suspicious deaths. Doubting the existence of the ghost, Melchior has a hunch that these ‘accidents’ are part of a heinous crime. Tracking down the killer, his path will cross with heretics, old feuds and dark family secrets.

По мотивам исторического романа Индрека Харгла (Indrek Hargla). Эстонский исторический детективный фильм, созданный в 2021 году. Это первая часть трилогии о Мельхиоре. Фильм посвящен аптекарю Мельхиору Вакенстеде , который расследует преступления в средневековом Таллинне в 1409 году. Убит знаменитый рыцарь Клингенштайн, который освободил от пиратов Балтийскоe морe. Голова героя отрублена, а рот набит монетами. Золотая цепочка, которую он купил в день своей гибели, пропала. Судебный пристав (фогт) поручает аптекарю Мельхиору, умеющему разговаривать с мёртвыми, расследовать преступление. Умный юноша обнаруживает, что убитый искал таинственного „таллиннского узника“ и следы ведут в Доминиканский монастырь. Развязывается чудовищная череда кровопролитий — любому, кто соприкоснётся с этой тайной, грозит смерть. В то же время аптекарь сомневается в своем ученике, который, кажется, что-то скрывает...

Doctor of Physics Sandra suddenly loses her job. Finding a new job seems easy at first glance, but it turns into various tragicomic challenges. Endless job interviews bring the former researcher together with all sorts of situations and new personalities.

A stray dog gives birth to the main character Poo, on a marvellous spring day. The young Poo befriends a Sparrow, who educates him in ways of life. Observing loving sparrow family’s ventures from his shanty throughout autumn and winter, a desire for a beloved arises in Poo’s heart.

На работе главный герой картины, судья, - воплощение закона и строгих правил. Но его личная жизнь однажды превращается в хаос. После того, как он приговорил женщину к длительному тюремному сроку, за судьей начинает следить ее брат, который просит пересмотреть дело. Но судья непреклонен. Между мужчинами возникает конфликт, и судья сам совершает преступление. Не в силах признать свою вину, он бежит в Финляндию. Здесь начинается его путешествие.

The final film in the trilogy takes us on another wild ridewhich will stop at nothing and will leave no time to feel shame. The three best friends –Mart, Andres and Toomas, are back! And as always, they offer genius solutions to both their personal problems, as well as the audience’s spare time.

У замечательной девочки-собачки Лотте появляется маленькая сестричка Роози. В Деревню изобретателей приезжают ученые: енот Карл и рыба Виктор, которые участвуют в большом конкурсе собирателей народных песен. Главный приз конкурса достанется тому, кому посчастливится записать народную песню старейших из представителей животного мира – мифических огнедышащих драконов. Лотте и Роози решают помочь ученым. Впереди их ждут увлекательные и неожиданные приключения.

Six fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.

One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika who he hasn't even seen for the past six months is about to go into labor. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn't want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption.

Class Reunion 2: A Wedding and a Funeral sees the return of the three high-school friends Mart, Andres and Toomas. This time they are planning a memorable stag party for Toomas, but due to unexpected turn of events end up at a funeral instead. It has been a year since the unforgettable class reunion and our three friends have all reached new stages in their lives. The rock star Toomas (Genka) has finally decided to get married. Mart (Mait Malmsten) is having troubles with his wife. And Andres (Ago Anderson) has declared war on the female sex and decided to become a resolute bachelor.

Два старых жулика, Маркус и Эдуард, которые провели большую часть своей жизни за стенами тюрьмы, выходят на волю. Мир снаружи изменился, и вот они, движимые прошлыми планами и мечтами, желают изменить свою жизнь. Всё происходящее с ними — новая реальность, препятствия и абсурдные ситуации, в которые они попадают — выбивает их из колеи.

Harri is a lieutenant colonel in the Estonian army. Divorced, he only sees his 10-year old son during school holidays. Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island. Missing the last ferry, Harri decides to take a local ice road over the frozen sea.

A mystical beauty surgery clinic is built next to a sports club which threatens to ruin the club's owner. What is going on in this clinic? The solution seems to be inside a bottle of "Fat Burner".

Seneca’s Day is set in the year 1989, the final period of the Soviet era in Lithuania. Eighteen-year old buddies establish the Seneca’s Fellowship with the motto “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 Baltic Chain.Twenty-five years later, the main character who at first glance appears to be accompanied by good luck, is disillusioned with himself. He has betrayed the ideals of his youth and become a cold observer of life.

Three middle aged men are going to their high school reunion after 25 years and the troubles that come with it.

В фильме рассматриваются военные события, происходившие в Эстонии в 1944 году, в период от июльских боёв в Синимяэ до ноября, когда полуостров Сырве был уже завоёван войсками Советской Армии. Война показана глазами участников событий с обеих враждующих сторон - эстонцев, которые воевали и на стороне немецкой армии в 20-й эстонской дивизии Waffen-SS, и в составе 8-го Эстонского стрелкового корпуса Советской Армии. Для жителей Эстонии это была война, в которой каждый делал свой личный выбор. Именно с таким нелёгким выбором сталкиваются главные герои картины - солдаты противоборствующих сторон Карл Таммик и Юри Йыги - а также их сослуживцы, родные, близких и совсем незнакомые люди...

30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.

When Joko, Ants and Reeda, all in their own good reasons, first enter a casino, they can't possibly be aware of the very existence of the demons inside them. Soon enough, they will know. But then it is already too late and their lives are suddenly caught in a fatal vortex.

Финансовый мир потрясён рядом жестоких и необъяснимых убийств. Шведский бизнесмен убит в своей гостиной, еще один в кругу близких и есть все признаки того, что убийства будут продолжаться. Департамент расследований создаёт специальная группу с шестью лучшими полицейскими со всей Швеции — A-group.

Как-то раз под покровом ночи в деревню Изобретателей пробрались двое неизвестных, которых интересовал чемодан пса-путешественника Клауса. Собачка Лотте застигла незнакомцев, которые в испуге кинули желтый камень, взятый из чемодана Клауса, и убежали. Лотте выясняет, что это не какой-то простой камень, а необыкновенный — с серьезным механизмом внутри…

Это психологическая драма, которая происходит в современном Таллинне. Главные герои - современные люди, которые встречаются на странном предвыборном приеме, организованном общественным деятелем. В конце вечеринки они обнаруживают, что произошло нечто страшное, что изменит их жизнь и их близких. Невообразимая сумма денег теряется. Последующие события приводят к ситуации, описанной режиссером Пуустусмаа: «В катарсисе зритель отождествляет себя с церемонией пейота американских аборигенов - внутреннее я видимо только для себя». Жизни четырех главных героев, которые на первый взгляд кажутся ничем не объединенными, пересекаются и рисуют сводный портрет современного европейского человека.

Начало сумасшедших 90-ых годов. И в Эстонии, и в России царит неразбериха, в обществе действуют законы Дикого Запада. Границы между злом и добром размываются, когда в человеческие отношения вторгаются любовь и неверность, ненависть и предательство. Герои должны сделать свой выбор и решить, как дальше идти по жизни.

A wintry fairytale for adults. The unusual love story is based on the motifs of H. C. Andersen's fairytale. A woman living in an ice castle lures a boy to her. He becomes so spellbound by the woman and her land of ice that he forgets the real world. The woman hides the secret of why she is living in the cold from the boy. Those, who know the original story by H.C. Andersen, will also remember that only a few lines spoke of the relationship between the boy and the Snow Queen. The question remained unanswered: what did the boy and the Snow Queen do in the ice castle during all the time the girl spent looking for the boy?

The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.

A documentary with elements of animation about 85-year-old Elbert Tuganov and 80-year-old Heino Pars - two animators and artists who despite changing times have become masters of their domain. The exact time of the real events in the documentary is not actually essential. It may be yesterday, today, tomorrow... And it may happen to you... and to me... However, in the film, it all took place in the 1950s, the time when the first Sputnik was launched to space, rivers were reversed and hydraulic power plants built.

The well-known but out-of-luck actor Jan Uuspõld sets out to hitchhike from Tallinn through Estonia to Tartu.

Создатели мультфильма приглашают вас в деревню изобретателей Самоделкино. Здесь живут маленькая собачка Лотта и ее веселые друзья.

A documentary on the volunteer Estonian Army's defense against the Soviet Army in 1944 with an emphasis on its last stand in the region known as the Blue Hills of Estonia.

Retroband Evergreen's reunion party is ruined when Viktor, who was once the band's frontman, threatens to blow the house up for revenge of his sad destiny.

The 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano player Leo Saalep, who returns to his homeland Estonia to give a concert, and whose alleged international breakthrough has given him the long awaited role of putting Estonian culture on the map in the eyes of the local culture elite.

A fake historic epic on the Middle Ages and Estonia's not-so-glorious past.

Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of "generation".

Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist version of the play "Werewolf" by August Kitzberg. The theatre is haunted and the rehearsals seem to be cursed, artificial blood becomes real blood. The play won't be complete before the murder mystery is unsolved - and Liina is being taken back to the old theatre legends and intrigues of the past century.

Hans Wild Duck Gens, an old school industrial spy becomes suicidally jealous when the firm brings in a German performance artist who becomes not only the top agent, but also replaces him in his girlfriend Monika's affections.

Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.

Jüri Rumm is a hot-tempered young peasant who is not afraid of either German barons or the Russian czar, barfights or disobedience to his master's orders. Mari, a gentle peasant girl, loves Jüri despite the fact that he is very popular among young women. Evelin is a quick-tempered baron's daughter who is used to get everything she wants, including a peasant boyfriend who considers himself a free man. Yet, the free man becomes an outlaw. Where will the runaway's love lead him?