This is a documentary about the Lutsis, a vanished group of Estonians, and an exploration of their former villages on the eastern edge of Latvia in search of people who still remember them. The parallel story details Estonian academic and public intrest in their Lutsi countrymen from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Attempts to save "the lost tribe" from assimilation fa...
Breathing and souls are connected. So connected, that when breathing in the same rhythm with somebody, you might be able to see their souls. For such an encounter, a trusting bridge is needed to connect one soul to another. Francesko is the only female chimney sweeper in Estonia, who ends up with a job in a "breathing camp". While people struggle with their inner child, trying ...
靜寂之中的細微聲音，通常最能引人深思。有人說，這是以聲音來接近心靈最好的方式，這句話雖然沒錯，但是在現代社會裡無比喧囂擾嚷的環境，我們有多少機會能夠傾聽靜寂？連靜寂都難求，就別說要領略靜寂之中的樂音了。Avro Part的作品，卻提供給我們這樣的機會，讓人重新在寧靜裡尋回自己、檢視自己，在那簡單樸素的合唱樂音之中，洋溢著崇高而精妙的氣氛，帶給聽者淡淡的感動。
Avro Part的作品，確實一直都有這種特色。身為現代作曲家的他，作品並不像史托克豪森那般令人難以理解，而是在精簡之中尋求音樂的最大可能性。1935年生於愛沙尼亞的Part，可稱為愛沙尼亞歷史上最有名的一位作曲家，在Tallinn音樂學院追隨Heino Eller教授學習作曲，未滿廿歲時便已嶄露頭角，逐漸受到樂壇矚目。最初，他在Tallin廣播電台擔任廣播錄音經理人，而自七○年代之後名聲更是...
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Urgently called, the police inspector has arrived in a hotel, and didn't find any crime, but noticed some strangenesses occurring there. He has decided to leave, but a snow avalanche is crushed in the mountains, making it impossible for him to leave. Soon, inspector has found a body of a dead lodger. Everyone who lives in the hotel is under suspicion... (Strugatsky Bro...
Peppered with elegiac undertones, this farewell story takes us to the world of old men getting ready to say their goodbyes to this world. Each in their own bizarre way. Nothing tragic, but the crossing of the threshold of eternity is still an enigma for all of them – just as is life itself.
Welcome to the fascinating and mystical Estonian swamps where a melancholic love-and-hate tale blooms in full glory and jealousy. The picturesque nature is brimming with uncanny spells, wild spirits and eroticised temptations. Ergo Kuld continues to develop his attraction to the novels of the popular Estonian writer Oskar Luts. Two years ago, he adapted and directed the love dr...
"You see, this story is your story, one that questions me. And this story is my story, one that responds to you. This is our common story. The story of Adam is the story of all mankind. And it is one of tragedy." Arvo Prt
Adam's Passion is the moving first collaboration between two "masters of slow motion who harmonize perfectly with each other" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung...
In medieval Tallinn, the master of the famous knightage who saved the Baltic Sea from the pirates is murdered and his gold necklace disappears. The sheriff asks Melchior, an apothecary to investigate the case. He discovers that the deceased was looking for the ‘Prisoner of Tallinn’ and he suspects the Dominican monastery. While horrific serial killings are uncovered, Melchior b...
Urmas Eero Liiv's feature film "Must alpinist" (Ghost Mountaineer) is a youth film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era. It tells the story of an Soviet Estonian student hiking group which gets caught up in a series of scary events unfolding in wintry Siberia. The unpopular group leader Olle (Reimo Sagor), who becomes...
