Acting

Taavi Eelmaa

Born June 15, 1971 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia] (age 55)

Taavi Eelmaa (born June 15, 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor. Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he wo…

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The Last Ones

The Last Ones · 2020

MovieDramaThriller

Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.

Deliver Us

Deliver Us · 2023

When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Antichrist.

Autumn Ball

Autumn Ball · 2007

Autumn in Estonia, where six people live, six solitudes, prisoners of the monotonous architecture of Soviet-era concrete buildings, in search of human companionship, of love, of a ray of light in an ocean of gray.

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · 2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

MovieDramaComedy

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

November

November · 2017

MovieDramaFantasy

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Mindless

Mindless · 2006

MovieComedyTV Movie

A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.

Sky Song

Sky Song · 2010

MovieFantasyAnimation

A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye · 1999

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye

MovieDramaScience Fiction

The mirror image of a pop star falls in love with the singer's wife and enters the world of people through the mirror. What to do if your own reflection becomes life-threatening to you?

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The Last Ones

The Last Ones · 2020

MovieDramaThriller

Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.

Translator

Deliver Us

Deliver Us · 2023

When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Antichrist.

Factory Welder

Autumn Ball

Autumn Ball · 2007

Autumn in Estonia, where six people live, six solitudes, prisoners of the monotonous architecture of Soviet-era concrete buildings, in search of human companionship, of love, of a ray of light in an ocean of gray.

Doorman Theo

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · 2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

MovieDramaComedy

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

Writer

November

November · 2017

MovieDramaFantasy

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Ints

Mindless

Mindless · 2006

MovieComedyTV Movie

A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.

Miku

Sky Song

Sky Song · 2010

MovieFantasyAnimation

A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.

(voice)

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye · 1999

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye

MovieDramaScience Fiction

The mirror image of a pop star falls in love with the singer's wife and enters the world of people through the mirror. What to do if your own reflection becomes life-threatening to you?

Writer

Purge

MovieDramaHistory

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.

Jaan Berg

Georg

MovieDramaMusic

Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women and authority for men, his talent was revered by the highest ranks of the Soviet Union and millions of ordinary people. Georg Ots took the stage when a huge country was recovering from the horrors of war, and his voice returned them faith in a bright future. Few people know what his life was really like.

Demon

The Days That Confused

The Days That Confused · 2016

The Days That Confused

MovieComedyDrama

A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.

Pontu

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway · 2020

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

MovieScience FictionComedy

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR simulation, their mission quickly turns into a delirious trap, far more complex than expected, as the fabric of reality starts unraveling around them.

Drunk Man

The Temptation of St. Tony

The Temptation of St. Tony · 2009

The Temptation of St. Tony

A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.

Tony

Mälestuste Maja

Mälestuste Maja · 2008

Mälestuste Maja

Film about a woman who wishes to sell a house full of painful memories and about a real-estate broker whose life intertwines the woman's life. In a world that seemed to be empty they suddenly notice another person - someone who shares a similar destiny. Nothing takes the past away like the future.

Mees

Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

Reunion 3: Singles Cruise · 2021

Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

The approaching baptism of his ex-wife's new baby destroys Antti's ability to function and puts him in catatonic state. Tuomas and Nippe take action to cheer him up and decide to take him on a singles cruise.

Igor

The Maggot Feeder

The Maggot Feeder · 2012

The Maggot Feeder

MovieAnimationHorror

A man decides to kill his wife because she can’t have children. He builds a stone house on the seashore and starts to grow maggots in it. When the maggots are as thick as a wrist, he invites his wife for a walk on the beach…

Man (voice)

Dear Mister Moon

Dear Mister Moon · 1998

Dear Mister Moon

When two half-sisters, thirteen-year-old white-haired Sigrid and seven-year-old black-blooded Saara meet for the first time, it turns out that their common grandmother has been taken to a nursing home. The girls come up with the idea to steal him from there and hide him in the attic where they can be with her undisturbed. Everything goes well beyond expectations until drunkards, thugs and extortionists intervene and the girls have to act decisively to escape from them.

Arlekiin (uncredited)

Parquet

Parquet · 2021

The creators of the legendary tango à trois reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up. Determined to take on the night as if they had never aged they face the realities when their families arrive to join the audience.

Bulat (Jumping Jack)

The Arbiter

The Arbiter · 2013

A brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth.

Judge

Black Diamonds

Black Diamonds · 2013

Diamantes Negros tells the long journey undertaken by two young boys from Mali who arrive in Spain after being persuaded to pursue their dream of escaping from poverty by becoming professional football players.

Ronny

The Idiot

The Idiot · 2011

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.

Lebedev

Where Souls Go

Where Souls Go · 2007

A teenage girl has problems with her family and life when her little brother is born with a heart problem.

Pastor

An Affair of Honor

An Affair of Honor · 1999

An Affair of Honor

Hendrik is a responsible public servant who is deeply in love with his beautiful wife Evelin. Evelin, however, finds their protected life boring; she wants Hendrik to do something more exciting. When he returns from his business trip, Hendrik will find his schoolmate Berg in their balcony and will furiously throw his gloves to Berg's face. Soon it will turn out that this has been the challenge accepted.

Henrik

Uncaught Miracle

Uncaught Miracle · 2006

Uncaught Miracle

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.

Writer

The Bank

The Bank · 2018

Based on a true story in the turbulent Estonian 90s. Personal dramas will unfold using the historic events as a backdrop, with the characters constantly re-evaluating the currency rates and their personal values.

Pille's Father