Acting
Taavi Eelmaa
Born June 15, 1971 · Tallinn, Harju District, 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…
Known For
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway · 2020Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
★ 5.32020
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.
November · 2017November
★ 7.12017
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.
Deliver Us · 2023Deliver Us
★ 5.52023
MovieHorror
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.
Sky Song · 2010Sky Song
★ 5.52010
MovieFantasyAnimation
A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.
Parquet · 2021Parquet
★ 4.02021
MovieDrama
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.
Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye · 1999Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
1999
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?
Purge · 2012Purge
★ 6.82012
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.
The Maggot Feeder · 2012The Maggot Feeder
2012
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…
Movies
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway · 2020Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
★ 5.32020
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.
November · 2017November
★ 7.12017
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.
Deliver Us · 2023Deliver Us
★ 5.52023
MovieHorror
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.
Sky Song · 2010Sky Song
★ 5.52010
MovieFantasyAnimation
A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.
Parquet · 2021Parquet
★ 4.02021
MovieDrama
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.
Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye · 1999Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
1999
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?
Purge · 2012Purge
★ 6.82012
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.
The Maggot Feeder · 2012The Maggot Feeder
2012
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…
Mälestuste Maja · 2008Mälestuste Maja
2008
MovieDrama
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.
Autumn Ball · 2007Autumn Ball
★ 5.42007
MovieDrama
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.
Black Diamonds · 2013Black Diamonds
★ 6.62013
MovieDrama
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.
The Arbiter · 2013The Arbiter
★ 5.02013
MovieDrama
A brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth.
Ruudi · 2006Ruudi
★ 6.62006
MovieFamilyComedy
A family comedy about a 7-year-old boy, who's a devoted viking fan.
The Temptation of St. Tony · 2009The Temptation of St. Tony
★ 6.92009
MovieDrama
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.
Black Peter · 2008Black Peter
★ 6.02008
MovieDrama
Peter and his wife have dinner with friends in a restaurant. They have not quarreled for two weeks already. A new record could be in the making. But a trivial argument soon grows into a quarrel and the night brings weird games into their relationship.
Uncaught Miracle · 2006Uncaught Miracle
2006
MovieDrama
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.
The Idiot · 2011The Idiot
★ 5.12011
MovieDrama
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.
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
★ 4.22011
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.
Reunion 3: Singles Cruise · 2021Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
★ 4.62021
MovieComedy
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.
Empty · 2006Empty
★ 5.52006
MovieDrama
A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard's summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with.
The Days That Confused · 2016The Days That Confused
★ 5.42016
MovieComedyDrama
A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
Dear Mister Moon · 1998Dear Mister Moon
★ 6.31998
MovieFamily
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.
Georg · 2007Georg
★ 5.72007
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.
An Affair of Honor · 1999An Affair of Honor
★ 8.01999
MovieDrama
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.
