Marko Raat

Prompter

The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies and jesters - and don't expect to hear a symphony but a single delicate sound of a flute.

The Lady in the Car

A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.

Father, Son and Holy Theatre

Alar Sudak alias Elaan is the don Quijote of Estonian theatre - predestined to eternal loneliness. Sudak's dream to become an officially acknowledged actor has never come true. He has failed the entrace exams to the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and other schools. The documentary tells a story related to the Old Testament - including good-hearted Satan, water wars, unrequited love of theatre, jurisprudence, community's revenge that lasts over several generations and regimes. Elaan's life and destiny includes so much drama that he is unable to let go of it - as his actor's spirit cannot live without it.

Night Navigation

A group of young people goes for a walk on a summer night which stirs the imagination. They begin telling stories about a girl named Paula, who isn’t among them, but with whom each of them has had a meaningful encounter in the past. This is a romantic drama, structured as a road movie, with a deliberately fragmented narrative style that mirrors the wandering of free thought.

F.F.F.F. läheb laiali

In the first week of February in 2005 the mailboxes of those belonging to the art world got the following message: "The most famous Estonian metal girl group F.F.F.F will quit! After their last performance held in Ireland, January 2005, group F.F.F.F. (members: Kristi Paap, Kaire Rannik, Berit Teeäär, Ketli Tiitsar and Maria Valdma) decided that there was no point of continuing the same way." The documentary portrays the artists who belonged to the group F.F.F.F (Fun for Five Females) that was active for almost ten years as well as opens up the reasons for their breakup. As it goes for every divorce, there is going to be lots of talking and confused feelings.

Funeral Diaries

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself. Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944.

Kitchen Triptych

‘A day in the life’ of the kitchens of some of Estonia’s top restaurants. What happens in the engine room of a restaurant once you’ve placed your order? This film shows us the ‘hidden places’ where diners rarely go, with all the stress and passion that goes into making great food. Who does what and where and how in an often cramped room at 35°C. When and what do chefs eat, what are their thoughts about restaurants, food, food fads and fashions, money – and life. Why do they do the job they do? Toomas Lääts, Rene Uusmees, Dimitri Demjanov, Dmitri Rooz, Märt Metsallik, Ott Tomik – six head chefs shown simultaneously on a 3-way split screen. Watch 90 minutes on screen, get four and a half hours of action!

For Aesthetic Reasons

Andres Kurg is an art historian who likes Danish modernist architecture and therefore wants to settle there. He argues with Danish officials to grant him a residence permit for aesthetic reasons.