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- 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.
- Mother (Karin) and daughter (Mari) are facing the demise of Mamma, Karin's mother and Mari's grandmother. They both release their pain on each other, but in unconditional love, everything is allowed. On the backdrop of mother and daughter seeking closeness and mutual understanding, there are bits of archive footage of Mamma, showing her peaceful healthy everyday life. "Mo Mamma" is a bittersweet homage to Mamma, full of feminine absurd.
- Based on play by the same name "Estonian Funeral" is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where the Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal values of the younger generation.
- The life of a young boy and his grandparents in small-town Soviet Estonia.
- A story of a man, whose sincerity becomes a great weapon in a cynical world.
- "Family Lies" by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family's secret chronicles.
- The prison gates open and fate offers Madis a new chance. The ride to the letter bride and carefree old age are so damn tangible, and it seems like nothing can go wrong this time.
- This happened a few years ago in Santiago de Compostela, in the world's oldest hotel. I had presented what I thought was a brilliant idea to Linnar Priimägi at the tea table, when the esteemed professor became irritated and unleashed Mephistopheles from himself. This was quite a fireworks. In the next 15 minutes, I learned the whole truth about myself. Priimägi wondered how the earth could ever carry such a stupid person. After finishing his enlightening diatribe at my address, he relented and said, "Manfred, you have to make a movie about me." I refused immediately. I may be stupid, but not as stupid to make a film about Priimägi. Unfortunately, things went differently and Mephistopheles achieved his will. I'm not going to retell the content of the film here, which would be as pointless as revealing a punchline before the anecdote is told. Let me just say, that this film is a revenge for all the bitter words I have had to hear at my address. Or, as Goethe writes in Faust, "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good."
- Personal and honest little experiment with a minimalist budget, edited from 12 years of nostalgic archival footage and ironic jokes. Most of all it's Manfred behind the camera.
- The values of life. Peeter Ristsoo, Mart Pukk, Enn Vetemaa, Peeter Sauter, Peeter Kardna, Rein Tomingas and others introduce the legendary Valli Bar and explain its importance.
- Biography of Eino Baskin, an actor, director and a comedian who has brought the audience laughter and tears. A look in to the private life of a man that has been coveted by other men and desired by women. In his lifetime he has been adored, hated, loved and persecuted. Baskin has buried his wife and daughter. Soviet authorities have imprisoned him twice and his been through a heart attack. He has created two thriving theaters from scratch. Much more in this biography about a man that has been an inspiration to a lot of people. Baskin died 11.03.2015, leaving behind two children, and a legacy with a number of awards, including presidential honors.
- The film Year of the Pig /"Sea aasta" gives us a look into a year in Estonian recent history, namely the year 2019, which brought us a schism in our politics and our generations. Where are we headed in this unbalanced world? Can we protect our land from our own controversial demands? Without choosing sides and without unnecessary explanations, director Raimo Jõerand and cameraman Rein Kotov tell us a thought provoking story about a nations arrival to the end of the industrial age, accompanied by the colorful music of composer Ardo Ran Varres.
- As a five-year-old prodigy, he became a circus attraction. At the age of eight, the young virtuoso entertained Tsar Nicholas II and his court. By the age 17, he was an eagerly anticipated performer on the best stages of Europe. A year later, he conquered America as a xylophone virtuoso. He has been referred to as the world's best jazz imitator. He was a tap-dancer and superb violinist. audiences in Soviet Russia gave him standing ovations, in Soviet Georgia, he was object of mass adulation. His stage career lasted for 80 years.
- Portrait of two old-school cinema guys, whose joy of life is fuelled by constant rivalry and copious amounts of alcohol.