Erkki Tikan

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.

On a cruise ship bound for the Caribbean, 42 year old Nanna has invited her daughter Cille and her best friend on a cruise to celebrate Cille's 18th birthday. The expectations are high, and they have big plans set for the three days aboard the cruise. But on the first evening, the dream vacation descends a nightmare, and Nanna realizes that in order to get justice, she must take matters into her own hands.

Estonyalı ünlü eskrimci Endel Nelis’in hayat hikayesinden filme aktarılan film, 2. Dünya Savaşı sırasında Rusya’da gizli polis teşkilatından kaçmak amacıyla Leningrad’dan Estonya’ya kaçarak orada en büyük tutkusu olan eskrim sporunu çocuklara öğretmesini anlatıyor. Nelis, öğretmen olarak çalışmaya başladığı okulda bir eskrim kulübü kurar ve Rusya işgali sırasında birçoğu öksüz kalmış çocuklar için bir idol ve baba figürüne dönüşür. Film, bu yıl hem Altın Küre, hem de Oscar ödüllerinde En İyi Yabancı Film kategorisinde aday olmuştu.

Filmde, 1944'te 2. Dünya Savaşı'nın sonları yaklaşırken Estonya'da Alman Ordusu ile Kızıl Ordu'nun karşı karşıya geldiği Tannenberg muharebesi ve sonrasında gelişen olaylar anlatılıyor. Film, hem Alman hem de Sovyet tarafından askerlerin bakış açılarına yer veriyor.

In Soviet-era Estonia, three young mavericks drop everything and flee to Sweden, but soon learn the free world is not all it's cracked up to be.

The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the course of a century - a life that has quite a lot of surprises in store for Helmi. In this house she finds happiness and suffering, passion and disappointment. She grows up alongside young Erik and waits for her big love to blossom. But one floor down lives projectionist Julius - a man who is far from indifferent when it comes to Helmi. All of the biggest historical events of the century leave their mark on the house. Its hardwood floors have born soldiers' gruff boots and gentleman's shiny oxfords. Its walls have held the fates of people from far and near, foreigners and locals. Helmi's home becomes a German salon, a revolution museum, and a working class commune. And as freedom comes, real estate crooks start sniffing ...

Student activist Onerva is committed to an experimental psychiatric program for women at a 1970s sanatorium.