Ursula Ratasepp

A short film about a little boy Otto, whose parents had promised him a dog for his tenth birthday - before they suddenly passed away. When Otto sees a falling star the evening before his birthday, he wishes upon it one more time, but realises then that the bright object is falling into the forest behind his grandma's house. When the hatch of the rocket opens, a little dog exits with the name Laika engraved on his collar. But knowing that his grandma is wary of dogs, the worried child stays in the forest with the dog.

Somewhere in Europe by a great sea stands a small village, where inventing all manner of domestic gadgets is held in great esteem. Every year the villagers organize an annual competition of new inventions. One of the best inventors in the village is Oskar, Lotte's father. His primary rival is Adalbert, whose wife also partakes in the competition. On the eve of the next competition, Lotte and her friend Bruno find a book soaked in the sea, from which Susumu, a gardener from distant Japan, climbs out. Susumu teaches the villagers some judo throws before a big judo competition, which the latter will eagerly use to facilitate their daily lives.

Three male friends decide to travel to Harakasa, a city far from Tallinn because Veikko needs to solve a problem there.

Sur la petite île de Sareema en Estonie, Kertu, 30 ans, vit chez ses parents sous l’emprise d’un père despotique. Lors d’une fête de village, elle se rapproche de Villu, un homme à la dérive. Cette rencontre va bouleverser sa vie…

En URSS, au début des années 1950. Après avoir quitté Leningrad, le jeune Endel arrive à Haapsalu, une petite ville estonienne, où il exerce comme professeur d'éducation physique. Son passé d'escrimeur suscitant la curiosité des élèves, il prend l'initiative d'animer un club de fleuret dans le cadre des activités extrascolaires.

Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference overrun his thoughts, he contemplates suicide until he meets a younger man who sparks his interest in life.