Best Estonian fantasy movies
A curated collection of popular fantasy movies from Estonia.
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand (2018)
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand (2018)
After ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. The few remaining souls are scattered about, living in misery and lacking hope. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one particularly starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore.
Memory of Water (2022)
Memory of Water (2022)
Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her father. Tea Masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for her whole village. After her father dies, the military moves in to watch over the village -- and Noria. Refusing to give in her freshwater spring, Noria digs in deeper into her family’s secret. Within the Tea Masters’ books, she finds information that the government’s power is based on lies, that there still might be fresh water left for everyone. She risks her own life and sets out on a dangerous journey to find out if this is true.
Eerie Fairy Tales (2019)
Dr. Sander's Sleep Cure (2024)
Dr. Sander's Sleep Cure (2024)
A man, plagued by insomnia, turns to Doctor Sander's Sleep Cure tapes for relief, becoming the unwitting star of his own nightmarish productions, navigating through bizarre and morbid dreamscapes filled with macabre humor.
Kangling (2022)
Kangling (2022)
An ancient leg bone is found during archeological excavations. It's soon identified as an ancient whistle for performing old buddhist rituals. To learn more about the mysterious instrument, a young scientist flees to the countryside. Before long she discovers that the enchanting sound of the whistle starts to take a strange hold of her.
Libarebased ja kooljad (1998)
Libarebased ja kooljad (1998)
Based on the tales of Chinese writer Pu Songling, the film depicts the romantic relationships of a Chinese student with an undead girl and a fox spirit maiden. Rainer Sarnet's diploma film.
Happy Landing (1999)
Happy Landing (1999)
Three film segments.