Maarja Jakobson

It's Autumn. We see a huge sprawling conurbation of tower blocks built in the Soviet era - the neighborhood called Lasnamäe. Unkempt youngsters are tossing a football around muddy squares in between buildings while yelling obscenities. Men with striped sailors shirts and blank faces are smoking on the balconies built close to accommodate their ever extending families... (imdb)

A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard's summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with. What is love? Who can believe in such a thing? Is there anything at all to believe in? (imdb)

It is a story about falling in love for the first time. For psychological reasons and because of societal norms, making decisions becomes much more difficult - especially if the feelings that are awakening are directed towards an older man. (imdb)

Three middle aged men are going to their high school reunion after 25 years and the troubles that come with it. (imdb)

Eight lake views of the Japanese art tradition translated into the language of the longings and desires of Old Believers at Lake Peipus. The Eight Views is an Eastern artistic tradition that describes humans' state of mind through eight poetic motifs, such as evening glow, snow, sails returning in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, clear breeze, wild geese departing. (In Japan these elements are interpreted primarily in the area surrounding Lake Biwa.) These motifs provide the framewor