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Kaupo Kruusiauk (born February 25, 1977) is an Estonian film director.
A documentary about professional chess player Jaan Ehlvest and his daily life in a harsh world of professional sports where every result influences one's income and subsistence. The protagonist questions whether it is worth living a life where between championships he keeps running through different American cities and staying in hotels that look exactly the same. So it is not that much a sports documentary but rather a view into a development story of a talented and willful man.
The film portrays the president of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, marine scientist and mathematician Tarmo Soomere. In the film, Tarmo Soomere meets several top Estonian scientists. Our current time and the challenges faced by researchers are made sense of through the resulting dialogues.
Takes a look at the life of the talented musician and composer, saxophonist Maria Faust. The film closely follows the birth of three works and how Maria's personal experiences are reflected in her work.
A documentary about Peeter Volkonski lets us take peek in the everyday life of a colorful cultural figure and explores how he manages to find balance between the household and the aristocracy. Prince Volkonski with his respectable pedigree is an Estonian singer, actor, producer and translator. What is the price of public admiration and is there enough room for compromises when dedicating your life on creation? How to enjoy the flight of a free spirit when the problems of everyday life can strike at any moment? Besides the creational activity the documentary explores the role of the hero's always supporting wife Maria and Peeter Volkonski's relations with his children.
Documentary film about the former Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit, second-ranked tennis player in the world in 2022. In 2023, she suddenly decided to give up tennis. It is a unique opportunity to see the end of a powerful journey and the beginning of a new one.
A story of two families who have opposite views on mowing the lawn.
Doctor of Physics Sandra suddenly loses her job. Finding a new job seems easy at first glance, but it turns into various tragicomic challenges. Endless job interviews bring the former researcher together with all sorts of situations and new personalities.
