Martti Helde

Directing

Martti Helde

Born

1987-08-23 (39)

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Martti Helde (born on August 23, 1987 in Rootsi, Kohila Parish) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter. In 2015 he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in theatrical leader (Estonian: näitejuhtimine) speciality.

Known for

In the Crosswind poster
7.1

June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.

In the Crosswind

2014

No artwork available
NR

Through four nonlinear but interconnected Finno-Ugric storylines, approximately 7,500 years ago, traces of the Kaalo meteorite – that struck the Estonian island of Saarema – left a profound mark on the peoples living along the Baltic Sea, shaping local myths and legends.

Silverwhite

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Scandinavian Silence poster
5.7

A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.

Scandinavian Silence

2019

Burnt Mistakes poster
NR

Aggivald, 23, is living in a suburban boiler-house that is fuelled by books - books without endings. The biggest passion for the young man is to write a new ending for each book. Aggivald doesn't know that his family has a story of its own, a story that reaches back to the Soviet time and has no ending either.

Burnt Mistakes

2010

Superbia poster
NR

If you've been hit, one day you'll hit back. If you aren't loved, you won't love anyone, either.

Superbia

2014

Vertical Money poster
NR

The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.

Vertical Money

2024

Behind the camera

In the Crosswind poster
7.1

June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.

In the Crosswind

2014

In the Crosswind poster
7.1

June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.

In the Crosswind

2014

No artwork available
NR

Through four nonlinear but interconnected Finno-Ugric storylines, approximately 7,500 years ago, traces of the Kaalo meteorite – that struck the Estonian island of Saarema – left a profound mark on the peoples living along the Baltic Sea, shaping local myths and legends.

Silverwhite

—

Scandinavian Silence poster
5.7

A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.

Scandinavian Silence

2019

Scandinavian Silence poster
5.7

A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.

Scandinavian Silence

2019

Burnt Mistakes poster
NR

Aggivald, 23, is living in a suburban boiler-house that is fuelled by books - books without endings. The biggest passion for the young man is to write a new ending for each book. Aggivald doesn't know that his family has a story of its own, a story that reaches back to the Soviet time and has no ending either.

Burnt Mistakes

2010

Burnt Mistakes poster
NR

Aggivald, 23, is living in a suburban boiler-house that is fuelled by books - books without endings. The biggest passion for the young man is to write a new ending for each book. Aggivald doesn't know that his family has a story of its own, a story that reaches back to the Soviet time and has no ending either.

Burnt Mistakes

2010

Superbia poster
NR

If you've been hit, one day you'll hit back. If you aren't loved, you won't love anyone, either.

Superbia

2014

Superbia poster
NR

If you've been hit, one day you'll hit back. If you aren't loved, you won't love anyone, either.

Superbia

2014

Vertical Money poster
NR

The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.

Vertical Money

2024

Vertical Money poster
NR

The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.

Vertical Money

2024