
Directing
Vallo Toomla
Born
1983-04-08 (43)
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Vallo Toomla (born April 8, 1983) is an Estonian film director. He studied theology at the University of Tartu and played in the Tartu University Theater. From 2008 to 2012, he studied film directing at the Baltic Film and Media School, he is a student of Jüri Sillart. Vallo Toomla's first student film "Koolja" (2009) was selected for the Sleepwalkers program of the Dark Nights Film Festival sub-festival and won the award for the best short film in Estonia. His student films have been shown on Estonian National Broadcasting, and the short film "Saatana Vaudeville" (2010) was also screened in Estonian cinemas. In 2013, he completed the animated film "Limonaadi lugu" at the Nukufilm film st…
Known for
After a fatal car accident, thanks to a revolutionary scientific experiment, Kristi returns to her husband and child as record of her self-consciousness is integrated into a surrogate's body.
Beatrice
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5.4After a heavy decision, Anna and Juhan are unable to move on with their lives. They take time off at their friends' fancy summer house and once there, are forced to offer shelter to another couple caught in the storm. The couple assumes that the house belongs to Anna and Juhan and they do nothing to correct the mistake. Instead, they seize their new roles and start taking their mutual bitterness out on the strangers.
Delusion
2016
NRPeople wander around looking for their lives that will always remain unattainable. This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant. Even universities, temples of erudition and culture, are losing their intellectual aspect. Where can a scholar find their place in these unfavourable circumstances? The viewers get a chance to follow Marju on her path towards refined wording and personal truth. This is an encounter that broadens the mind, offers comfort and inspires
Verba Dierum: A Year with Marju Lepajõe
2019
5.0Olga, a lonely parking lot guard, sweeps up the snow, that won't cease falling, and waits for her daughter, who keeps her car there. Little by little, the snowdrifts grow above Olga's head. When a twist of fate stops her from meeting her daughter again, all she can do is to see hope where it almost never was before.
Olga
2014
NRFilm takes the viewer into the world of men living in small towns in Estonia, showing their everyday thoughts and concerns.
That's How It Is
2024
Film credits
Behind the camera
After a fatal car accident, thanks to a revolutionary scientific experiment, Kristi returns to her husband and child as record of her self-consciousness is integrated into a surrogate's body.
Beatrice
—
After a fatal car accident, thanks to a revolutionary scientific experiment, Kristi returns to her husband and child as record of her self-consciousness is integrated into a surrogate's body.
Beatrice
—
5.4After a heavy decision, Anna and Juhan are unable to move on with their lives. They take time off at their friends' fancy summer house and once there, are forced to offer shelter to another couple caught in the storm. The couple assumes that the house belongs to Anna and Juhan and they do nothing to correct the mistake. Instead, they seize their new roles and start taking their mutual bitterness out on the strangers.
Delusion
2016
NRPeople wander around looking for their lives that will always remain unattainable. This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant. Even universities, temples of erudition and culture, are losing their intellectual aspect. Where can a scholar find their place in these unfavourable circumstances? The viewers get a chance to follow Marju on her path towards refined wording and personal truth. This is an encounter that broadens the mind, offers comfort and inspires
Verba Dierum: A Year with Marju Lepajõe
2019
NRFilm takes the viewer into the world of men living in small towns in Estonia, showing their everyday thoughts and concerns.
That's How It Is
2024
NRFilm takes the viewer into the world of men living in small towns in Estonia, showing their everyday thoughts and concerns.
That's How It Is
2024
