
Acting
Sten Karpov
Born 1984-07-02 · Võru, Võru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Sten Karpov (born July 2, 1984 in Võru) is an Estonian actor. Sten Karpov was born and raised in Võru. He graduated from Võru Kreutzwald High School in 2003. He received his acting education at the Viljandi Academy of Culture of the University of Tartu (2003–2007, VI flight, course instructor Kalju Komissarov). From 2007 to 2014, Karpov worked as an actor at the Endla Theater in Pärnu. From 2014 to 2016, he was an actor in Vanemuine. Since 2016, he has been an actor in Endla again. He has also participated in Estonian Drama Theater productions, project musicals ("Fame") and TV series. He had a central role in the short film "Pink Cardigan".
Acting credits
7.4At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Firebird
2021
2.0The "Swingers" is a shameless (and sometimes shy) relationship comedy with the main focus on sex.
Swingers
2017
NRSix fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.
FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger
2018
6.9In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
The Little Comrade
2018
5.3Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German ‘Werewolf’ partisans and picked off one-by-one. Brana leads her surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their ‘cargo’ doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would see it buried in order to hide the truth forever.
Burial
2022
NRIn True, five strangers meet in a doctor’s office. In a changing world, even an innocent joke is enough to trigger an avalanche.
True
2018
5.5Johannes, a young Ingrian Finn, grows up in Soviet Estonia with his liberal student mother and pro-Soviet grandmother. The boy's life is revolutionized when he experiences first love and his mother decides to leave for Finland.
Goodbye Soviet Union
2020
5.6Career woman finds out that her boyfriend is living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money and decides to make a run for it. She is accompanied by a little girl who is also on a run from her criminal step-father. Together they're trying to make it to her grandmothers house.
Off the Map
2016
6.8At an ever-accelerating pace, this thriller / dark comedy tells the story of 8 very different groups whose paths cross in the space of 24 hours. We meet a wide range of characters - from spoiled rich brats to real bottom-feeding criminal scum, and everyone in-between. In the best traditions of Commedia dellarte, the characters each have easily recognizable roles
Bad Hair Friday
2012
NRKarl and Carla is set in an ironic dystopia from the near future, where adult relationships and interactions are regulated and controlled by the government’s ‘Happiness Institute’.
Karl and Carla
2020
NRFive fresh short films on the theme "With the best intentions" from even fresher Estonian directors.
FRESH BLOOD: With the Best Intentions
2020
5.5The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
December Heat
2008
7.4Insecure and balding Leo has closed himself in his apartment to try a hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. As Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos.
Bad Hair
2020
5.0Henrik is a successful actor and comedian who's always trying to prove he's not a homophobe. In his private life, he is lonely and insecure, struggling with adulthood. One day, after dislocating his shoulder, he joins a yoga class and makes his first gay friend ever.
Pink Cardigan
2014
7.0An adaptation of the Australian film “The Little Death” (2014). A black comedy about sex, love, relationships and taboo. Five couples, five problems, five ways to solve those problems … not all of these ways are correct. The film is about the taboo things we don’t talk about behind closed doors – on the big screen.
Things, We Do Not Talk About
2020