Jaan Tootsen

Directing

Biography

Jaan Tootsen (born October 14, 1975) is an Estonian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Tootsen's father is journalist, writer and politician Toivo Tootsen. Since 2000 he has worked at Estonian National Broadcasting. He has been a long-time editor of radio program "Ööülikool". From 2012 to 2016 he was the cultural advisor for the Estonian president at the time Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

Disco and Atomic War

5.4(0.0K)

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

Rebel with a Bow Tie

Not rated yet

Jaan Tootsen’s documentary follows President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in the last year and a half of his term in office – as he grapples with the complexities of world politics and his private life. Tootsen’s keen camera eye follows Ilves at his most difficult moments, showing no mercy, but creating a gripping, rather harsh and at the same time very human portrait of the President.

Play Trailer

Rebel with a Bow Tie

Self

Production

VelosoofidMOVIE

MOVIE

Velosoofid

7.5(0.0K)

A short documentary about Tour d'ÖÖ - an Estonian cycling event.

The New World

6.5(0.0K)

A documentary about a group of activists in Tallinn who try to improve their quarter.

The New World

6.5(0.0K)

A documentary about a group of activists in Tallinn who try to improve their quarter.

Wild South

Not rated yet

Stories about Tartu and Southern Estonia, capturing the tricks and mysteries about the arts of survival. Renowned filmmakers from Estonia and abroad bring us uniquely wild tales of people, communities, and the culture they live in. In these stories, we meet peculiar vehicles known as “karakat” from Peipsi, charming non-places of Tartu, the wild German woman living an off-grid life without water and electricity, mischievous goats and crazy village parties, the diverse Annelinn residents and nostalgic Petseri, slime mould and space exploration, and of course, the artists of survival from today and past.

The New World

6.5(0.0K)

A documentary about a group of activists in Tallinn who try to improve their quarter.

The New World

6.5(0.0K)

A documentary about a group of activists in Tallinn who try to improve their quarter.

Play Trailer

The New World

Director of Photography

The New WorldMOVIE

MOVIE

The New World

6.5(0.0K)

A documentary about a group of activists in Tallinn who try to improve their quarter.

Artists of Survival

Not rated yet

As a student, the protagonist watches Emir Kusturica’s film “Black cat, white cat”, about the wacky life of the Balkans, and suddenly realizes that he has already seen all this in his childhood in Võrumaa.

Vello Salo. Everyday Mysticism

Not rated yet

This film is about the beauty of growing old. It is a story about an old and wise man who is preparing to leave this world and, thus, faces many personal and delicate questions. How not to loose faith in these final hours? Why are the greatest among us put through the hardest trials in the spiritual realm? Vello Salo is a Catholic cleric in his 90s, but first and foremost, a human being: a free spirit, a man with his own quirks and tricks, not to mention a lifetime of experience and wisdom which has been well-preserved to this modern day.

Play Trailer

Vello Salo. Everyday Mysticism

Director

MOVIE