Taska Film

What Taska Film does

Taska Film OÜ is an Estonian privately-held film production company founded in 2000 by Kristian Taska and headquartered in Tallinn. Over a 25-year operating history the company has produced more than 30 feature films, drama series and documentaries, a slate that includes seven of the ten most-viewed Estonian films. Its catalog spans historical epics, comedies, and crime content, with an active effort to develop hybrid feature film / TV series formats exemplified by the Melchior trilogy. Audience scale has been meaningful within Estonia, with the largest cited title reaching 189,000 domestic viewers, and the company has begun to extend its reach through international co-productions with partners in Finland, Sweden, Austria, and Germany.

The company operates a portfolio-based revenue model with three core streams: (1) licensing of self-produced films and series across theatrical and digital windows; (2) distribution revenue earned via transaction fees from partnered distributors including ACME Film and Hea Film for theatrical release and Telia for VOD; and (3) production services billed to international co-producers on a project basis. Revenue is supplemented by public funding, including a €50,000 Export Development grant from Enterprise Estonia (EAS) for the October 2024–September 2025 program year within a total program budget of approximately €72,000, alongside national film fund incentives. Co-production partnerships on the domestic side include Apollo Film, HansaFilm, and Kassikuld, while international co-financing has been arranged for projects such as "Never Alone."

Taska Film's forward pipeline includes three announced releases across 2025–2026: the February 2026 domestic comedy "The Suitors" (Säärane mulk), the 2026 adventure comedy "Dirt In Your Face," and the 2025 historical epic "The Godkiller." Sole ownership by founder Kristian Taska and a lean three-person leadership team (Kristian Taska, Adeele Meri, Carmen Laurend) imply limited operating leverage and meaningful key-person risk, but also point to a craft-driven, capital-light model that has persisted across multiple product cycles without external equity investment. The competitive position is anchored in a deep domestic content library, established distribution and co-production relationships, and access to Estonian film incentives.

Name

Taska Film

Legal name

Taska Film OÜ

Website

https://taska.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Taska Film OÜ is a Tallinn-based Estonian film production company founded in 2000 by Kristian Taska, producing 30+ feature films, drama series, and documentaries, including seven of Estonia's ten most-watched films, and generating revenue through licensing, distribution, and international co-production services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Motion Picture Production

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Live-Action International/Co-Production & Service Production (MPADABAG)

Keywords

• Feature film production
• International co-production
• Film production services
• Drama series production
• Documentary production

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Film Production: Taska Film produces and co-produces feature films, drama series, and documentaries. They serve as the primary production company or co-production partner, generating revenue through production fees, co-production agreements, and film financing including government incentives and private financing.
2. Distribution Revenue: Revenue from theatrical distribution (through partners like ACME Film, Hea Film), VOD platforms (Telia), and international sales. Films are distributed across Estonia, the Baltics, and internationally.
3. Production Services: Taska Film provides production services to attract international filmmakers to Estonia, benefiting from Film Estonia's cash rebate program (up to 30% cash rebate on costs incurred in Estonia).
4. Government Incentives: EAS export development grant of 50,000 EUR for the period 1.10.2024-30.09.2025 to support export activities at European film markets, with total budget of 72,000 EUR.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Taska Film produces and co-produces feature films, drama series, and documentaries, having delivered more than 30 projects since its founding in 2000. The company also provides production services to international filmmakers shooting in Estonia, including location support, crew coordination, and access to Estonian film incentives such as the Film Estonia cash rebate (up to 30%). It pioneered a hybrid film/TV-series format in Estonia through the Melchior the Apothecary trilogy, a multi-country co-production spanning Estonia, Germany, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Product overview

Taska Film is Estonia's leading film production company, founded in 2000 by Kristian Taska, offering feature film production, international co-production services, and production services for international filmmakers. The company has produced over 30 feature films, drama series, and documentaries. Its portfolio includes historical epics (Names in Marble, 1944), comedy franchises (Class Reunion trilogy), medieval thriller trilogies (Melchior the Apothecary), and dramatic features (Life and Love, The Shadow). Taska Film provides production services including location support and access to Estonian financial incentives (up to 30% cash rebate via Film Estonia). The company pioneered hybrid film/TV series formats in Estonia and serves as a gateway for international productions seeking to film in Estonia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Baltic Crime: A novel film and television series hybrid format for European film and television markets

Products and services

• Feature Film Production Production and co-production of feature films, drama series, and documentaries for Estonian and international audiences. Seven of Estonia's ten most-watched feature films have been produced by Taska Film.
• Production Services Production services offered to international filmmakers in Estonia, including location support, crew coordination, and access to Estonian financial incentive programs such as the Film Estonia 30% cash rebate and regional film funds (Viru Film Fund up to 40%, Tartu Film Fund up to 30%).
• International Co-Production Specialized international co-production services, partnering with companies from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, and Russia on film projects.
• Baltic Crime (Hybrid Film/TV Series Format) Novel hybrid film and television series hybrid format developed by Taska Film for European film and television markets, exemplified by the Melchior the Apothecary trilogy that blends feature films with serialized storytelling as a pioneer format in Estonia.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7 of Estonia's 10 most-watched feature films produced by Taska Film
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MRP Matila Röhr Productions (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnish co-production partner for The Eternal Road (Ikitie) and All the Sins. MRP Matila Röhr Productions is a leading Finnish production company.
• Anagram (Sweden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish co-production partner for The Eternal Road (Ikitie) alongside MRP Matila Röhr Productions and Taska Film.
• HansaFilmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing co-production partner. Co-produced Names in Marble, The Eternal Road, Truth and Justice, and The Godkiller.
• KassikuldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partner for multiple films including The Suitors/Säärane mulk, Where the Heart Is, and The Bog.
• Apollo Film ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstonian co-production partner for Where the Heart Is, The Bog, Life and Love, The Godkiller, Estonian Funeral, and Melchior the Apothecary trilogy.
• Nafta FilmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partner for Melchior the Apothecary film trilogy.
• Maze Productions (Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman co-producer for Melchior the Apothecary film trilogy.
• Film Angels Productions (Latvia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatvian co-producer for Melchior the Apothecary film trilogy.
• InScript (Lithuania)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLithuanian co-producer for Melchior the Apothecary film trilogy.
• Fedor Bondarchuk (Russia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRussia's most well-known producer and co-producer of Phobos, which achieved the most wide distribution of any Estonian film.
• Matila Röhr Production, HOBAB, Samsara Filmproduktion, Penned PicturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNever Alone is an international co-production between Finnish Matila Röhr Production, Estonian Taska Film, Swedish HOBAB, Austrian Samsara Filmproduktion, and German Penned Pictures.
• Film Estonia (Estonian Film Institute)coreOthersNational Film Estonia cash rebate program offering up to 30% cash rebate on costs incurred in Estonia. Taska Film's The Eternal Road was the first project to receive support from this program.
• Viru Film FundminorOthersRegional film fund operating in Ida-Viru County near the EU border with annual budget of €200,000, offering up to 40% cash rebate on eligible local production costs.
• Tartu Film FundminorOthersRegional film fund providing up to 30% funding for feature films, documentaries, animations, and TV series produced in southern Estonia. Also offers consultation on permits and location scouting.
• ACME FilmcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDomestic Estonian film distributor for Taska Film productions including Säärane mulk/The Suitors.
• Hea FilmcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFilm distributor for Estonian productions including The Bog, Life and Love, and Dirt In Your Face (upcoming).
• EAS (Estonian Business and Innovation Agency)minorOthersEAS supports Taska Film's export development program (2024-2025) with €50,000 grant from creative industry export capability development scheme. Total project budget is €72,000.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nordisk Film Production: Denmark-based production arm of Nordisk Film / Egmont, the dominant Scandinavian film and TV group. A broad incumbent operating at much larger scale across the same Nordic co-production, distribution, and incentive ecosystem that Taska Film participates in.

Others

• Beta Film: German-based international distributor and co-financer of European TV series and films. Comparable to Taska Film only as an ecosystem counterparty — relevant as a benchmark for international sales economics rather than as a direct production competitor.

Direct peers

• Allfilm: Leading Estonian film and TV production company founded in 1995, also producing feature films, drama series, and providing production services in Estonia. Direct domestic competitor to Taska Film with overlapping co-production activity across the Baltics and Nordics.
• Amrion: Estonian production house known for feature films and series including 'Kalev' and 'The Invisible Fight'. Competes for the same domestic box office, broadcast commissions, and Estonian Film Institute incentive funding as Taska Film.
• Yellow Film & TV: Finnish independent production company behind feature films and drama series. Comparable Nordic peer leveraging similar regional incentive schemes and co-production networks with Baltic and German partners.
• HansaFilm: Long-standing Estonian co-production partner of Taska Film (Names in Marble, The Eternal Road, Truth and Justice, The Godkiller). Comparable mid-sized Estonian production house operating in the same financing and festival ecosystem.
• Apollo Film Productions: Estonian production entity (linked to Apollo Group cinema chain) and a co-production partner on multiple Taska titles including Melchior the Apothecary and Where the Heart Is. Combines production with theatrical exhibition, providing vertical integration that Taska Film lacks.
• Homeless Bob Productions: Estonian production company producing feature films and international co-productions. Active in the same Estonian talent pool, festival circuit, and co-production financing ecosystem as Taska Film.
• Citizen Jane Productions: Estonian production company producing international co-productions and series. Direct competitor for Estonian Film Institute funding, regional rebates, and domestic theatrical market share.
• MRP Matila Röhr Productions: Leading Finnish production company and Taska's principal co-production partner on The Eternal Road, All the Sins, and Never Alone. Operates the same Nordic co-production, regional fund, and service-production playbook across Finland-Estonia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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