He later became a prolific filmmaker, directing and producing movies all throughout the 1990s and 2000s, most notably Vene metalli ja US $ suudlus, Ööliblika jõulud, Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat (Estonian: Veepomm paksule kõutsile), December Heat, and Baruto – tõlkes kaduma läinud [et].

In 2023, he appeared as the character Rainar in the Trrin Ruumet directed rama film Tume paradiis.

In the 2015 Riigikogu elections, he ran as an independent under the Estonian Free Party list, being billed as a vote magnet due to his popularity, as well as running on a campaign message of anti-corruption, and received 7,307 votes in the same district, being elected to the Riigikogu.

[9] Talvik would later fully join on 8 March 2017 and become the leader of the Free Party, elected into the position on 24 April.

[13] Afterwards, he resigned as chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee, with former leader of the party Andres Herkel being elected in his place on 13 June.