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  • Avatud Eesti Fond
    Avatud Eesti Fond

    1996 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Kirss

  • Avatud elule
    Avatud elule

    2002 | Documentary | Director: Marko Piirsoo

  • Avatud headusele
    Avatud headusele

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Airi Kasera

  • Babyface
    Babyface

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

    Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.

  • Bad Ass Merike
    Bad Ass Merike

    2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Keil

    She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

  • Balance between Man and Nature
    Balance between Man and Nature

    2006 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ago Ruus

    The project of protecting and restoring endangered species in North-West of Estonia was the initiative of European Union Life-Nature Programme.

  • Ballet Master
    Ballet Master

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    "Ballet Master", a documentary full of dancing, is a journey through the creative world of the internationally recognized choreographer Mai Murdmaa. Murdmaa is our guide and helps us see dancing as a medium for creating art. "Ballet Master" visualizes choreography but mostly gives it a meaning. Murdmaa's creative work and private life are inseparable. One ballet master, two different forms of society. One art - sacral, mystical, erotic, aesthetic - but so many difficult aspects before the creation can reach the audience.

  • Baltic Challenge
    Baltic Challenge

    1997 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • Baltica 87
    Baltica 87

    1987 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kaido Kuusik

  • BAM 520 km
    BAM 520 km

    1980 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Igor Kurve

  • BAM – Railroad to Nowhere
    BAM – Railroad to Nowhere

    2008 | Documentary | Director: Jouni Hiltunen

    Documentary by Finnish director Jouni Hiltunen about the enthusiasm, hopes and reality of railway constructors in Baikal-Amur district.

  • Bariton frakis
    Bariton frakis

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaak Järvine

  • Baruto - Lost in Translation
    Baruto - Lost in Translation

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Artur Talvik

    Portrait documentary directed by Artur Talvik about Kaido Höövelson alias Baruto and about his difficult journey towards the highest rank of Japanese sumo wrestling.

  • Baskin
    Baskin

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Portrait documentary about actor and theatre director Eino Baskin.

  • Beautiful is the land
    Beautiful is the land

    1984 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Rein Maran

    Poetic documentary directed by Rein Maran about Estonian nature, history and the present day.

  • Beauty of Fatherland
    Beauty of Fatherland

    2001 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Portrait documentary by Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi observes the parallel lives of two opposite women - Anne Eenpalu, the leader of "Home Daughters" and Tiina Jantson, activist in Estonian beauty contests. Both women take care of cultivating beauty in Estonia in their own way.

  • Because I Am a Little Bird
    Because I Am a Little Bird

    2004 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Sillart

  • Beer Revolution
    Beer Revolution

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

    Documentary follows the rising phenomenon of craft beer scene in Estonia throughout 2015 along with its main protagonists – brewers, sellers and variously minded consumers.

  • Bees of Sound
    Bees of Sound

    1987 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

    Heli Teppo, music teacher of Rõuge basic school and her pupil Andres Piigli express their thoughts and emotions about the youth song celebration in 1987.

  • Before the Signature
    Before the Signature

    1976 | Documentary | Director: Kaupo Klooren

    Graphic artist Herald Eelma and his artwork.

  • Beggar Writer's House
    Beggar Writer's House

    2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

  • Behind the hard work
    Behind the hard work

    2007 | Documentary | Director: Mati Viiul

    The documentary introduces the daily life of the Institute of Geology and the story of its new building - the process of construction, moving and opening.

  • Behind the Plough
    Behind the Plough

    1976 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märt Müür

    Debut documentary by Märt Müür gives a bold and professional overview about the production of ploughing equipment inappopriate for non-chernozemic fields.

  • Betti Alver
    Betti Alver

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Enn (Ernst) Lillemets

    Documentary film sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities - Betti Alver.

  • Between the Three
    Between the Three

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Marek Vahula

    The story of environmental protection of Kunda Bay in 1992–1993.

  • Between Two Fires
    Between Two Fires

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Martin Korjus

    Documentary about the dreams of a father and his sons in the world of formula and kart racing as well as about the fulfilment of the dream through hard work, success and loneliness.

  • Bewitchers
    Bewitchers

    2004 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Priit Valkna

    In South-Estonia, being cast the evil eye, or the malocchio, remains a daily threat for those admired or envied by others.

  • Beyond the Water
    Beyond the Water

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liia Sakkos

  • Bicycle - our friend
    Bicycle - our friend

    1987 | Documentary | Director: Hans Roosipuu

    Short documentary about bicycling as a recreational sports.

  • Big City Beat
    Big City Beat

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ave Häkli, Antti Häkli

    A story of a young Estonian trying to make in London’s music business.

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