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  • Highway Patrol Officer
    Highway Patrol Officer

    Original title: Kiirtee kordnik

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Meelis Süld, Meelis Muhu

    Motorcycle policemen are observing the drivers exceeding the speed limit on the roads.

  • A Lamb in a Minute
    A Lamb in a Minute

    Original title: Minut ja lammas

    2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

    Men offering sheep shearing services decide to face the challenge at the European shearing championships.

  • One More Song
    One More Song

    Original title (in Estonian): "Veel üks laul"

    2013 | Students film, Documentary, Observation | Director: Liis Nimik

  • Bank Robbery
    Bank Robbery

    Original title: Pangarööv

    2009 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andrus Tuisk

    The debut feature film directed by Andrus Tuisk is a road movie about a former prisoner who wants to start a new life. However, his fate offers him different options when he meets a teenage bank robber.

  • A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner
    A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner

    Original title: Uus päev luuakse idakaares

    2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Brambat

    In this film, we look at the Setos – a European ethnic group who are wedged between two different cultures – the Orthodox East and the Catholic-Lutheran West. This is the story of a people who make do, living on the Eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world. One way or another, they are involved in the dawning of a new day for themselves and Europe.

  • Heli Mäeorg
    Heli Mäeorg

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Martin Ruus

  • 186 Kilometres
    186 Kilometres

    Original title: Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse

    2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

    The pitch-black comedy directed by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk about well-known Estonian actor Jan Uuspõld. Having reached a dead end with his life, Jan starts a dramatic journey full of adventures from Tallinn to Tartu. Numerous public figures in Estonia participate in the film, including the president of the country.

  • Dragging to Dance
    Dragging to Dance

    Original title: Ursula kisub tantsule

    2007 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Mattias Naan

  • Pharmacist
    Pharmacist

    Original title: Apteeker

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaanis Valk

    Ester, a good-tempered pharmacist living in Virtsu, has courage to be different. She loves nature, animals and solitude.

  • Tallinn-Tartu
    Tallinn-Tartu

    2007 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kalev Tuubel, Jüri Shestakov

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