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  • The Look
    The Look

    Original title (in Estonian): "Pilk"

    2015 | Short, Students film | Director: Mairi Sõelsepp

    A fiction film about a man who lives with a curse.

  • Worst-Case Scenario
    Worst-Case Scenario

    Original title: Must stsenaarium

    2014 | Cartoon, Animation | Director: Kristjan Holm

    Two managers Adolf and Rudolf solve the problem that threatens to ruin the company.

  • Farts of Fury
    Farts of Fury

    Original title: Kormoranid ehk nahkpükse ei pesta

    2011 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

    The black comedy directed by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk about a bunch of elderly men - former members of a rock band - who won't hear of living in peaceful retirement. They want to reunite and become again successful at any price. Whatever they do, things will get worse instead. Numerous Estonian public figures appear in the film and the soundtrack includes a huge amount of Estonian music, both old and contemporary.

  • Fragile is the Night
    Fragile is the Night

    Original title: Õrn on öö

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

    Helpline advisers's job is to keep listening to those in need and try to follow them to the very end of their sufferings while trying to understand, comfort and give advice.

  • The Battlefields of Love
    The Battlefields of Love

    Original title: Armastuse lahinguväljad

    1992 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    Drama directed by Valentin Kuik tells about a young couple whose life will be changed by recruitment. The film is based on the author's short story "The Deserter" (1987). The shooting process started in late 1980s and ended after Estonia regained its independence. The film is the director's retrospect to the Soviet times.

  • Riigivanem I
    Riigivanem I

    1991 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

  • The State Elder, Part II
    The State Elder, Part II

    Original title: Riigivanem II

    1991 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

  • Zero Three
    Zero Three

    Original title: Null kolm

    1964 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Igor Jeltsov

    The feature film directed by Igor Yeltsov is based on the story "O3" by Nora Adamyan and Jakov Votshek. It is a drama telling about doctors and medical ethics, expressed by the episodes from a medical emergency room and told by middle-aged people experiencing mutual affection and disappointment.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1960 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1960 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Nikolai Dolinski

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