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  • Fading beauty
    Fading beauty

    Original title (in Estonian): "Üürike ilu"

    2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Tormi Torop

    This film tells a story about the brutality of honest love - soft version - maybe.

  • Fisherwoman and a Bear. A Sami Story
    Fisherwoman and a Bear. A Sami Story

    Original title: Kalapüüdja naine ja karu

    2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

    A Sami woman caught fish from the lake in autumn. When she was boiling the fish, a bear who was cold entered the conical tent. The woman understood that it was a Sami man who had turned into a bear. The next morning the woman traced the bear’s tracks and found another, a frozen bear. The men skinned the bear and found a purse with gold coins in it. In the summer, at a fair, the woman met the man who had turned into the bear. He said that the dead bear had been his brother. The man told her to keep the money.

  • Four Breaths
    Four Breaths

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mariam Agladze

    Four women are sharing their thoughts and ideas regarding death.

  • Gorilla Tourism
    Gorilla Tourism

    Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

    Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

  • I Breathe so I Dance
    I Breathe so I Dance

    Orginal tiltle (in Estonian): "Hingan, seega tantsin"

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kamilla Selina Lepik

    A 16 years old talented dancer works hard to be a motivational teacher to her students.

  • Igavesed jahimaad
    Igavesed jahimaad

    2016 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Elin Grimstad

  • Illusioonide labürint
    Illusioonide labürint

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Lina

  • Jaan Poska
    Jaan Poska

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

  • Kul Tur
    Kul Tur

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Alexander Marcus Müller

    A swedish busdriver talks about his job as a bus driver, driving people to Tallinn so they can buy cheaper alcohol.

  • Kuum jälg
    Kuum jälg

    2016 | TV Serial, Kanal 2 Serial | Director: Jaak Kilmi

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