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  • Onu Arvo
    Onu Arvo

    2022 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

    Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

  • Christmas In The Jungle
    Christmas In The Jungle

    Original title in Latvian: Ziemassvētki Džungļos

    2020 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    In an effort to avert the break-up of her family, Paula with her friend Akhim go to the jungle to find Santa Claus.

  • Dance Of Death
    Dance Of Death

    Original title: Surmatants

    2019 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Vaiko Edur

    Documentary about American cultural historian Paul Firnhaber, who has found his peace in a small town of Estonia, called Viljandi.

  • Funeral Diaries
    Funeral Diaries

    Original title: Matusepäevikud

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

    The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

  • A Bad Scene: Christmas Mystery
    A Bad Scene: Christmas Mystery

    Original title - Paha lugu: Jõulumüsteerium

    2018 | Short, Feature film | Director: Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik

    “Christmas Mystery” by Andres Maimik and Katrin Maimik talks about student Jass, who makes extra money by playing Santa Claus. Behind one door, however, a lonely woman awaits him, who pulls him into weird role plays the polite youngster cannot say “no” to.

  • Terapeut
    Terapeut

    2015 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • 24/1 or PG-7
    24/1 or PG-7

    Original title: 24/1 ehk alla 7-aastastele keelatud

    2007 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Kerttu Soans

    Year by year, Santa Clause's working day has resembled a fairy tale where both children and adults participate with excitement and joy.

  • The Trivia of Life
    The Trivia of Life

    Original title: Elu pisiasjad

    2003 | Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

    Documentary by Dorian Supin about a man at the end of his/her days, about dignified aging, life in Paunküla nursing home; about the memories, dreams and daily life of the elderly residents.

  • The Year of the Monkey
    The Year of the Monkey

    Original title: Ahviaasta

    2003 | Cartoon, Animation | Director: Ülo Pikkov

    The animated film “The Year of the Monkey” is a story of a monkey who lives in a zoo and, as chance would have it, is forced to start living like a human being.

  • Having Soul
    Having Soul

    Original title: Hing sees

    2002 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Riho Unt

    “Having Soul” is the story of a little boy and his big dream – toy soldiers with souls, who would close their eyes, when dying.

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