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  • Burlesquers
    Burlesquers

    Original title: Burleskitarid

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Ojang

    A portrait about Estonian burlesque performers, how they organise events in Estonia and prepare for performances.

  • About the Lives of Lions in Estonia
    About the Lives of Lions in Estonia

    Title in Estonian: Lõvide elust Eestis

    1986 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

    Documentary directed by Heini Drui and Paavo Kivine about the football team "Tallinna Lõvid" ("Lions of Tallinn") and about the attempts to shoot for the championship.

  • Fotorondo
    Fotorondo

    Original title: Fotorondo

    1978 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Tooming

    Documentary by Peeter Tooming about the relationship between reality and art in photography, about photography as a means of recording and interpreting.

  • Spinners
    Spinners

    Original title: Ketrajad

    1976 | Documentary | Director: Valeria Anderson

    The diligent spinners of the textile factory "Balti manufaktuur" have taken the biggest occupational responsibility in the whole Soviet Union.

  • Viimane turbiin
    Viimane turbiin

    1973 | Documentary | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Path of Impediments
    Path of Impediments

    Original title: Okkaline rada

    1971 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vladimir Parvel

    Portrait documentary by Vladimir Parvel about Konstantin Märska, the founder of Estonian film art and the first professional cinematographer in Estonia.

  • Athomic
    Athomic

    Original title: Aatomik

    1970 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Elbert Tuganov

    This is a modern fairytale about a little atom-guy Athomic, who learns to use its mighty power in behalf of people.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1969 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

  • Cameraman Kõps in Mushroomland
    Cameraman Kõps in Mushroomland

    Original title: Operaator Kõps seeneriigis

    1964 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars

    A film puppet Kõps has a fairytale-like trip to a land of Mushrooms.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1962 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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