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  • Roots: Wombstone
    Roots: Wombstone

    Original title: Juured: Emakivi

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Kersti Uibo

    The sounds of gently breaking waves or fluttering insect’s wings are telling the story of our roots long before human footprints were first left on Baltic beaches.

  • Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies
    Tõnu Kõrvits. Moorland Elegies

    Original title: Tõnu Kõrvits. Lageda laulud

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Marianne Kõrver

    A documentary film about a composer Tõnu Kõrvits, his music and the people who are deeply touched by his music.

  • Walpurgis Night
    Walpurgis Night

    2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Vladislav Mukovnin

    A girl stays in the forest during Walpurgis Night and becomes a spectator of the mystical ritual of the nature spirits.

  • Searching for the Light
    Searching for the Light

    Original title: Otsides valgust

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Heini Drui

    Portrait documentary directed by Heini Drui about Raivo Hein, a successful internet businessman, astrophotographer, adventurer and traveler.

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür: 7 Etudes in Pictures
    Erkki-Sven Tüür: 7 Etudes in Pictures

    Original title: Erkki-Sven Tüür: 7 etüüdi piltides

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Marianne Kõrver

    A documentary film portrait by Marianne Kõrver about Estonian renowned composer Erkki-Sven Tüür.

  • The lake and the city
    The lake and the city

    Original title: Järv ja linn

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Riho Västrik portrays Lake Ülemiste as a source of drinking water and a valuable natural environment.

  • Common Frog´s Song
    Common Frog´s Song

    Original title (in Estonian): "Rohukonna laul"

    2009 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mare Albri

  • Kihnu Wedding
    Kihnu Wedding

    Original title: Kihnu pulm

    2009 | Documentary, Observation, Anthropological | Director: Meelis Muhu

    The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.

  • Old Man and the Moose
    Old Man and the Moose

    Original title: Vanamees ja põder

    2009 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Joosep Matjus

  • Recreation Ceremony of Studentsʹ Corporation "Vironia" on 13.05.1989

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