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  • Marju. The Call of the Heart
    Marju. The Call of the Heart

    Original title: Marju. Südame kutse

    2022 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

    A portrait film about Marju Länik, one of the best singers in the history of Estonian pop music.

  • Bridges Of Time
    Bridges Of Time

    Original title: Ajasillad

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede

    "Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.

  • St. John’s Day
    St. John’s Day

    Original title: Jaanipäev

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

    On the day preceding the St. John’s celebration, tens of thousands of people wait for hours in a queue that stretches for kilometers, in order to board the barge that will take them to the island Saaremaa.

  • Goodbye, Nõmme!
    Goodbye, Nõmme!

    Original title (in Estonian): "Hüvasti, Nõmme!"

    2015 | Short, Students film | Director: Max Kroonmann

    The two friends find themselves in trouble trying to open their home yard Nõmmel burgerirestorani.

  • A Dozen Questions about Estonia: Midsummer night
    A Dozen Questions about Estonia: Midsummer night

    Original title (in Estonian): "Tosin küsimust Eesti kohta: Pööripäev"

    2014 | Short, Students film | Director: Janis Rižovs

    “A Dozen Questions about Estonia“ introducing Estonia and the nature of Estonians through the 12 short films.

  • Siberian Vacation
    Siberian Vacation

    Original title: Puhkus Siberis

    2011 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Liivo Niglas

    Documentary by ethnologist Liivo Niglas about the reunion of relatives in an Estonian village in Siberia in summer 2010.

  • Snow Horse Whisperer
    Snow Horse Whisperer

    Original title: Lumehobuste peremees

    2007 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Gerda Kordemets

    Documentary about the original world of Tanel Koppen, a man from Viru county, Estonia.

  • Three Baltic Love Stories: Regina and Sergei. Latvian Summer 1991
    Three Baltic Love Stories: Regina and Sergei. Latvian Summer 1991

    Original title: Balti armastuslood: Regina ja Sergei. Läti suvi 1991

    1992 | Short, Feature film | Director: Peeter Urbla

    Three seasons, three love stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the era of great changes in 1991 when the Baltic states freed themselves from the yoke of Soviet Union and regained independence.

  • Midsummer's Eve in Altja in 1990
    Midsummer's Eve in Altja in 1990

    Title in Estonian: Jaanilaupäev Altjal 1990

    1990 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Midsummer's Eve in the swing ground at Altja village in 1990. People are making music, sitting and listening. Young people are swinging with the village swing.

  • The Feast of St John
    The Feast of St John

    Original title: Jaanipäev

    1978 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

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