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  • 1944
    1944

    Original title: 1944

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    The film tells about the events during the war of 1944 in Estonia, viewed by the Estonians fighting at the Red Army and German Army.

  • The Fencer
    The Fencer

    Original title: Miekkailija

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

    Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

  • Kelly
    Kelly

    2013 | Documentary | Director: Andžei Matsukevits, Roman Neimann

  • Champion
    Champion

    Original title: Meister

    2005 | Students film, Short | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

  • Fortieth War
    Fortieth War

    Original title: Neljakümnes sõda

    2005 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary by Andres Sööt about the Narva Battalion. The greatest value of the battalion was the Estonian men who volunteered to the Estonian Legion in the autumn of 1942.

  • Names in Marble
    Names in Marble

    Original title: Nimed marmortahvlil

    2002 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    The debut film by director Elmo Nüganen is based on the novel "Names in Marble" by Albert Kivikas. The film is a patriotic war drama telling the story of schoolboys in the Estonian War of Independence and of the days and nights of these young volunteer fighters. The film is full of dangers, challenges, pain and exaltation, entwined by a beautiful story of young love.

  • The Kids from the Refugee Camp
    The Kids from the Refugee Camp

    Original title: Pagulaslaagri lapsed

    2001 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andrus Prikk, Toomas Kümmel

    Documentary about Chechen children's memories of war, their daily life and hopes for future in a refugee camp in Georgia.

  • Cho-Oyu
    Cho-Oyu

    Original title: Cho-Oyu

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary by Riho Västrik about the Estonian alpinists' first Himalayan expedition to climb the top of Cho-Oyu, the world's sixth highest mountain.

  • Forty Years Later
    Forty Years Later

    Original title: Nelikümmend aastat hiljem

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary by Riho Västrik about the Estonian mountaineers' Caucasus expedition to the highest peak of Europe - Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in 1998.

  • Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No.1, part 1
    Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No.1, part 1

    Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 1. film, I jagu

    1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

    Organizations of expatriate Estonians in Australia. Political fight for supporting the existence of Estonia and for declaring the occupation by the Soviet Union as an illegal act.

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