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  • Walker on Water
    Walker on Water

    Original title: Vetelkõndija

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Anu Aun

    A documentary about being a woman, told through the life and work of Estonia’s most beloved and internationally most known contemporary poetess Kristiina Ehin.

  • Uus meremaale
    Uus meremaale

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait, Other categories | Director:

  • Long Live the Scandals!
    Long Live the Scandals!

    Original title: Elagu skandaalid ja kollased sandaalid

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Documentary about Estonian contemporary artist Leonhard Lapin.

  • Space of Pure Thought
    Space of Pure Thought

    Original title: Puhta mõtte ruum

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Puu Estonia (pseudonüüm)

    Documentary about the modern humanitarian who according to himself has no choices.

  • Unt´s hour
    Unt´s hour

    Original title: Unditund

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško

    One of the most extraordinary personas in Estonian cultural history is undoubtedly the writer, director, publicist, lecturer and a public figure Mati Unt.

  • Free Range. Ballad on Approving of the World
    Free Range. Ballad on Approving of the World

    Original title: Free Range. Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest

    2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    An optimistic anti-western about the possibility to attain the inscrutable and benevolent indifference towards all mundane affairs even here, in the midst of the pointless and sad life of contemporary Europeans.

  • Beggar Writer's House
    Beggar Writer's House

    Original title: Vaeste kirjanike maja

    2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

  • Professional amateur
    Professional amateur

    Title in Estonian: Professionaalne amatöör

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Indrek Kangro

    Documentary portrait about filmmaker Jaan-Jürgen Klaus who cannot be classified under the definition of filmmaker but he is definitely much more than just an amateur.

  • Asta ja Georg
    Asta ja Georg

    2007 | Documentary, Making of | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • Brave New World
    Brave New World

    Original title: Hea uus ilm

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Jaan Tootsen

    It's a film about consumerism, about people, who have lost themselves in a world of things.

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