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  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • Koma
    Koma

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško, Peeter Simm

    Documentary about well known Estonian theatre director Kalju Komissarov.

  • The Last Prince
    The Last Prince

    Original title: Viimane vürst

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

    A documentary about Peeter Volkonski lets us take peek in the everyday life of a colorful cultural figure and explores how he manages to find balance between the household and the aristocracy.

  • Linna hall
    Linna hall

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Kalev Lepik

  • Mesipuu poole
    Mesipuu poole

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

  • The Moon Hunter
    The Moon Hunter

    Original title: Jüri

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Julia Sillart

    Portrait documentary about cinematographer, film director and teacher Jüri Sillart.

  • Ester Mägi. Cadenza and motif
    Ester Mägi. Cadenza and motif

    Original title: Ester Mägi. Kadents ja teema

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    One of the most respectable lady of Estonian music, composer Ester Mägi, has written music about sixty years while having remained characteristically conservative.

  • In the State of Limbo
    In the State of Limbo

    Title in Estonian: PMR

    2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Meelis Muhu, Kristina Norman

    Filmmakers Meelis Muhu and Kristina Norman observe life in Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, that is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova governed by the real Soviet order.

  • Stealing Socialism
    Stealing Socialism

    Original title: Riigivargad

    2014 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

  • Heino Eller - Quinta Essentia
    Heino Eller - Quinta Essentia

    Original title: Heino Eller. Quinta Essentia

    2013 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

    The biographical documentary about the renowned composer and lecturer Heino Eller also serves as a part of cultural history of Estonia. While following the story, we experience the most dramatic and cheerful moments of his life and Estonian history.

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