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So long, Dracula!

Title in Estonian: Isake Dracula Eesti variant

1993 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves

Anatomy of totalitarism. Sarcastic retrospect to the darkest era in Estonian history during 20th century.

Occupied Estonia. Stalin and his era when poets wrote him odes and poems but the bushwhackers sang: " ... and our aim is to kill Stalin". From the tribunes, Stalin was addressed as "the great friend of Estonian nation", nevertheless, for the majority of Estonian Stalin's name embodied the violence and lies that hit Estonia. This influenced all areas of life and no-one was left untouched by the terror. The documentary breakrs the myth about the joint resistance of Estonian nation to the foreign power and gives the warning that there is the possibility that similar things could happen again.
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The Battlefields of Love

Original title: Armastuse lahinguväljad

1992 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

Drama directed by Valentin Kuik tells about a young couple whose life will be changed by recruitment. The film is based on the author's short story "The Deserter" (1987). The shooting process started in late 1980s and ended after Estonia regained its independence. The film is the director's retrospect to the Soviet times.

When the doorbell rang late night during the Soviet times, if was often the sign of military recruitment. The chain of events in the film begins from the fatal ring at the door, putting the marriage of a young photographer and his beautiful wife to the test. Being afraid of the army, the young family try to escape the situation. However, they are drifting away from freedom.
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Enne päikeseloojangut

1991 | Popular Sciences | Director: Dietmar Buchmann
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Seal Siberis Baikali taga

1991 | Popular Sciences | Director: Dietmar Buchmann
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Winter Day

Original title: Talvepäev

1991 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Leo Lätti

Children and adults in the city have forgetten that a little dwarf is moving around in their midst at Christmas time.

Children and adults in the city have become apathetic because of their dull routines and grey everyday life. They have lost their traditions and forgetten the land of fairy-tales. They are not aware that a little dwarf is moving around in their midst at Christmas time. The dwarf tries to make children happy with his presents, but continually finds himself in humorously tragic situations.
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Kalapäev

1989 | Students film, Short | Director: Aare Tilk
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Kõik inimese heaks, kõik inimese õnne nimel

1989 | Documentary | Director: Hannes Lintrop
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Noblesse oblige

Original title: Noblesse oblige

1989 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

The layer of culture in humans is thin as a wallpaper separating us from the decaying civilization.

“Noblesse oblige” balancing on the borderline of the real and the unreal strives to express the monotony of this world, its illusory character, and emphasizes the lack of spirituality in the life based on everyday routine.
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Giordano

1988 | Students film, Short | Director: Aare Tilk
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The City

Original title: Linn

1988 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Rein Raamat

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