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  • Species Remix
    Species Remix

    2015 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ella Välimäki

  • Hogweed Brothers
    Hogweed Brothers

    Original title: Vennad Karuputked

    2014 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

    Documentary follows brothers Mihkel and Madis during year 2014, who work as hogweed exterminators, their hard work and personal relationship.

  • Queue
    Queue

    Original title: Järjekord

    2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

    Jaak Kilmi and Aleksandr Heifets portray seemingly random group of people who for some or another reason stand, sit or lie down while waiting in a shop queue.

  • A Lamb in a Minute
    A Lamb in a Minute

    Original title: Minut ja lammas

    2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

    Men offering sheep shearing services decide to face the challenge at the European shearing championships.

  • Love Is Blind
    Love Is Blind

    Original title: Kertu

    2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

    The drama takes place in a small village, telling the story of 30-year-old Kertu whose whole life has been controlled by her father. Local people consider Kertu mentally unbalanced because of her modesty. The young woman gives it a try to change something in her life and sends a postcard to Villu - a handsome yet degraded village drunkard. Their unpredicable love story won't be accepted by their close ones and the fellow villagers.

  • Night in Teheran
    Night in Teheran

    Original title (in Estonian): "Öö Teheranis"

    2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Jürgen Volmer

  • Potato Republic
    Potato Republic

    Original title: Kartuli Wabariik

    2011 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kätlin Kaganovitš

    Documentary about Tarmo Ladva, president of Potato Republic to be established in Laanemetsa village in Valga county, Estonia, and about the process of putting his expansive ideas into practice.

  • Staar maakas
    Staar maakas

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

  • The Measure of Man
    The Measure of Man

    Original title: Inimese mõõt

    2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marianne Kõrver

    Is the global environmental crisis concerning just our environment or is it also the crisis of our habits, expectations and values?

  • Time is here
    Time is here

    Original title: Aeg algab siin

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Marje Jurtšenko

    The film follows four children throughout their schoolyear as well as documents time and Estonia.

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