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  • Innocent
    Innocent

    Original title in Estonian: "Süütu"

    2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Heinrich Sepp

    A young girl thinks that she has become pregnant from God. How does the world take the news that doesn't believe in miracles?

  • Happy Birthday
    Happy Birthday

    Original title: Happy Birthday

    2012 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

    “Happy Birthday” is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot.

  • Letters to Angel
    Letters to Angel

    Original title: Kirjad Inglile

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sulev Keedus

    The drama directed by Sulev Keedus tells about Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja who has been sent to the Afghanistan War many years ago and who has converted to Islam there. While returning to Estonia, he will face a completey different kind of war.

  • The Temptation of St. Tony
    The Temptation of St. Tony

    Original title: Püha Tõnu kiusamine

    2009 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    The symbolistic grotesque directed by Veiko Õunpuu is telling the story of a successful man in his mid-life crisis who is suffering moral issues. One of the most successful festival films in Estonia.

  • Masing`s Landscape. Part IV
    Masing`s Landscape. Part IV

    Original title: Masingu maastikud: Tõuseb tume puu täis kollaseid tiibu

    2008 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Kepp

    Film director Vallo Kepp has gathered original materials of his film trilogy "Masing's Landscapes".

  • Closing Session
    Closing Session

    Original title: Lõpuõhtu

    2007 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Hardi Volmer

    One night weird figures gather on the Karahundzhi Plateau. They are the figures of God created by Man in different times and cultures. According to Tibetan monks, writing down all the names of God will bring about the end of the world.

  • Where Souls Go
    Where Souls Go

    Original title: Kuhu põgenevad hinged

    2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

    This is the second feature film directed by Rainer Sarnet telling the story about two girls in their teens searching for identity and discovering friendship and love.

  • Islam Eestis
    Islam Eestis

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve

  • An Invitation to the Eternal City
    An Invitation to the Eternal City

    Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

  • Heart of the Bear
    Heart of the Bear

    Original title: Karu süda

    2001 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

    The romantic drama directed by Arvo Iho is based on the novel "The Heart of the Bear" by Nikolai Baturin and tells about a young hunter Niika who finds and loses himself and his love in a Siberian taiga.

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