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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.

  • Estonian Funeral
    Estonian Funeral

    Original title: Eesti matus

    2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

    Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

  • Kratt
    Kratt

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rasmus Merivoo

    Two city kids, zero smartphones, one village. When left at Granny’s the siblings find an instruction on how to build a devilish creature. The only missing puzzle is one soul...

  • A Man From A Fairytale
    A Man From A Fairytale

    Original title: Mees muinasjutust

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    The end of one act is the beginning of another. The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.

  • Chasing Unicorns
    Chasing Unicorns

    Original title: Ükssarvik

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

    Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

  • New Neighbours
    New Neighbours

    Original title: Uued naabrid

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.

  • Three springs of Total Immersion Method
    Three springs of Total Immersion Method

    Original title: Keelekümblejate kolm kevadet

    2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Russian children study Estonian language with the Total Immersion Method in a Tallinn school in 2001-2012.

  • Andy stands up
    Andy stands up

    Original title: Andy astub üles

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Elen Lotman

    Stand-up comedian Andrus Valvur, an Estonian expatriate born in New York, comes to visit his fatherland in order to meet his relatives and hold a performance in Estonian for local audience for the first time.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1968 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

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