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  • Inge Tederi maailm
    Inge Tederi maailm

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    Portrait documentary by Rein Raamat about Inge Teder, the legendary head of the Art Museum of Estonia.

  • Estonia
    Estonia

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Hannes Lintrop, Renita Lintrop

    History documentary by Hannes and Renita Lintrop about the 100th anniversary of Estonia Theatre and its building where the stories of Estonian nationhood and culture are intertwined.

  • Islam Eestis
    Islam Eestis

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve

  • Masing`s Landscape. Part III. Death is Lodging in the Field
    Masing`s Landscape. Part III. Death is Lodging in the Field

    Original title: Masingu maastikud: Surm on öömaja põllul

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

    The third part of the film trilogy "Masing's Landscape" directed by Vallo Kepp focuses on the inner migration of a creative personality through the Soviet ideology.

  • The Curse of Werewolf
    The Curse of Werewolf

    Original title: Libahundi needus

    2005 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

    The first full-length feature film directed by Rainer Sarnet for the 100th anniversary of Estonian professional theatre. The film tells the story about staging the play "Werewolf" written by August Kitzberg in Tartu Vanemuise Theatre throughout the 20th century, while bringing together the present and the past and offering the characters to experience eternity.

  • 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.

  • Orgulas - pilguheit möödunule
    Orgulas - pilguheit möödunule

    2001 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Õie Orav

  • Kadrioru loss
    Kadrioru loss

    2000 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Suurevälja

  • The Philosopher
    The Philosopher

    Original title: Inimeste lemmik

    2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Meelis Piller

    Documentary shows the daily life of philosopher Arnold von Keyserling and his wife Wilhelmine in Vienna - life full of astrology, Eastern philosophy, shamanism and mysticism.

  • Nõmme
    Nõmme

    1999 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Rein Raamat, Helvi Raamat

    Documentary commissioned by Nõmme city district government about the former independent garden suburb - Nõmme.

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