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  • Paradise
    Paradise

    Original title: Paradiis

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Andres Keil

    Syrian girl tries to adapt in an Estonian suburb.

  • 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.

  • Celebration
    Celebration

    Original title: Prazdnik

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

    For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

  • Red Cabaret
    Red Cabaret

    Original title: Punane varietee

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Emotional excursion to the past of a former cabaret in Tallinn, a place full of intrigues.

  • Pidu meie tänavas
    Pidu meie tänavas

    1986 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Jüri Tallinn

  • The Fox of Aisopose's
    The Fox of Aisopose's

    Original title: Aisopose rebane

    1986 | Animation, Puppet, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Raivo Järvi

  • Elurõõm
    Elurõõm

    1985 | Musical film, Dance | Director: Tiina Pork

  • Läänemere tuuled
    Läänemere tuuled

    1984 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Leo Karpin

  • Palestra
    Palestra

    1984 | Musical film, Dance | Director: Hagi Šein

  • Lake town Viljandi
    Lake town Viljandi

    Title in Estonian: Järvelinn Viljandi

    1983 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

    Newsreel about Viljandi - a 700-year-old lake town.

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