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  • When You Least Expect It
    When You Least Expect It

    Original title: Õnn tuleb magades

    2016 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Mart Kivastik

    There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man.

  • Letters From Iceland
    Letters From Iceland

    Original title: Kirjad Islandilt

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat, Ruti Murusalu

    In 2006, Annika Tõnuri, a former soloist of the Estonian National Opera, one of the most talented artists of her generation, moved to Iceland and her previous life in Estonia remained unknown. Who was she, how and why did she get there?

  • Ekspression
    Ekspression

    Original title (in Estonian): "Ekspressioon"

    2014 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Nora Särak

  • Papa
    Papa

    2014 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Girlin Bassovskaja

    Mother tries to keep together a family that is falling to pieces. It is nearly an impossible task if the other side is not making an equal effort.

  • A Friend of Mine
    A Friend of Mine

    Original title: Üks mu sõber

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

    A heartfelt comedy directed by Mart Kivastik tells the story about endless solitude that can be soothed only by a close friend.

  • Show Me the Sound
    Show Me the Sound

    2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Agnese Laizane

    Film student Agnes Laizane's master's thesis tells the story of how her mother's hearing loss affects family relationships.

  • The Sound of the Conductor
    The Sound of the Conductor

    Original title: Dirigendi kõla

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Peter Murdmaa, Helle Karis

    Portrait documentary about Eri Klas, a legendary Estonian musician, through his creative and private life.

  • Interview with a Latvian Canadian mother whose daughter is in Riga during the barricades
    Interview with a Latvian Canadian mother whose daughter is in Riga during the barricades

    Original title: Intervjuu Kanada läti emaga, kelle tütar on Riias barrikaadidel

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel, Other categories, Film footage | Director:

    TV interview with a Latvian Canadian mother whose daughter happened to in the middle of the tragic events in Riga while going on a trip to Latvia.

  • Daughter raising in the family
    Daughter raising in the family

    Title in Estonian: Peres kasvab tütar

    1988 | Documentary | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski

    Documentary of popular science introduces the growth problems of a teenager girl.

  • Doktor Stocmann 2 seeria
    Doktor Stocmann 2 seeria

    1988 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Mikk Mikiver

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