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  • The Old Man and Gas Worm
    The Old Man and Gas Worm

    Original title: Vanamees ja põrsauss

    2022 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Mägi

    A mysterious Snakepig kidnaps the Old Man's beloved pig! Now the Old Man has twenty-four hours to neutralize the pig before the whole village is blown up by a pig bomb. Or is it?

  • U.q.
    U.q.

    2021 | Feature film, Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Murd

    A documentary about the life and music of Uku Kuut, from the Soviet Union to Los Angeles and to speakers all around the world.

  • Uus meremaale
    Uus meremaale

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait, Other categories | Director:

  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • Payday
    Payday

    Original title: Pensipäev

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Liis Lepik

    Sleepy rural life in a remote borough is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings.

  • The Weight of All the Beauty
    The Weight of All the Beauty

    Original title: Süda Sõrve Sääres

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Eeva Mägi

    As long as there is peace in your heart and old trees to protect you, you’re safe from any demon.

  • My Father The Spy
    My Father The Spy

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grube

    The story of daughter of a Cold War double agent.

  • The story of ...
    The story of ...

    Original title (in Estonian): "Lugu sellest, kuidas ..."

    2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sandra Kartau

    Sandra Kartau drama about a young girl who searches her way out of a situation that she has been a long time.

  • 8 kg
    8 kg

    2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Marleen Roosna

  • Wedding Game
    Wedding Game

    Original title: Pulmamäng

    2015 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Andres Tenusaar, Malle Valli, Marili Sokk

    An ethno-surreal film based on an Estonian folk tale.

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