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  • Spit in My Face
    Spit in My Face

    Original title: Sülita mulle näkku

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    There is a jubilee in the air! Documentary about two legendary filmmakers (Kristjan of Kibuvitsa and Peet of Oja), whose feud has lasted for 50 years. Who would know you better than your lifelong competitor? Half a century of arm wrestling is not less sparkling than the exchange of words between Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is made by the classic adversaries’ assistant from 40 years ago, who has now become a less known documentary filmmaker.

  • Kadunud isa
    Kadunud isa

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško

  • Undergods
    Undergods

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Chino Moya

    Debut film of Chino Moya is a collection of darkly humorous, surrealist tales about ill-fated characters and their tragic misadventures.

  • Bridges Of Time
    Bridges Of Time

    Original title: Ajasillad

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede

    "Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.

  • Love express
    Love express

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kuba Mikurda

    A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

  • Wheel of Life
    Wheel of Life

    2017 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maris Kerge

    The story about change, in a persons life. Hitting rock-bottom due to alcohol abuse. Finding an escape through religion.

  • Demons
    Demons

    Original title: Deemonid

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ain Mäeots

    Tragicomedy directed by Ain Mäeots tells about the world of gambling. It is based on real events and real experiences, contemplating the game from the point of view of an addict.

  • Kuku: I Will Survive
    Kuku: I Will Survive

    Original title: Kuku: Mina jään ellu

    2011 | Students film, Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Maimik, Kaidi Kaasik

  • The Last Lie
    The Last Lie

    Original title in Estonian: Viimane vale

    2010 | Short, Students film | Director: Triin Ruumet

  • Crocodile
    Crocodile

    Original title: Krokodill

    2009 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

    The story of a former opera star who must by the will of Fate work as a Crocodile.

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