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  • Dead dreaming
    Dead dreaming

    2024 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kateryna Hantseva

    In an intimate, performative documentary, a director escapes into the comforting embrace of daydreaming, only to find herself trapped in a cycle of fantasy that threatens to consume her, until an unexpected upheaval forces her to confront reality.

  • Cloud Fairytale
    Cloud Fairytale

    Original title: Pilve muinasjutud

    2023 | Other categories | Director: Edina Csüllög

    Daydreaming with clouds.

  • Madleen
    Madleen

    2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Kasesalu

    Film student Maria Kasesalu's short documentary follows acting student Madleen Maria Kirja's preparation for the course production "Sinilind" where she plays the role of Fairy.

  • Erik Stoneheart
    Erik Stoneheart

    Original title: Erik Kivisüda

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

    A boy with a heart of stone sets out to the In-Between-World to face the scariest thing in the world, a friend.

  • Kangling
    Kangling

    Original title in Estonian: Vinguv jalaluu

    2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Katariina Aule

    „Kangling“ is a short film based on a short story by Meelis Friedenthal, which tells the story of overcoming fears.

  • Lil Estonia
    Lil Estonia

    Original title: Lil Eesti

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

    A new wave. New characters. A new Estonia. Lil Estonia! Documentary by Taavi Arus about the short anatony of a generation in Estonia in 2020.

  • 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.

  • MIA: Concern for The Cat
    MIA: Concern for The Cat

    Original title in Estonian: MIA: Kassiahastus

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director: Johanna Randmann

    “Mia: Concern for The Cat” gives a hint what are the pets up to when their owners are not at home.

  • Shopping
    Shopping

    2019 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Katariina Aule

    Film student Katariina Aule's short film tells a story about a murderer's shopping trip to a hardware store.

  • Snapped
    Snapped

    Original title: Murrang

    2019 | Students film, Animation | Director: Anna Lauretta Eespere

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