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  • Time is here
    Time is here

    Original title: Aeg algab siin

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Marje Jurtšenko

    The film follows four children throughout their schoolyear as well as documents time and Estonia.

  • Doctor Grossmann's Land of the Gods
    Doctor Grossmann's Land of the Gods

    Original title: Doktor Grossmanni jumalate maa

    2009 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Galina Grossmann is an exceptional woman who paints Jesus, composes an opera about Jesus and performs the musical work with the influences of Estonian folklore to the residents of a retirement home.

  • No Problem
    No Problem

    Original title in Estonian: Pole hullu

    2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Eik Tammemäe

  • Virve on Virve jääb
    Virve on Virve jääb

    2009 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Vaiko Edur

  • 24/1 or PG-7
    24/1 or PG-7

    Original title: 24/1 ehk alla 7-aastastele keelatud

    2007 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Kerttu Soans

    Year by year, Santa Clause's working day has resembled a fairy tale where both children and adults participate with excitement and joy.

  • Jonathan from Australia
    Jonathan from Australia

    Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

    2007 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Sulev Keedus

    Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

  • Ada Lundver
    Ada Lundver

    2005 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Eve Ester

  • Marina Kuvaitseva and the Lonely Women
    Marina Kuvaitseva and the Lonely Women

    Original title: Marina Kuvaitseva ja üksildased naised

    2004 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Arvo Iho

    Marina Kuvaitseva, a proud and independent woman in Narva, leads a folklore ensemble where lonely and educated women sing.

  • On the Edge of the New World
    On the Edge of the New World

    Original title: Vahtsõ ilma veere pääl

    2004 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • Springtime Wonderband
    Springtime Wonderband

    Original title: Sensatsiooniline Tartu Kevadbänd

    2004 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Madli Lääne

    A band from Tartu, led by PhD students in biology, gives a concert in the biggest shopping mall in the capital to promote environmental-friendly way of living. The "eco-punks" as they call themselves in Estonian, propose that creative self-expression could well be a substitute for meaningless consumerism.

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