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  • Ten & Ninety
    Ten & Ninety

    Original title: Kümme, üheksakümmend

    2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Martti Helde

    Portrait documentary about a ten-year-old boy who dreams about the career as a musician in a symphony orchestra.

  • Südametunnistus mobiiltelefonis
    Südametunnistus mobiiltelefonis

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

  • The Fencer
    The Fencer

    Original title: Miekkailija

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

    Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

  • Cherry Tobacco
    Cherry Tobacco

    Original title: Kirsitubakas

    2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Katrin Maimik, Andres Maimik

    Love can strike you like a bolt from the blue – when you’re least prepared for it.

  • Old Clown
    Old Clown

    Original title: Vana kloun

    2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.

  • Teaduspõhine toode
    Teaduspõhine toode

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • 30 Minutes of Silence
    30 Minutes of Silence

    Original title: 30 minutit vaikust

    2004 | Feature film, Short | Director: Ove Musting

    Famous conductor returns to homeland in order to celebrate his 50th birthday, however, the power of money will prevail.

  • Elf Disco
    Elf Disco

    Original title: Päkapikudisko

    2001 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Expedition by filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi to the hidden world of violence where the victims are children.

  • In Aid of Life
    In Aid of Life

    Original title: Aidake meid elada

    1988 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Märt Müür

    Documentary by Märt Müür about the life of Kalev Raave - a head of agricultural holding, member of the communist party and a social activist.

  • The Song of the Summer
    The Song of the Summer

    Original title: Šlaager

    1982 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

    The musical feature film directed by Peeter Urbla presents Estonian pop songs of 1970s and 1980s, performed by Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps, Muusik Seif and Tõnis Mägi, Ruja and Urmas Alender, Rock Hotel and Ivo Linna, Kontor and Heino Seljamaa, Doktor Friedrich and Joel Steinfeldt, Kuldne Trio and Anne Veski, Vladimir Sapožnin, and disco group Eurütmia supervised by Tiina Elts. The leading actress is singer Els Himma.

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