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Lynx Man

Original title (on Finnish): Ilveskuiskaaja

2023 | Documentary | Director: Juha Suonpää

After installing many trail cameras to his forest, Finnish pensioner Hannu opens a unforeseen door to the Finnish nature and creates a true connection to lynxes living there.

Following divorce and a serious accident Hannu lives alone on his farm in the West of Finland. An environment home to all kinds of wildlife – including the Eurasian lynx, a wildcat until recently almost extinct. When Hannu finds a dead lynx by the side of the road, it is like meeting an old friend: he realizes that the lynx who lived in the area during his childhood have returned. Filled with renewed vigour and lust for life, Hannu sets up trail cameras all over his land. Soon, 23 cameras are recording everything from moose to mice. Hannu starts to ...
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Big Swamp

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2022 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Remek Meel

Vello followed an ancient call and settled on a swamp island, his neighbors became beavers, eagles and countless other species who have found a safe habitat in this cradle of nature.

Vello moved to the farthest swamp island of Emajõe-Suursoo 30 years ago. He left his previous labor life and the city to live in harmony with the mother of nature. There is still such a nature in Emajõe-Suursoo that is vanishing from the rest of the world. The vast delta allows the species to live on its own, without much human intervention, even though man has been seeking refuge and food supplements in the swamp for thousands of years. Vello makes a living from beekeeping and hunting, his life flows in the rhythm of nature.
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The Bog

Original title: Soo

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ergo Kuld

A period piece taking place at a stormy time in world history, intertwining an atmospheric thriller with an enchanting love story. In addition to these main elements the film has plenty of humour and a number of colorful supporting characters.

A thrilling love story, based on the eponymous novel by Oskar Luts, takes us back to the year 1917, when Europe was engulfed in WW1 and a revolution erupted on the other side of Estonia`s Eastern border. Young artist Toomas Haava (Franz Malmsten) returns from Paris, back to his brother's bog farm and wraps himself unintentionally in a conflict with violent and terrifying Madjak (Märten Matsu), who is harassing a local girl, Hilda (Hanna-Ly Aavik), also known as Wildcat. Enchanted by the mysterious beauty, Toomas discovers himself in the middle of a fight for love, with his own life at stake. ...
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Hunter

Original title: Kütt

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk
Elk in Estonia

Title in Estonian: Põder Eestis

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Rein Maran

Documentary directed by Rein Maran about elk as a game, history of hunting elks and elk surveillance in Estonia.

Elk has always been one the most important game animals in Estonia. How has the life of elks and the hunters developed throughout the times? In old ages, hunting was something inevitable for human existence, for getting food and clothing. Why is that hunting is still relevant on the 21st century? What influences the amount of elks? How are elks being observed? These are the questions answered by Estonian hunting experts.
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Kingdom of the Elk

Title in Estonian: Põdra kuningriik

2007 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

Documentary journey directed by Rein Maran in the hidden world of the elks. The documentary observes the life of these peaceful wild animals and their relationship with other animals and people.

Elk is one of the biggest and grandest wild animals in Estonian forests who has lived here already for eleven thousand years. When we get a glimpse of his enimal through a car window it won't tell us anything about the actual life of the elk, about its peaceful and grand state in its natural environment. The documentary journey travels through the kingdom of the elk where life flows peacefully in the rhythm that has been set since the ancient times. The spectator will see the perennial circle of the largest mammal of Estonian forests during one hour of ...
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Master Hunter: Portrait of Mati Hõbemägi

Original title: Jäägermeister

2004 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Elen Lotman

Mati Hõbemägi, hunter and hunting organizer, goes hunting, cares for wild animals and the forest.

Mati Hõbemägi was a head of socialist agricultural holding in Järva county, Estonia. After the collapse of the Soviet regime Mati decided to turn the page in his life. During a decade, Mati together with his supporters have made local forests known across Europe. Every year, hunters take about 200 tons of grain to the forests, make large forage areas and pay close attention to the fact that all activities related to the forests would be in accordance with laws and the code of ethics. Nevertheless, there are still people whose careless behaviour causes irreversible harm to nature.
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Otsi loodusest liitlast

1984 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran
The Waterfowl People

Original title: Veelinnu rahvas

1970 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Lennart Meri

A documentary about the cultural and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in 1969 and 1970. The footage was shot in Nenetsia, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari El, Karelia and Estonia.
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Mousehunt

Original title: Hiirejaht

1965 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Elbert Tuganov

The cats go hunting for mice.

The cats go hunting for mice. But alas!, they can't see any mice and they fall asleep. The mice appear quietly and tie the lazy cats to the mouse trap and so they can have a funny ride.
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