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  • Bassein
    Bassein

    2023 | Other categories | Director: Mart-Matteus Kampus

  • The Last Relic
    The Last Relic

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

    Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • St. John’s Day
    St. John’s Day

    Original title: Jaanipäev

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

    On the day preceding the St. John’s celebration, tens of thousands of people wait for hours in a queue that stretches for kilometers, in order to board the barge that will take them to the island Saaremaa.

  • Three August Days
    Three August Days

    Original title: Kolm päeva augustis

    2017 | Short, Feature film | Director: Madli Lääne

  • Queue
    Queue

    Original title: Järjekord

    2014 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

    Jaak Kilmi and Aleksandr Heifets portray seemingly random group of people who for some or another reason stand, sit or lie down while waiting in a shop queue.

  • Worst-Case Scenario
    Worst-Case Scenario

    Original title: Must stsenaarium

    2014 | Cartoon, Animation | Director: Kristjan Holm

    Two managers Adolf and Rudolf solve the problem that threatens to ruin the company.

  • Farewell Turku
    Farewell Turku

    2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Sami Taavetti Hyvönen

  • Disco and Atomic War
    Disco and Atomic War

    Original title: Disko ja tuumasõda

    2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    Playful documentary by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma about the development of their generation during the Soviet era where the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture and the Finnish Television was the window to the world of dreams.

  • Sweet Dreams
    Sweet Dreams

    The original title "Magusad unelmad"

    2001 | Short, Students film | Director: Arbo Tammiksaar

  • Estonian Constitution Referendum in Toronto in 1992
    Estonian Constitution Referendum in Toronto in 1992

    Original title: Eesti Vabariigi põhiseaduse rahvahääletus Toronto Eesti Majas

    1992 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Referendum of the new constitution of the Republic of Estonia held in Toronto Estonian house on June 28, 1992.

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