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  • Kanamaski
    Kanamaski

    2023 | Animation, Other categories | Director: Sveta Bogomolova, Urmas Nimetu

    A chicken uses the pandemic time to learn to read.

  • Unejutt koerale
    Unejutt koerale

    2021 | Other categories | Director:

    The little girl reads a book to the dog.

  • Water in a Sieve. Merle Karusoo
    Water in a Sieve. Merle Karusoo

    Original title: Sõelaga vett. Merle Karusoo

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristin Raup, Madli Lääne

    A biographical documentary film by Kristin Raup and Madli Lääne about Merle Karusoo, the Estonian stage director and collector of local biographies.

  • Mothers' Day
    Mothers' Day

    Title in Estonian: Emade päev

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

    Film about prison and imprisoned mothers, asking the question whether it is possible for these mothers to maintain connection with their children or not.

  • Truth and Justice
    Truth and Justice

    Original title: Tõde ja õigus

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

    Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

  • The Swan
    The Swan

    Original title in Icelandic: Svanurinn

    2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Asa Helga Hjörleifsdottir

    Meeting a swan may be an introspective experience, similarly to facing the nature of Iceland, its magnificent mountains, watery grasslands and powerful winds. For a nine-year-old girl Sól all this won't be a free choice since her family sends her away to the wild and lonely nature because of a theft.

  • Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad
    Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad

    2016 | Documentary, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Tarvo Mölder

  • The Charikar Girls
    The Charikar Girls

    Original title: Charikari tüdrukud

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Documentary about the girls' school of Charikar town in Parwan province, Afghanistan and about their students and the students' mothers who tell their good and bad experiences of life.

  • This is the Day
    This is the Day

    Original title: See on see päev

    2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

    “THIS IS THE DAY” captures the flow and simple beauty of daily life in a monastery standing on a hill above the Serbian village of Velika Hoca in Kosovo.

  • Will Buy Hives
    Will Buy Hives

    Original title: Siim, Samuli ja Dolce vita

    2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

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