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  • My Duty
    My Duty

    Original title: Minu kohus

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liis Lindmaa

    Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier.

  • Gentle Warriors
    Gentle Warriors

    Original title (in Lithuanan): Švelnūs kariai

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Marija Stonytė

    A girl becomes a warrior in the military- and her own life.

  • Immortal
    Immortal

    Original title in Estonian: Surematu

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Ksenia Ohhapkina

    Born to march to the rhythms of the power, they follow the promise of immortality. The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle.

  • New Neighbours
    New Neighbours

    Original title: Uued naabrid

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.

  • The Little Comrade
    The Little Comrade

    Original title: Seltsimees laps

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

    Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

  • The Second Coming
    The Second Coming

    Original title of the film: Teine tulemine

    2008 | Feature film, Short | Director: Tanel Toom

    War drama directed by Tanel Toom is an allegory about life, death and love; also a story about the fate of two brothers in war.

  • The Penguin Parade
    The Penguin Parade

    Original title: Pingviinide paraad

    2002 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt, Julia Pihlak

    A story about a young man who in an absurd situation insists on remaining a human being as if he still belived in happy solutions.

  • Kangelastegu on vene keeles Podvig
    Kangelastegu on vene keeles Podvig

    Podvig stands for heroic deed in Russian

    1990 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Tooming

    Director Peeter Tooming has documented the story of those who fought in and for Estonia. The film has been made during the time when people were hoping and waiting for the Soviet army to leave Estonia.

  • Oktoobridemonstratsioon Tallinnas
    Oktoobridemonstratsioon Tallinnas

    1983 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • Oktoobriparaad Tallinnas
    Oktoobriparaad Tallinnas

    1980 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Elo Tust

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