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  • Living Images
    Living Images

    Original title: Elavad pildid

    2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Hardi Volmer

    The historical drama directed by Hardi Volmer is a love story combining the elements of epopee and comedy, the grotesque of early silent film and the melodrama of the golden era of cinema.

  • Between Two Fires
    Between Two Fires

    Original title: Kahe tule vahel

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Martin Korjus

    Documentary about the dreams of a father and his sons in the world of formula and kart racing as well as about the fulfilment of the dream through hard work, success and loneliness.

  • Dreamland Queens
    Dreamland Queens

    2005 | Documentary | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

    Around ten women get together in a tight dressing room three times a week - meet the ice-hockey team Dreamland Queens. The team includes young girls, housewives, a kindergarten teacher, a teacher, a student and a businesswoman.

  • Ferdinand
    Ferdinand

    2002 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andri Luup

    Feature film debut by director Andri Luup about escaping from boredom of life, routine and emptiness and the journey back to the self and the meaning of existence.

  • The Highway Crossing
    The Highway Crossing

    Original title: Ristumine peateega

    1999 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arko Okk

    The debut feature film directed by Arko Okk is based on the play "The Highway Crossing aka the Fairytale of the Golden Fish". The film with a witty dialogue and unexpected chain of events tells the story of a miracle, money, and happiness. Both the visual and conceptual content of the film make allusions to Tarkovsky's "Stalker".

  • American Mountains
    American Mountains

    Original title: Ameerika mäed

    1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

    Feature film by Peeter Simm about a man who is mysteriously released after a long imprisonment. When he comes home, it turns out that the price of freedom is high.

  • The Firewater
    The Firewater

    Original title: Tulivesi

    1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Hardi Volmer

    The adventure film directed by Hardi Volmer tells about the alcohol smuggling between Estonia and Finland in 1920s. The story is made contemporary through depicting the corrupted authorities.

  • The Lady in the Car
    The Lady in the Car

    Original title: Daam autos

    1992 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

    The psychological thriller directed by Peeter Urbla is based on the well-known novel "The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun" by S. Japrisot.

  • Rocks Under Water
    Rocks Under Water

    Original title: Veealused karid

    1959 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Viktor Nevežin

    The film directed by Viktor Nevezhin is based on the play "Where Are You Headed, Comrade Director?" by Aadu Hint, telling about the conflicts that the head of a collective farm is facing in his life and at work caused by the ruthless morality of Estonian pre-war society.

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