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  • Bigger Than Sports
    Bigger Than Sports

    Original title: Suurem kui sport

    2019 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Kerttu Soans

    Uncompromising "Crazy Coach" Arvi Aavik is creating the Estonian women's wrestling team out of a few capable girls.

  • Funny Family
    Funny Family

    Originalt title (in Russian): Веселая cемейка

    2018 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Mihhail Pogosov

    The wine factory belonging to Artur's family in Armenia is about to go bankrupt. After the destructive review by an Estonian wine critic, it is decided that Artur should go to Estonia to investigate the matter.

  • Your own eye is a king
    Your own eye is a king

    Original title: Oma silm on kuningas

    2018 | Observation, Making of, Documentary | Director:

    Documentary about how to stay alive in conflict zone.

  • At Home with Refugees
    At Home with Refugees

    Original title: Pagulasega elutoas

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Kristina Norman

    Jana is a manager of an asylum centre in a small Estonian village. People from various culture and with different backgrounds are waiting for the verdicts that will change their destinies.

  • How I Saved Africa
    How I Saved Africa

    Original title: Kuidas ma Aafrikat päästsin

    2014 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne

    A witty and insightful portrait film by Kullar Viimne speaks not only of the clash of civilizations and the everlasting conflict of idealism and inevitability but also sympathizes with the hardships of one small Estonian girl in a big world.

  • Virulased
    Virulased

    1982 | Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Peeter Tooming

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1971 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • The Old Thomas was Stolen
    The Old Thomas was Stolen

    Title in Estonian: Varastati Vana Toomas

    1970 | Feature film, Full length feature, Musical film | Director: Semjon Školnikov

    The film by Semyon Shkolnikov, an acknowledged documentary filmmaker and former war cameraman. The film is a musical comedy about the Old Thomas, a medieval city symbol in Tallinn and about his adventures in the present day Tallinn.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1965 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1965 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Igor Jeltsov

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