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  • Cracks
    Cracks

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Anna Veisman

    Loreen enters the cellar to clear out old ice skating equipment, but confronted with her own self, finds it impossible to let go of the past.

  • Melchior The Apothecary. The Executioner's Daughter
    Melchior The Apothecary. The Executioner's Daughter

    Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Timuka tütar

    2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    In the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn.

  • Nightingale
    Nightingale

    Original title: Ööbik

    2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

    Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

  • Kids of the Night
    Kids of the Night

    Original title: Öölapsed

    2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Priit Pääsuke

    Three sisters – Liis, Karin and Jane – have all reached a different breaking point in their lives. One fateful summer night reveals all secrets and feelings these three have never dared to admit.

  • Thank You
    Thank You

    Original title: Aitäh

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director:

    The main characters of the story are a girl with a broken heart and a kind-hearted young man.

  • A Year Full of Drama
    A Year Full of Drama

    Original title: Aasta täis draamat

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

    A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

  • Chasing Unicorns
    Chasing Unicorns

    Original title: Ükssarvik

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

    Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

  • Everybody Knows
    Everybody Knows

    Original title in Estonian: "Kõik teavad"

    2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Siddhartha Nuni

    A young girl leaves the life of pornography and city life to go back to her home in the village to face her past.

  • Weekend Warriors
    Weekend Warriors

    2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ahmed Fouad Ragab

    A short documentary about the Estonian Defense League and the life of a young woman.

  • 33
    33

    Original title in Estonian: Tuhk ja tolm

    2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Liis Lindmaa

    Short movie directed by Liis Lindmaa discusses the role of a young woman in society and how it is viewed in traditional family values. “33” shows what happens when 33-year-old woman's priorities and values in life don't match the traditional expectations.

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