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  • Undergods
    Undergods

    2020 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Chino Moya

    Debut film of Chino Moya is a collection of darkly humorous, surrealist tales about ill-fated characters and their tragic misadventures.

  • The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
    The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

    Original title: Põrgu Jaan

    2018 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Kaur Kokk

    "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.

  • Better Tomorrow
    Better Tomorrow

    2013 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Liis Nimik

    Liis Nimik's film tells a story of several Estonian workers who have left to Finland for a better future.

  • Vanapagan and Ants
    Vanapagan and Ants

    Original title (in Estonian): "Vanapagan ja Ants"

    2011 | Short, Students film | Director: Tatjana Kosminskaja

  • Return of Jaan Manitski
    Return of Jaan Manitski

    Original title: Jaan Manitski tagasitulek

    2009 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Rein Raamat

    Portrait documentary by Rein Raamat about Jaan Manitski, a well-off expatriate Estonian who returned to his fatherland and established an impressive cultural centre in his home village Viinistu.

  • Ramsese vembud - IV
    Ramsese vembud - IV

    1987 | Cartoon, Commissioned, Other categories, Animation | Director: Heiki Ernits

  • Peremehetunne
    Peremehetunne

    1983 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

  • The Master of Kõrboja
    The Master of Kõrboja

    Original title: Kõrboja peremees

    1979 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius

    The drama directed by Leida Laius is based on the novel "The Master of Kõrboja" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, telling the multilayered story about a farm in need of a master and about hopeless love.

  • Summer
    Summer

    Original title: Suvi

    1976 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Kruusement

    The second film of the trilogy (based on the novels "Spring", "Summer" and "Autumn" by Oskar Luts) directed by Arvo Kruusement follows the life of the characters known from "Spring" with a humorous undertone.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1969 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Vladimir Parvel

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