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  • Bridges Of Time
    Bridges Of Time

    Original title: Ajasillad

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede

    "Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.

  • Ivan's Day
    Ivan's Day

    Original title: Ivanipäev

    2014 | Feature film, Short | Director: Ivan Pavljutškov

    Short film directed by Ivan Pavlyuchkov telling about a perfect summer day, love and feeling alienated in his homeland.

  • Landscape patterns
    Landscape patterns

    Original title: Maastiku mustrid

    2014 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Riho Västrik

    The diversity of Estonian landscapes is like a unique patchwork quilt. It is loved by local fauna and is a part of the Estonian genetic code.

  • Love Is Blind
    Love Is Blind

    Original title: Kertu

    2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

    The drama takes place in a small village, telling the story of 30-year-old Kertu whose whole life has been controlled by her father. Local people consider Kertu mentally unbalanced because of her modesty. The young woman gives it a try to change something in her life and sends a postcard to Villu - a handsome yet degraded village drunkard. Their unpredicable love story won't be accepted by their close ones and the fellow villagers.

  • Colours of the Islands
    Colours of the Islands

    Original title: Saarte värvid

    2012 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Madli Lääne

  • Potato Republic
    Potato Republic

    Original title: Kartuli Wabariik

    2011 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kätlin Kaganovitš

    Documentary about Tarmo Ladva, president of Potato Republic to be established in Laanemetsa village in Valga county, Estonia, and about the process of putting his expansive ideas into practice.

  • A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner
    A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner

    Original title: Uus päev luuakse idakaares

    2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Brambat

    In this film, we look at the Setos – a European ethnic group who are wedged between two different cultures – the Orthodox East and the Catholic-Lutheran West. This is the story of a people who make do, living on the Eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world. One way or another, they are involved in the dawning of a new day for themselves and Europe.

  • Jonathan from Australia
    Jonathan from Australia

    Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

    2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sulev Keedus

    Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

  • Snow Horse Whisperer
    Snow Horse Whisperer

    Original title: Lumehobuste peremees

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Gerda Kordemets

    Documentary about the original world of Tanel Koppen, a man from Viru county, Estonia.

  • On the Other Side of Leprosy
    On the Other Side of Leprosy

    Original title: Teisel pool pidalitõbe

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea, Peeter Simm

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