Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier.
Documentary about Estonian hunters and about a special type of hunting - female hunt.
First documentary about the Estonian Students' Society that was established in Tartu in 1870 - it is the oldest, biggest and most influential academical student organization.
This film's central theme is freedom - human and above all artist's freedom: artistic, spiritual and physical, observed retroactively by the author herself. This sincere and confessional biography examines the author's complicated and versatile artistic nature. Marriage to a loved one brings on a clear understanding of responsibility. You become positive, that happy co-existence is what allows a human being to feel free. It is because of that freedom, that you can take on new challenges and understand, that be it painting, writing, acting, or filming - your art is one whole.
The family film directed by Lembit Ulfsak tells the humorous story about detective adventures that boys undertake during their summer holiday. The film belongs to the classics of Estonian children's films.
Portrait documentary about Tõnu Pääsuke, a biathlon coach in the Soviet Estonia, and his athletes Kaija Parve and Even Tudeberg.
The filmmaker meets children who have been abandoned or placed in an institution, and tries to find out their experiences and their dreams. A humanistic film carried by superb cinematography.
Short film directed by Toomas Tahvel based on the short story of the same title by Osvald Tooming.
The feature film directed by Kaljo Komissarov is introduced by the documentary scenes depicting protest movement against war and violence in 1960s. The youth drama that includes motifs from Antonioni's cult movie "Zabriskie Point" investigates a criminal case that will become unusual due to the generation gap, distrust and communication difficulties.
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Estonian Film Database (EFDB)
The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2025 but already now full and partial entries for about 20 000 films, 27 000 filmmakers, and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is ongoing but due to the scarcity of resources quite a slow process. Read more detailed overview.
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