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  • The Mystery of the Kaleva
    The Mystery of the Kaleva

    Original title: Kaleva müsteerium

    2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sigrid Reede

    Documentary about the Finnish passenger aircraft OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down by two Soviet bombers above the Baltic Sea in 1940.

  • Delta
    Delta

    2011 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Journey to the Source of Lena
    Journey to the Source of Lena

    Original title of the film: Suur jõgi, 1: Retk Leena lättele

    2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Merest sündinud maa
    Merest sündinud maa

    2010 | Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Ago Ruus

  • Merest sündnud maa
    Merest sündnud maa

    2010 | Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Ago Ruus

  • Poll
    Poll

    The Poll; The Poll Diaries

    2010 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Chris Kraus

    The feature film directed by German filmmaker Chris Kraus has been inspired by the memoirs of the director's great aunt of Baltic German origin, Oda Schaefer, where she talks about her youth in Estonia directly before the World War 1.

  • The lake and the city
    The lake and the city

    Original title: Järv ja linn

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Riho Västrik portrays Lake Ülemiste as a source of drinking water and a valuable natural environment.

  • Old Man and the Moose
    Old Man and the Moose

    Original title: Vanamees ja põder

    2009 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Joosep Matjus

  • The Eleventh Letter by Henrik Visnapuu
    The Eleventh Letter by Henrik Visnapuu

    Original title: Henrik Visnapuu üheteistkümnes kiri

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

    Documentary of cultural history by Vallo Kepp about the last decade (1941-1951) in the life of Henrik Visnapuu, the Estonian writer of patriotic and romantic poetry.

  • The Gummybear
    The Gummybear

    Original title: Kummikaru

    2009 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Indrek Simm

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