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  • Poop, Spring and the Others: Peter the Beetle
    Poop, Spring and the Others: Peter the Beetle

    Original title: Sitikas Peeter

    2022 | Other types of animation, Animation | Director: Meelis Arulepp

    All is well that ends well.

  • Bear with a tie
    Bear with a tie

    Original title in Estonian: Lipsuga karu

    2021 | Students film, Animation | Director: Ann Kärner

    The animated film talks about how to be happy.

  • The Doctor - Vecta Design Ad
    The Doctor - Vecta Design Ad

    2020 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Katariina Rahumägi

    A commercial for Vecta Design.

  • Old Man Cartoon Movie
    Old Man Cartoon Movie

    Original title: Vanamehe Film

    2019 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa

    This cartoon movie is epic road movie where our heroes must face festival hippies, forest creeps, sawmill workers and other dangers commonly found in the Estonian countryside.

  • A Fragile World
    A Fragile World

    Original title: Habras maailm

    2016 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ants Tammik

    The film depicts two different worlds - man made and natural - opposites both in terms of content and form.

  • 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

  • How to Dance with Bears
    How to Dance with Bears

    Original title: Kuin karhut lähtevät

    2008 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Paul-Anders Simma

    Documentary about the transforming relationship between human beings and bears in Lapland.

  • Master Hunter: Portrait of Mati Hõbemägi
    Master Hunter: Portrait of Mati Hõbemägi

    Original title: Jäägermeister

    2004 | Problem oriented, Documentary, Portrait | Director: Elen Lotman

    Mati Hõbemägi, hunter and hunting organizer, goes hunting, cares for wild animals and the forest.

  • Heart of the Bear
    Heart of the Bear

    Original title: Karu süda

    2001 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Arvo Iho

    The romantic drama directed by Arvo Iho is based on the novel "The Heart of the Bear" by Nikolai Baturin and tells about a young hunter Niika who finds and loses himself and his love in a Siberian taiga.

  • Hunting Estonian-style
    Hunting Estonian-style

    Original title: Jaht Eesti moodi

    2001 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ove Musting

    Sometimes it is hard to make a difference who makes a better hunter - the one who takes from nature or who takes care of nature and animals.

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