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  • Beer Revolution
    Beer Revolution

    Original title: Õllerevolutsioon

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

    Documentary follows the rising phenomenon of craft beer scene in Estonia throughout 2015 along with its main protagonists – brewers, sellers and variously minded consumers.

  • Best for the man
    Best for the man

    Original title in Estonian: Mehele parim

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Mart Raun

  • Generation 0
    Generation 0

    Original title: Generatsioon 0

    2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

    Teenagers have a baby and suddenly everything changes: 15-year-old Snezhana and 16-year-old Vova become parents.

  • The Radical
    The Radical

    Title in Estonian: Radikaal

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

    Portrait documentary directed by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk about Margus Lepa – the charismatic programme manager of Nõmme Radio, humorist, and the audience's favorite actor in the film trilogy "Spring", "Summer" and "Autumn".

  • The Easy Writer
    The Easy Writer

    2004 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Katja Kettu

    The story of a woman who manipulates her own world and the men in it with a typewriter.

  • Brothers
    Brothers

    Original title: Broidit

    2003 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Esa Illi

    The first full-length feature film directed by Finnish filmmaker Esa Illi tells about love and death, the feeling of guilt and salvation. The majority of the Finnish-Estonian co-production has been filmed in Pärnu, Estonia.

  • The Battlefields of Love
    The Battlefields of Love

    Original title: Armastuse lahinguväljad

    1992 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    Drama directed by Valentin Kuik tells about a young couple whose life will be changed by recruitment. The film is based on the author's short story "The Deserter" (1987). The shooting process started in late 1980s and ended after Estonia regained its independence. The film is the director's retrospect to the Soviet times.

  • Daughter raising in the family
    Daughter raising in the family

    Title in Estonian: Peres kasvab tütar

    1988 | Documentary | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski

    Documentary of popular science introduces the growth problems of a teenager girl.

  • Doktor Stocmann 2 seeria
    Doktor Stocmann 2 seeria

    1988 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Mikk Mikiver

  • Elamuehitusprobleemid Lasnamäel
    Elamuehitusprobleemid Lasnamäel

    1987 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kusmin

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