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  • Floor No 9
    Floor No 9

    Original title in Estonian: IX korrus

    2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Vivian Ruumet

    The short fiction film is about loneliness and ruthless longing for freedom.

  • Funeral Diaries
    Funeral Diaries

    Original title: Matusepäevikud

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

    The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

  • Gems of Asylum
    Gems of Asylum

    2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Vivian Ruumet

    Short documentary about mentally ill clients in Vääna-Viti asylum.

  • War
    War

    Original title: Sõda

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Sulev Keedus

    War is a story about a fighter for “peace”, who after having returned from a mission could not come to terms with his life anymore, with the life between the present and the eternity. The documentary was filmed in Afghanistan and Australia.

  • Zero Point
    Zero Point

    Original title: Nullpunkt

    2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mihkel Ulk

    Debut feature film directed by Mihkel Ulk, telling about the burning issues of today's youth: school bullying and related low self-esteem, adaptation difficulties and search for appreciation.

  • Rat King
    Rat King

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Petri Kotwica

    An Estonian-Finnish co-production is an adventure film for youth directed by Petri Kotwica, telling about the dangerous consequences of video game addiction.

  • For a Better Life
    For a Better Life

    Original title: Parema elu nimel

    2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märt Sildvee

    Documentary by Märt Sildvee opens up the themes of antidepressants and depression as well as studies the myths related to the disease and its treatment.

  • Wounds of Afghanistan
    Wounds of Afghanistan

    Original title: Afganistani armid

    2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

    Two veterans of Afghanistan War return to the military territories where they once fought. When they were twenty years old, they were sent to fight abroad where it was impossible to exit as a winner.

  • Fear
    Fear

    Original title: Hirm

    2004 | Feature film, Short | Director: Anri Rulkov

    The last work by film director Anri Rulkov, a short film with the elements of horror. The psychological drama studies the deepest subliminal layers of the human past.

  • The Phenomenon of Raul Rajangu
    The Phenomenon of Raul Rajangu

    The original title "Raul Rajangu fenomen"

    2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liina Kulles

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