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  • Stairway to Heaven
    Stairway to Heaven

    Original title: Taevatrepp

    2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

    A story about time and music, friendship and love and death, life in current times and about childhood in the 70s.

  • Companions
    Companions

    Original title in Estonian: Seltsilised

    2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kristiina Iilane

    A short film about loneliness and human need for connection in this life.

  • New Life
    New Life

    Original title: Uus elu

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    A film about an embassy of bygone times - a clothes menders in Nõmme which remains in business despite an onslaught of fast fashion.

  • Time Quartet: After Betelgeuse
    Time Quartet: After Betelgeuse

    Original title: Ajakvartett: Peale Betelgeuset

    2022 | Other categories, Archive footage, Experimental | Director: Len Murusalu

    A journey through the past and future myths of the dormant Livonian language.

  • Time Quartet: Cellula Filia
    Time Quartet: Cellula Filia

    Original title: Ajakvartett: Tütarrakk

    2022 | Other categories, Experimental | Director: Piibe Kolka

    Time travelling communication between a woman and her great grandmother captured by pixelated images and messages recorded on audio cassettes.

  • The King
    The King

    Original title in Estonian: Kuningas

    2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Juksaar

    Teresa Juksaar’s film „The King“ is based on a short story by Mehis Heinsaar and opens the theme of searching and finding inner peace. The film is a magical journey between the real and the imaginary world.

  • Jüri Pootsmann - Magus melanhoolia
    Jüri Pootsmann - Magus melanhoolia

    2020 | Students film, Music video | Director: Romet Esko, Raul Esko

    Music video by Jüri Pootsmann performing Magus Melanhoolia.

  • Rauaniit
    Rauaniit

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

    To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy.

  • Inherited Memories
    Inherited Memories

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Len Murusalu

    Short documentary explores the notion that traumatic experiences can be passed on to future generations.

  • Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway
    Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Miguel Llansó

    Two special agents are tasked with protecting the computer programme that runs a future metropolis. However, the ‘Soviet Union’ virus soon starts wreaking havoc. A delirious ride!

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