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  • Art and the Cold War. Esthetic Resistance
    Art and the Cold War. Esthetic Resistance

    Original title: Kunst ja külm sõda

    2024 | Documentary | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

    A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.

  • Loads of Shit
    Loads of Shit

    Original title: Sitta kanti

    2024 | Documentary | Director: Madis Reimund

    This job is full of shit, but somebody has to do it!

  • Metsik lõuna: Ellujäämise kunstnikud
    Metsik lõuna: Ellujäämise kunstnikud

    2024 | Documentary | Director: Jaan Tootsen

  • Never Alone
    Never Alone

    Original title (in Finnish): Ei koskaan yksin

    2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

    1942 in Helsinki. The state of Finland has made an alliance with Nazi Germany. One man alone is trying to stop the Finnish security services which were operating in secrecy, to turn over Jewish refugees into the hands of Gestapo.

  • Sander's Documentary
    Sander's Documentary

    Original title: Sanderidokumentaalfilm

    2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

    Stand-up comedy seems like an easy thing to do - you get on stage, tell funny stories for an hour and also swear a little. Sander Õigus has been doing stand-up for over ten years, let's see how the truth becomes the truth and a joke becomes a joke.

  • The Story of Estonian Skateboarding
    The Story of Estonian Skateboarding

    Original title: Eesti rula lugu

    2024 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus, Ivar Murd

    The story of Estoniaäs skateboarding scene spanning five decades, from the 1980s and tables made with vclay wheels in Võru to today's youth, for whom the whole world is open.

  • Vertical Money
    Vertical Money

    Original title: Vara küps

    2024 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Martti Helde

    Where have the Estonian forests gone?

  • Vertical Money: Forest As Ecological System
    Vertical Money: Forest As Ecological System

    Original title: Vara küps: Mets kui ökosüsteem

    2024 | Documentary, Problem oriented, TV Serial | Director: Martti Helde

    The series open the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of the common property. The series also offers solutions to move out of the deadlock of the debate and directs attention to the information that has been buried under the messages of controlled communication in the information noise of the forest war.

  • Vertical Money: Forest People
    Vertical Money: Forest People

    Original title: Vara küps: Metsarahvas

    2024 | Documentary, Problem oriented, TV Serial | Director: Martti Helde

    The series open the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of the common property. The series also offers solutions to move out of the deadlock of the debate and directs attention to the information that has been buried under the messages of controlled communication in the information noise of the forest war.

  • Wild South: Sewing Machine
    Wild South: Sewing Machine

    Original title: Metsi lõuna: Õmblusmasin

    2024 | Documentary, | Director: Ülo Pikkov

    About being human and remaining human even in the most hopeless moment.

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