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  • Neeme Järvi. Trinity
    Neeme Järvi. Trinity

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Erik Norkroos

  • Celebration
    Celebration

    Original title: Prazdnik

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

    For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

  • Kodumaa karjed
    Kodumaa karjed

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

    Who's the man waving the flag?

  • Lotte and the Lost Dragons
    Lotte and the Lost Dragons

    Original title: Lotte ja kadunud lohe

    2019 | Animation, Cartoon, | Director: Janno Põldma, Heiki Ernits

    We all come from our childhood.

  • Loved
    Loved

    Original title: Armastasin

    2019 | Feature film, Short | Director: Natalja Matšenene

    When a stage director Anna and a businessman Maxim meet they both get the feeling that they have known each other for ages. Nevertheless they can't take their relationship further due to personal values and social norms. One day Anna comes to a regression therapy and finds out about her previous lives.

  • Mountains That Were Not There
    Mountains That Were Not There

    Original title: Mäed, mida polnud

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Jurtšenko

    A documentary film that takes the viewer to the great stages of the sport of cycling. Estonians Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe are the same age and both from the small village of Vändra. They are under the microscope as they both cycle in the top-level Astana Pro Team.

  • Estonian village in Ghana
    Estonian village in Ghana

    Title in Estonian: Eesti küla Ghanas

    2016 | Documentary, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Kalle Käesel

    Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA.

  • Rough Stage
    Rough Stage

    Original title: Karmil pinnal

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Toomas Järvet

    Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, a man who starts a quest against the society, cultural norms and his family in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history.

  • Asta ja Georg
    Asta ja Georg

    2007 | Documentary, Making of | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • KOOP CUP 1995. Gymnastics Competition in Toronto 6/10
    KOOP CUP 1995. Gymnastics Competition in Toronto 6/10

    Original title: KOOP CUP 1995. Iluvõimlemise võistlus Torontos 6/10

    1995 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    The Koop Cup gymnastics competition takes place for the third time in Canada. Performances with Indian clubs and ribbon.

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