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  • Stream of Life
    Stream of Life

    Original title in Estonian: Eluvool

    2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kristiina Iilane

    A short film about author’s thoughts on whether it is always necessary to share everything or is it sometimes better to remain silent in order to spare your loved ones from the pain.

  • 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.

  • Paradise Behind the Fence
    Paradise Behind the Fence

    Original title: Lumi punasel lagedal

    2017 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova, Julia Iskhakova

    The preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, include big changes to the area. Do the small villages in the neighbourhood manage to stay alive and retain their everyday routine?

  • Auster
    Auster

    Original title: Auster

    2014 | Feature film, Short | Director: Kadri Kõusaar, Maximiliano Schonfeld

    Two lonely young people are travelling together in the bleak Patagonian desert, searching for themselves and one another.

  • Searching for the Light
    Searching for the Light

    Original title: Otsides valgust

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Heini Drui

    Portrait documentary directed by Heini Drui about Raivo Hein, a successful internet businessman, astrophotographer, adventurer and traveler.

  • The Voice of Sokurov
    The Voice of Sokurov

    Original title (in Finnish): Sokurovin ääni

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Leena Kilpeläinen

  • Kihnu Wedding
    Kihnu Wedding

    Original title: Kihnu pulm

    2009 | Documentary, Observation, Anthropological | Director: Meelis Muhu

    The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.

  • Obsession
    Obsession

    Original title (in Estonian): "Haaratus"

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Andrew Bond

  • Tallinna heitvete puhastusseadmed
    Tallinna heitvete puhastusseadmed

    1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • Thirst by water
    Thirst by water

    Title in Estonian: Janu vee ääres

    1975 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Heli Speek

    Problems of environmental protection in Estonia.

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