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  • Love remains, love returns
    Love remains, love returns

    Original title: Armud jäänud, armud tulnud

    2012 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve

    Vahur Linnuste, an expatriate Estonian living in Paris, has promoted Estonian spirit, nation and culture abroad for many decades. He tells his colourful story of life and expresses his opionion about the backgrounds of politics in Europe and the whole world that have influenced the development of the Republic of Estonia.

  • Minu isa
    Minu isa

    2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Viidalepp

  • Pointless
    Pointless

    Original title in Estonian: Mõttetu

    2012 | Students film, Short | Director: Eik Tammemäe

  • Purge
    Purge

    Original title: Puhastus

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Antti J. Jokinen

    The feature film directed by Antti J. Jokinen is based on the novel "Purge" (by Sofi Oksanen) that has been translated into more than 20 languages and that has received numerous literary awards, telling about political terror against a small nation and about mental as well as physical violence towards an individual.

  • Suletud uste taga
    Suletud uste taga

    2012 | TV Serial, TV3 Serial | Director:

  • The Art of Life
    The Art of Life

    Original title in Estonian: "Elukunst"

    2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Tiina Haak, Annamari Kenk

    The TV show of media students Tiina Haak and Annamari Kenk tells a story about three young men, whose passion for art has helped them to become successful.

  • The Avenger
    The Avenger

    Original title (in Estonian): Tasuja

    2012 | Students film, Short | Director: Karl-Jonatan Karits

  • The Mystery of the Kaleva
    The Mystery of the Kaleva

    Original title: Kaleva müsteerium

    2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sigrid Reede

    Documentary about the Finnish passenger aircraft OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down by two Soviet bombers above the Baltic Sea in 1940.

  • The Pigeons
    The Pigeons

    Original title of the film: Tuvid

    2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Kadriann Kibus

  • The Possibility of an Island
    The Possibility of an Island

    2012 | Documentary | Director: Marianne Kõrver

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