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  • Gorilla Tourism
    Gorilla Tourism

    Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

    Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

  • How a Girl was Wed Three Times. A Mari Story
    How a Girl was Wed Three Times. A Mari Story

    Original title: Kuidas üks piiga kolmele peiule mehele anti

    2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mattias Mälk

    Everyone knows that a woman can find a way out of any situation. If a mother cannot afford to refuse a suitor for her daughter, she can marry off a cat or a dog instead. But how can one get along with a cat or a dog?

  • How are you
    How are you

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Worapoj In-lao

    Documentary film of Thai student who is currently studying in Tallinn, Estonia, which visually narrate how he overcome tough time as well as settle his life into unfamiliar surrounding and environment.

  • I Breathe so I Dance
    I Breathe so I Dance

    Orginal tiltle (in Estonian): "Hingan, seega tantsin"

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kamilla Selina Lepik

    A 16 years old talented dancer works hard to be a motivational teacher to her students.

  • Kihnu kivilaeva lugu
    Kihnu kivilaeva lugu

    2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Reet Laos

  • Let's Play War
    Let's Play War

    Original title: Täna mängime sõda

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

    Enthusiasts of different nationalities join such clubs because of their appreciation for the memory of WW II as well as their love of the hobby of reconstructing in detail the soldiers' lifestyle of the era.

  • Life Before Life
    Life Before Life

    Original title: Elu enne elu

    2016 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Rao Heidmets

    Truth is a relative concept. Depending on the point of view, everybody can be right.

  • Loodusfilosoofiline Tartu
    Loodusfilosoofiline Tartu

    2016 | Amateur films, Documentary | Director: Jaan-Jürgen Klaus

  • Manna
    Manna

    Original title (in Russian): "Манна"

    2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Nadja Girich

    The story of Holocaust in the city of Pärnu.

  • Meeskond
    Meeskond

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Hindrek Maasik

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