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  • Fisherwoman and a Bear. A Sami Story
    Fisherwoman and a Bear. A Sami Story

    Original title: Kalapüüdja naine ja karu

    2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

    A Sami woman caught fish from the lake in autumn. When she was boiling the fish, a bear who was cold entered the conical tent. The woman understood that it was a Sami man who had turned into a bear. The next morning the woman traced the bear’s tracks and found another, a frozen bear. The men skinned the bear and found a purse with gold coins in it. In the summer, at a fair, the woman met the man who had turned into the bear. He said that the dead bear had been his brother. The man told her to keep the money.

  • Jaan Poska
    Jaan Poska

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

  • Kuum jälg
    Kuum jälg

    2016 | TV Serial, Kanal 2 Serial | Director: Jaak Kilmi

  • Mother
    Mother

    Original title: Ema

    2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kadri Kõusaar

    Mother is a thrilleresque story about the consequences of years of self-deception, unfulfilled dreams and lack of love.

  • My Name Boris
    My Name Boris

    2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Krish Makhija

    "My Name Boris" is an architecture film focusing on the grain elevator building in Tallinn, Estonia.

  • Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad
    Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Tarvo Mölder

  • National Library of Estonia
    National Library of Estonia

    2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Francesco Crivaro

    Erasmus Movie Masters' architecture film about the National Library of Estonia.

  • Our world is theirs
    Our world is theirs

    Title in Estonian: Meie maailm on nende oma

    2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mati Kark

    Journalistic documentary about the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the point of view of local Arabs and Jews.

  • Patarei ärkab ellu
    Patarei ärkab ellu

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Jaan Kolberg

  • Sacrifice
    Sacrifice

    Original title (in Estonian): "Ohverdus"

    2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Oksana Nakorchevska

    A fairytal about father and daughter, who moved to the countryside.

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