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    Family Photos

    Original title: Perekonnapildid

    1989 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    A feature film directed by Valentin Kuik is based on his short story "The Formula", telling about the young graduates of a small town in Estonia in 1960s.

  • Upside Down
    Upside Down

    Original title: Наизнанку

    1989 | Feature film, Short | Director: Valeri Blinov

    Short film about the reunion of two former friends that results in turning the whole life of one man upside down.

  • I am not a Tourist, I Live Here
    I am not a Tourist, I Live Here

    Part 1 and 2

    1988 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

    The events of the film directed by Peeter Urbla take place in precapitalist Tallinn, among people who try to find their hearth and home.

  • Stolen Meeting
    Stolen Meeting

    Original title: Varastatud kohtumine

    1988 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius

    The psychological drama directed by Leida Laius keeps expanding upon a woman's destiny.

  • The Witch
    The Witch

    Original title: Nõid

    1988 | Feature film, Short | Director: Elo Tust

    A young woman working as a paramedic is emotionally confused and trying to get rid of the inexplicable restlessness that has been bothering her.

  • Vernanda
    Vernanda

    based on Arvo Valton's short story “Vernanda leib”

    1988 | Feature film, Short | Director: Roman Baskin

    Debut film directed Roman Baskin is an artistic caricature of totalitarian society, depicting the protagonist's arrival at an isolated city.

  • Curse of Snakes Valley
    Curse of Snakes Valley

    Original title: Madude oru needus

    1987 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marek Piestrak

    The fantasy thriller directed by Polish filmmaker Marek Piestrak is the second Estonian-Polish co-production after the blockbuster "Tales the Pirx of Pilot" that was filmed in Vietnam, Ukraine, Poland and Estonia and has been called the Eastern European version of Indiana Jones.

  • The Bird Watcher
    The Bird Watcher

    Original title: Vaatleja

    1987 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

    The first feature film directed by Arvo Iho analyzes the relationships between women, men and nature in the spirit of antique Greek tragedy.

  • Wild Swans
    Wild Swans

    Original title: Metsluiged

    1987 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Helle Karis

    The film directed by Helle Karis is based on the fairy tale "Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen, telling the story of princess Elise who is determined to save her bewitched brothers with the power of love.

  • In One Hundred Years in May
    In One Hundred Years in May

    Original title: Saja aasta pärast mais

    1986 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    The historical-psychological drama directed by Kaljo Kiisk tells about the four last days of Viktor Kingissepp, a professional revolutionary and a communist, in May 1922.

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