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  • An Affair of Honour
    An Affair of Honour

    Original title: Lurjus

    1999 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    The tragicomedy directed by Valentin Kuik is based on the story "An Affair of Honor" by Vladimir Nabokov, telling about honor and dignity in the contemporary world.

  • Juliet
    Juliet

    1999 | Students film, Short | Director: Anri Rulkov

  • The Highway Crossing
    The Highway Crossing

    Original title: Ristumine peateega

    1999 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arko Okk

    The debut feature film directed by Arko Okk is based on the play "The Highway Crossing aka the Fairytale of the Golden Fish". The film with a witty dialogue and unexpected chain of events tells the story of a miracle, money, and happiness. Both the visual and conceptual content of the film make allusions to Tarkovsky's "Stalker".

  • Three Stories About ...
    Three Stories About ...

    Original title: Sellised kolm lugu: Aida

    1999 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Simm

    Short film directed by Peeter Simm is inspired by a shipwreck that took place near Sõrve Peninsula, Deember 1994.

  • Ball Against the Wall
    Ball Against the Wall

    Original title: Pall vastu seina

    1998 | Feature film, Short | Director: Ilmar Raag

    Young woman recalls of her childhood trauma with the psychoanalyst.

  • Father
    Father

    1998 | TV feature, TV Short | Director: Mart Kivastik

  • Georgica
    Georgica

    Original title: Georgica

    1998 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sulev Keedus

    The poetic drama with a profound philosophical undertone directed by Sulev Keedus about the postwar desolated and occupied land. The film is one of the first art films produced in the independent republic of Estonia and it has received awards at various acknowledged international film festivals.

  • A Family Event
    A Family Event

    Original title: Perekondlik sündmus

    1997 | Students film, Short | Director: René Vilbre

  • Aria
    Aria

    Original title: Aaria

    1997 | Feature film, Short | Director: Ervin Õunapuu

    Debut film by Ervin Õunapuu about a reclusive baron who loses his sense of reality in his oppressive solitude.

  • Come to Visit
    Come to Visit

    Original title (in Estonian): "Külla tuli"

    1997 | Students film, Short | Director: Jaak Kilmi

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