10-year-old Otto, who has lost his parents, receives an unexpected gift at the night of his birthday, when a little dog Laika lands on earth in Sputnik 2.
The story of an intriguing mother-daughter relationship and its repercussions for three generations of women.
A psychological drama about a young Doctor of Physics who unexpectedly loses her job.
When two strangers’ paths cross after a car accident, the woman hijacks the situation and gets into the man’s car, demanding that he take her away from the scene. As the man tries to find a way out of the situation, fragments from the woman’s past start painting a picture of the tragic events that happened to her.
The trail of a lost dog leads a well-sped countryman Meelis to village where mysterious crime has taken place. While trying to figure out the truth behind strange events, the growing suspicion tempts to demand one more victim.
In an effort to avert the break-up of her family, Paula with her friend Akhim go to the jungle to find Santa Claus.
When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it. When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it.
When Erna’s simple-minded son, Kalle, is conscripted for military service, she swaps identity with a soldier and heads towards the front to protect her child. While the world is at war, Erna fights her own.
Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.
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Estonian Film Database (EFDB)
The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2022 but already now full and partial entries for about 16 000 films, 9000 filmmakers and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is an ongoing process. Read more detailed overview.
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