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  • Kalev
    Kalev

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ove Musting

  • Kampsuusatajate kogunemine
    Kampsuusatajate kogunemine

    2021 | Feature film, Short | Director: Marek Vahula

  • Bigger Than Sports
    Bigger Than Sports

    Original title: Suurem kui sport

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kerttu Soans

    Uncompromising "Crazy Coach" Arvi Aavik is creating the Estonian women's wrestling team out of a few capable girls.

  • Mihkel Raud learns to swim
    Mihkel Raud learns to swim

    Original title (in Estonian): "Mihkel Raud õpib ujuma"

    2017 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Veiko Piirsalu

  • The Fencer
    The Fencer

    Original title: Miekkailija

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

    Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

  • Palusalu
    Palusalu

    Original title: Palusalu

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

    Documentary by Kristiina Davidjants about the destiny of Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestling legend who won the Olympic Gold Medal twice.

  • F2NN
    F2NN

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Steiv Silm

  • Küljetuul
    Küljetuul

    1983 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Raul Tammet

  • Lurich
    Lurich

    1983 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    The film directed by Valentin Kuik is based on a true story about the life of Georg Lurich, famous Estonian wrestler, focusing on the scandalous theft of the collection of his prizes during the wrestling tournament in Tallinn in 1910.

  • Bike Tamers
    Bike Tamers

    Original title: Jalgrattataltsutajad

    1963 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Juli Kun

    The musical comedy directed by Yuli Kun is full of romantic intrigues, sports and hazarding. It is a story about an attractive bike constructor Rita and three young men who become fierce competitors both in sports and in love. Starring the Russian film actress Lyudmila Gurchenko.

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