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  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • War on Boring Walls
    War on Boring Walls

    Original title: Sõda igavatele seintele

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    An inventor, a street artist and an entrepreneur are making the world a better place, one wall at a time.

  • Codename: Timeless
    Codename: Timeless

    2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Collin Browne

    Codename: Timeless is a story world about what memories can mean for the characters involved; are they good? Are they bad? Do we need them? What would our world look like if we could manipulate our memories?

  • India - On its Way Up
    India - On its Way Up

    Title in Estonian: India - teel tippu

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Gert Kark

    Documentary introducing the accomplishments of the development activities of information technology in India through which the country attempts to get rid of poverty.

  • Südametunnistus mobiiltelefonis
    Südametunnistus mobiiltelefonis

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

  • The Look
    The Look

    Original title (in Estonian): "Pilk"

    2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Mairi Sõelsepp

    A fiction film about a man who lives with a curse.

  • Ceramic artist Leo Rohlin
    Ceramic artist Leo Rohlin

    Original title: Keraamik Leo Rohlin

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Igor Ruus

    Portrait documentary by Igor Ruus about Estonian ceramic artist and art teacher Leo Rohlin.

  • About Johannes Hint
    About Johannes Hint

    Title in Estonian: Johannes Hindist

    1989 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary directed by Andres Sööt about doctor of technology Johannes Hint, his scientific research, his "guilt" and posthumous rehabilitation.

  • Haymaking Time
    Haymaking Time

    Original title: Heinaaeg

    1984 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Enn Säde

    Publicistic documentary about the gaps in the technological chain of harvesting grass plants as well as the recent achievements in storing concentrated feed for winter.

  • Dialoog (MIS SELLEGA ON?)
    Dialoog (MIS SELLEGA ON?)

    1983 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Hagi Šein

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