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  • Cherry Tobacco
    Cherry Tobacco

    Original title: Kirsitubakas

    2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Katrin Maimik, Andres Maimik

    Love can strike you like a bolt from the blue – when you’re least prepared for it.

  • Unlucky Talisman
    Unlucky Talisman

    Original title (in Russian): "Талисман неудачи"

    2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Jüri Muttika

  • Pharmacist
    Pharmacist

    Original title: Apteeker

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaanis Valk

    Ester, a good-tempered pharmacist living in Virtsu, has courage to be different. She loves nature, animals and solitude.

  • Names in Marble
    Names in Marble

    Original title: Nimed marmortahvlil

    2002 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    The debut film by director Elmo Nüganen is based on the novel "Names in Marble" by Albert Kivikas. The film is a patriotic war drama telling the story of schoolboys in the Estonian War of Independence and of the days and nights of these young volunteer fighters. The film is full of dangers, challenges, pain and exaltation, entwined by a beautiful story of young love.

  • Victoria (A Story of a Love Affair), Part 2
    Victoria (A Story of a Love Affair), Part 2

    Original title: Victoria (Ühe armastuse lugu) II jagu

    1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Sillart

    The lyrical love story directed by Jüri Sillart is based on the novel "Victoria" (1898) by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun. The film tells the story about different adventures in the lives of young people being in love, brought into the 1930s in Estonia.

  • Dog-Eat-Dog
    Dog-Eat-Dog

    Original title: Hundiseaduse aegu

    1984 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Olav Neuland

    The romantic adventure film directed by Olav Neuland is a love story between a young thinker and the beautiful daughter of a vassal in medieval Estonia, when the last free villages were turned into feudal estates.

  • Happy-Go-Lucky
    Happy-Go-Lucky

    Original title: Nipernaadi

    1983 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    The film directed by Kaljo Kiisk is based on the novel "Toomas Nipernaadi" (1928) by August Gailit, telling the story of a restless vagabond spending his summers with travelling on foot around the country.

  • Daisy Petal Game: Tattoo
    Daisy Petal Game: Tattoo

    based on the short novel "Gipsies" by Kalju Saaber

    1977 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Simm

    Short film directed by Peeter Simm based on the short story "Gypsies" by Kalju Saaber. Artistic director of the film Andrei Tarkovsky.

  • The Last Relic
    The Last Relic

    Original title: Viimne reliikvia

    1969 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov

    The historical-romantic adventure film directed by Grigory Romanov is based on the characters and motifs from the story "Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Monastery" by Eduard Bornhöhe and on the events of 1968 in Europe. The song lyrics by Paul-Eerik Rummo and touch of humour add depth to the film that has reached the cult status in Estonia.

  • Katused ja korstnad
    Katused ja korstnad

    1968 | Musical film, Dance | Director: Valdur Himbek, Ülo Vilimaa

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