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  • Fresh Meat
    Fresh Meat

    Original title in Estonian: Värske liha

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Marianna Vaga

    A horror drama film centered around the LGBT+ community. The subject of the film is the dire consequences of fetishizing youth and the fact that malice can be found in one's own community. It is a paranoid and colorful, but respectful account of what could be someone’s true story.

  • Love express
    Love express

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kuba Mikurda

    A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

  • A Friend of Mine
    A Friend of Mine

    Original title: Üks mu sõber

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

    A heartfelt comedy directed by Mart Kivastik tells the story about endless solitude that can be soothed only by a close friend.

  • Dear Friend, You Have My Respect
    Dear Friend, You Have My Respect

    Original title: Kallis Sõber, Sind Austan

    2010 | Students film, Short | Director: Ove Musting

  • Call-girl´s Christmas
    Call-girl´s Christmas

    Original title; Ööliblika jõulud

    1994 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Artur Talvik, Rein Kotov

    Documentary about 19-year-old Kerstin who has come to look for happiness and sell her body in Tallinn, Estonia.

  • Those Old Love Letters
    Those Old Love Letters

    1992 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • The Ideal Landscape
    The Ideal Landscape

    Original title: Ideaalmaastik

    1980 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

    The first full-length feature film directed by Peeter Simm is based on the story "The deputy of spring sowing" by Karl Helemäe, analyzing the choices of a young man during the era of the establishment of collective farms in Estonian countryside.

  • 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.

  • Indrek
    Indrek

    Original title: Indrek

    1975 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mikk Mikiver

    The first feature film directed by Mikk Mikiver is based on the play "Man and God" staged by Voldemar Panso in 1962 in Estonian Drama Theatre. The story is based on the second part of pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare.

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