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  • Sander's Documentary
    Sander's Documentary

    Original title: Sanderidokumentaalfilm

    2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

    Stand-up comedy seems like an easy thing to do - you get on stage, tell funny stories for an hour and also swear a little. Sander Õigus has been doing stand-up for over ten years, let's see how the truth becomes the truth and a joke becomes a joke.

  • Estonian Funeral
    Estonian Funeral

    Original title: Eesti matus

    2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

    Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

  • A Man From A Fairytale
    A Man From A Fairytale

    Original title: Mees muinasjutust

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    The end of one act is the beginning of another. The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.

  • 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.

  • Chasing Unicorns
    Chasing Unicorns

    Original title: Ükssarvik

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

    Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

  • Dora Gordine: Ars Gratia Artis
    Dora Gordine: Ars Gratia Artis

    Original title: Dora Gordine: Ars gratia artis

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Annaleena Piel Linna

    Estonian-British documentary about Dora Gordine (1895-1991), a jewish young woman who grew up in Tallinn, Estonia, and became an internationally renowned sculptor, designer and artistocrat loved by high society.

  • Sinine kõrb
    Sinine kõrb

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

  • The Winter Ghost
    The Winter Ghost

    Original title: Vinterspöket

    2012 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Jaana Wahlforss

    The story is about 9-year old Hendrick and Annie, and about their relationship.

  • Working Title: Wunderkind
    Working Title: Wunderkind

    Original title: Tööpealkiri: Imelaps

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

    Alex Prior was born in 1992 in London to an English father and a Russian mother. Even as a child he was being called “a little Pavarotti” or “a little Mozart” because of his angelic voice and his composition skills.

  • Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time
    Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time

    Original title: Monoloogid 3D

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Arko Okk

    The documentary gives a minimalistic portrait about Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia, through the recollections by his contemporaries.

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