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  • Happiness is a Journey
    Happiness is a Journey

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan

    On the night before Christmas a warehouse of disparate workers process newspapers for delivery before heading out into the city to trace the desolate streets to their few and far between customers.

  • County Court
    County Court

    Original title: Maakohus

    2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Eeva Mägi

    When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it. When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it.

  • Attorney Monika Mägi
    Attorney Monika Mägi

    Original title: Monika

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ken Saan, Steven-Hristo Evestus

    Retired top lawyer Monika Mägi and Steven-Hristo Evestus, who is at the peak of his prosecuting career will argue.

  • In Bed With A Writer
    In Bed With A Writer

    Original title: Kirjanikuga voodis

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

  • The Little Comrade
    The Little Comrade

    Original title: Seltsimees laps

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

    Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

  • 1944
    1944

    Original title: 1944

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    The film tells about the events during the war of 1944 in Estonia, viewed by the Estonians fighting at the Red Army and German Army.

  • The Visit of an Old Lady
    The Visit of an Old Lady

    Original title: Vana daami visiit

    2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Roman Baskin

    The tragicomedy directed by Roman Baskin is based on the play "The Visit" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ("Der Besuch der Alten Dame", 1956). Excellent choice of Estonian actors and actresses can be seen in the roles, starring Ita Ever and Aarne Üksküla.

  • A Living Force
    A Living Force

    Original title: Elav jõud

    2003 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Three men, three different stories about work and being lazy, dignity and despair, struggle for existence and self-pity in a ruthless society of success.

  • Pharaoh´s Children
    Pharaoh´s Children

    Original title: Vaarao lapsed

    1991 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Sulev Keedus

  • Christmas in Vigala
    Christmas in Vigala

    Original title: Jõulud Vigalas

    1980 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mark Soosaar

    The innovative author's film by Mark Soosaar with excellent camerawork combines documentary and fiction, telling the dramatic story during the Revolution of 1905 about the tragic destiny of Bernhard Laipmann, a reforming farmer who teaches people the ideas of enlightenment.

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