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  • Hell's Stoker
    Hell's Stoker

    Original title: Põrgu katlakütja

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kullar Viimne

    It is impossible for a man who has been in the war to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in his dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them.

  • Corpse Merchants
    Corpse Merchants

    Original title in Estonian: Laibamüüjad

    2022 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Mikk Mäe

    Kaspar Rummi's, Mikk Mäe's and Mona Brit Luur's master's thesis is a 42-minute long documentary show that reflects the history of Estonian crime shows through the eyes and experiences of those who make them. We also touch on various events in the development of the content and formats of crime shows. The show reflects the period of the 90s and early 00s.

  • Ninja
    Ninja

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Maria Reinup

    Keity and her girlfriend Kristel organise a life-threatening motorcycle trick in order to set a world record and bring attention to Keity so she could go to the trial motorbike World Championships.

  • Ruhnu reis ehk Eesti saare eripära
    Ruhnu reis ehk Eesti saare eripära

    2020 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

  • Border Youth
    Border Youth

    Original title: Noored piiril

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

  • Dance Of Death
    Dance Of Death

    Original title: Surmatants

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vaiko Edur

    Documentary about American cultural historian Paul Firnhaber, who has found his peace in a small town of Estonia, called Viljandi.

  • The Irredeemable Optimist: a Portrait of Director Ove Musting
    The Irredeemable Optimist: a Portrait of Director Ove Musting

    Original title in Estonian: "Paadunud optimist: režissöör Ove Mustingu portree"

    2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eva Ligi Aydoğmuş

    Students Eva Ligi Aydoğmuş and Deisi Helemäe-Sarv portrayed director Ove Musting in their documentary film to address TV concerns in the background.

  • The Story Of Peep Puks
    The Story Of Peep Puks

    Original title: Peep Puksi lugu

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    An old filmmaker Peep Puks has directed 61 documentaries and created almost 40 programmes for television. In this film, he looks back on stories of the first post-war generation of Estonia and the birth of the Estonian documentary.

  • Vil! Roman Toi coetus 1936 II inteview 17.11.2015
    Vil! Roman Toi coetus 1936 II inteview 17.11.2015

    2015 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

  • Interview with Roman Toi in Tallinn on July 21, 2011
    Interview with Roman Toi in Tallinn on July 21, 2011

    Title in Estonian: Roman Toi intervjuu Tallinnas 21.07.2011

    2011 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Interview with choirmaster Roman Toi, also an alumnus of fraternity "Vironia", held in Tallinn on July 21st, 2011.

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