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  • Between Covers
    Between Covers

    Original title: Hölma all

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Siim Tamm

    A stoic man living in seclusion, reluctant to let go of his past is reminded why.

  • Phantom Owl Forest
    Phantom Owl Forest

    Original title: Eia jõulud Tondikakul

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Anu Aun

    Adventures are going to begin when 10-year old city girl Eia is brought to mysterious Phantom Owl Farm for the winter holiday.

  • 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.

  • War over the Flying Squirrel
    War over the Flying Squirrel

    Original title: Lendoravasõda

    2018 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Heli Tetlov

    People find themselves in a deadlock over a tiny animal on the verge of extinction.

  • The Days That Confused
    The Days That Confused

    Original title (in Estonian): Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse

    2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Triin Ruumet

    The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia.

  • In the Crosswind
    In the Crosswind

    Original title: Risttuules

    2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Martti Helde

    It is 3 AM on June 14, 1941. More than 40,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are deported to Siberia by the authorities of Soviet Russia.

  • Charm of Sacred Groves
    Charm of Sacred Groves

    Original title: Hiite lummus

    2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

    Documentary by Rein Maran about oak groves in Estonia - local holy places of nature and cultural heritage.

  • BAM – Railroad to Nowhere
    BAM – Railroad to Nowhere

    Original title: BAM

    2008 | Documentary | Director: Jouni Hiltunen

    Documentary by Finnish director Jouni Hiltunen about the enthusiasm, hopes and reality of railway constructors in Baikal-Amur district.

  • Master Hunter: Portrait of Mati Hõbemägi
    Master Hunter: Portrait of Mati Hõbemägi

    Original title: Jäägermeister

    2004 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Elen Lotman

    Mati Hõbemägi, hunter and hunting organizer, goes hunting, cares for wild animals and the forest.

  • Independence Day
    Independence Day

    Original title: Eesti lood. Iseseisvuspäev

    2003 | Documentary, Problem oriented, Students film | Director: Hanna Šein

    Life of four young persons with different social background in today's Estonia, right before the local independence day, February 24, 2003.

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