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  • Class Reunion 3: Godfathers
    Class Reunion 3: Godfathers

    Original title: Klassikokkutulek 3: Ristiisad

    2019 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: René Vilbre

    Having unwillingly agreed to become the Godfather to his ex-wife’s newborn baby, Andres falls deep into the pool of self-pity. Luckily,he has his best friends Mart and Toomas by his side who take Andres to tantra camp to find the most beautiful woman to accompany him at the baptising.

  • Living Images
    Living Images

    Original title: Elavad pildid

    2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Hardi Volmer

    The historical drama directed by Hardi Volmer is a love story combining the elements of epopee and comedy, the grotesque of early silent film and the melodrama of the golden era of cinema.

  • Lonely Island
    Lonely Island

    Original title: Üksik saar

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

    The lyrical and grotesque mosaic directed by Peeter Simm depicts people as lonely islands; from the further distance they look like an archipelago. The film is an Estonian-Belorussian-Latvian co-production.

  • 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.

  • We Lived for Estonia
    We Lived for Estonia

    Original title: Elasime Eestile

    1996 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

  • Vana mees tahab koju
    Vana mees tahab koju

    1991 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Tõnis Kask

  • Majanduskriis
    Majanduskriis

    1990 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • A Man Who Never Was
    A Man Who Never Was

    Original title: Inimene, keda polnud

    1989 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

    The period film directed by Peeter Simm is dedicated to those working at radio stations in Estonia. Events from the lives of Imbi Valgemäe, Mari Möldre and Ruut Tarmo are brought to the viewer. Based on the oral and written memoirs of radio and theatre people.

  • Stolen Meeting
    Stolen Meeting

    Original title: Varastatud kohtumine

    1988 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Leida Laius

    The psychological drama directed by Leida Laius keeps expanding upon a woman's destiny.

  • 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.

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