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  • Machina Faust
    Machina Faust

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

    An intimate documentary about the internationally renowned Estonian musician, saxophone player and improvisational jazz composer Maria Faust.

  • Mare Tralla
    Mare Tralla

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

    The film is about a strong Estonian woman who can handle everything and has experienced both traditional family life and much more.

  • Raul Vaiksoo - Pätt või Pühak?
    Raul Vaiksoo - Pätt või Pühak?

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mattias Veermets

    Architect Raul Vaiksoo marches on the fringes of blindness and genius, twisting the rules, blessing the digital world and enjoying the hustle and bustle of life.

  • Taagepera
    Taagepera

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm

  • Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe
    Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe

    Original title: Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Toomla

    This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant.

  • The Story of the Baltic University
    The Story of the Baltic University

    Title in Estonian: Balti Ülikooli lugu

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Helga Merits

    Documentary about the activities of the Baltic University in post-war Hamburg.

  • I Won´t Come Back
    I Won´t Come Back

    Original title: Я не вернусь

    2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

    Anya is a good-looking, successful young graduate student. She gives lectures on Byron and has a relationship with one of the professors. One day her life takes an unexpected turn for the worse.

  • TLU 6 Persona Stories - Mari-Liis Jakobson
    TLU 6 Persona Stories - Mari-Liis Jakobson

    Original title in Estonian: "TLÜ 6 persoonilugu - Mari-Liis Jakobson"

    2013 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Aili Alber

    A study exercise for the course Current Affairs. The task was to develop a format suitable to introduce 6 persons either working or somehow tied to Tallinn University.

  • Mees metsast ja mere äärest. Skulptor Jüri Ojaver
    Mees metsast ja mere äärest. Skulptor Jüri Ojaver

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • Tagasitulek koju
    Tagasitulek koju

    2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maiju Ingman

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