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  • The Sleeping Beast
    The Sleeping Beast

    Original title: Tagurpidi torn

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaak Kilmi

  • Playground
    Playground

    2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jorge Eduardo de la Brena Rodríguez

    An inside view of some notable abandoned houses in the Kopli Lines area in Tallinn, Estonia.

  • A Year Full of Drama
    A Year Full of Drama

    Original title: Aasta täis draamat

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

    A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

  • New Rise, Old Ebb
    New Rise, Old Ebb

    Original title: Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Enrico Barone, Carlo Cubero, Kristiina Pilvet

    In 2016 several fires destroyed several buildings on the island of Piirissaare, among the also the Old Believers prayer house. Praskovja, the 84-year- old choir singer and important member of the community, lost her childhood´s house in one the fires and she is trying to get on her feet down again and continue living.

  • Lembri Uudu
    Lembri Uudu

    2017 | Documentary | Director: Eeva Mägi

  • Dance With The Devil's Grandma
    Dance With The Devil's Grandma

    Original title: Tants vanakuradi vanaemaga

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Alice Järvet

    The film summarises the sad truth about the “games” played at the edge by Konstantin Päts, the first President of the Republic of Estonia, and Johan Laidoner, the then Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Estonia.

  • Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
    Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

    Original title: Surnuaiavahi tütar

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Katrin Laur

    The feature film directed by Katrin Laur tells the story of a girl who grows up in a periphery of Estonia, in the middle of unemployment and alcoholism. Her parents are unable to lead a good life and without love, hope and grace their family would be broken.

  • Letters to Angel
    Letters to Angel

    Original title: Kirjad Inglile

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sulev Keedus

    The drama directed by Sulev Keedus tells about Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja who has been sent to the Afghanistan War many years ago and who has converted to Islam there. While returning to Estonia, he will face a completey different kind of war.

  • Closed Windows
    Closed Windows

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Max Golomidov

  • The Visitor
    The Visitor

    Original title: Muukalainen

    2008 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää

    This is the first full-length feature film directed by Finnish filmmaker Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; the film was his graduation thesis. It is a mysterious story about betrayal, love and fidelity.

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