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  • Mothers' Day
    Mothers' Day

    Title in Estonian: Emade päev

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

    Film about prison and imprisoned mothers, asking the question whether it is possible for these mothers to maintain connection with their children or not.

  • War over the Flying Squirrel
    War over the Flying Squirrel

    Original title: Lendoravasõda

    2018 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Heli Tetlov

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

  • Why Don't I Leave?
    Why Don't I Leave?

    Original title: Miks ma siis ei lähe?

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Liina Särkinen

    Three Estonian women in London (not to mention the children).

  • Sparkling Rivers
    Sparkling Rivers

    Original title: Sädemete jõed

    2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märten Vaher

    Georgian environmental activist Dato Chipashvili fights against hundred million investment projects putting the interests of local people and transparency first.

  • For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls
    For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls

    Original title: Kellele lüüakse pulsikella

    2014 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andres Keil

    For men in their golden mid-age years recreational sport has become an obsession - instead of fleeing from death their madness might bring them directly to the deathtrap.

  • See olengi mina
    See olengi mina

    2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea

  • Waves and vibes
    Waves and vibes

    Original title: Lained ja võnked

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaido Veermäe, Marianne Kõrver

    An eternal opposition of fine and crude matter has penetrated the marriage of two people. It is a poetic story about cosmic vibrations, split cabbages and the possibility of love.

  • Blood Type
    Blood Type

    Original title (in Estonian): "Veregrupp"

    2013 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Leeni Linna

  • Not my Land
    Not my Land

    2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aljona Suržikova

  • Jesus, Gays and Pussicats
    Jesus, Gays and Pussicats

    Original title: Jeesus, homod ja kiisud

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaan Kolberg

    The protagonist of the documentary is Rein Mets, an extremely controversial man known as an evangelist and founder of the Living Word religious movement in Estonia. He is also a father of five children, a bisexual and has been living together with a man for more than 20 years.

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