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  • God in the thunder
    God in the thunder

    Original title in Estonian: Jumal äikese käes

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Ester Stancel

    A fantasy film about the magical life of a medieval Estonian spiritual society.

  • The Bronze Night
    The Bronze Night

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Sergei Batrak

    During the massive "Bronze Night" protests in 2007, AIVAR, an Estonian bar owner, stays at his property to protect it from looters , when a knock on the door changes everything.

  • ASPHYXIA
    ASPHYXIA

    2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Sergei Batrak

    Soldier finds a stranger in the basement of an occupied house, whom he discovers to be a copy of himself from the future, on the edge of suicide.

  • Melchior the Apothecary
    Melchior the Apothecary

    Original title: Apteeker Melchior

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    When a murderer is loose in town, the town is sick. It’s time to call the apothecary.

  • -44%
    -44%

    2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: German Golub

    The film is about a crazy alcohol rally that takes place on the Estonian-Latvian border.

  • Captain Morten And The Spider Queen
    Captain Morten And The Spider Queen

    Original title: Kapten Morten lollide laeval

    2018 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kaspar Jancis, Riho Unt, Henry Nicholson

    Sometimes you need to be shrinked in order to grow up.

  • Dead End
    Dead End

    Original title in Estonian: Tupik

    2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Priit Palumaa

  • Greed
    Greed

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Eiris Teeveere

  • Set Point
    Set Point

    We Will Not Sleep Tonight

    2004 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Taska

    The debut film directed by Ilmar Taska is a criminal drama about people who are about to lose themselves for luxurious life. Starring supermodel Carmen Kass and Finnish film star Peter Franzen.

  • The Highway Crossing
    The Highway Crossing

    Original title: Ristumine peateega

    1999 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arko Okk

    The debut feature film directed by Arko Okk is based on the play "The Highway Crossing aka the Fairytale of the Golden Fish". The film with a witty dialogue and unexpected chain of events tells the story of a miracle, money, and happiness. Both the visual and conceptual content of the film make allusions to Tarkovsky's "Stalker".

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