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  • 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.

  • The Story Of Peep Puks
    The Story Of Peep Puks

    Original title: Peep Puksi lugu

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    An old filmmaker Peep Puks has directed 61 documentaries and created almost 40 programmes for television. In this film, he looks back on stories of the first post-war generation of Estonia and the birth of the Estonian documentary.

  • Afghanistan Project
    Afghanistan Project

    Original title: Afganistani projekt

    2015 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Vahur Laiapea has recorded Estonians' projects in Afghan and the local life.

  • Golden Beach
    Golden Beach

    Original title: Kuldrannake

    2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Sillart

    The drama directed by Jüri Sillart is based on the play "The moment of truth" by Hans Luik, telling about the generation of people whose Jüri Sillarti draama Hans Luige näidendi „Tõe hetk“ ainetel inimestest, kelle noorus lõpeb 2000ndate Eestis võitjate või kaotajatena.

  • The Bus
    The Bus

    Original title: Buss

    2004 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Laila Pakalniņa

    The Tallinn - Kaliningrad bus crosses three borders during one night. Estonian - Latvian, Latvian - Lithuanian and Lithuanian - Russian. It rides on the territories of four countries. The reason for the film about this bus is, at the very lest, because things are not as they were some times ago (during the USSR) and will not be like that in the not so distant future (when the three Baltic States will be in the EU).

  • Kristo - Estonian boy who was treated in Canada
    Kristo - Estonian boy who was treated in Canada

    Title in Estonian: Kristo - eesti poiss, keda raviti Kanadas

    2000 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Kristo visiting the Estonian Baptist Church in Toronto.

  • Letters from the East
    Letters from the East

    Original title: Kirjad idast

    1995 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andrew Grieve

    The film directed by Andrew Grieve tells about families that have been broken during the war and about the reunion of family members in the independent republic of Estonia.

  • Audirigent
    Audirigent

    1990 | Documentary | Director: Irene Lään

  • Siberia has also been my homeland
    Siberia has also been my homeland

    Title in Estonian: Ka Siber on olnud mu kodumaa

    1990 | Documentary | Director: Märt Müür

    Documentary directed by Märt Müür about his family, deportation and meetings with people with similar destinies.

  • Boys Choir Arrival (3)
    Boys Choir Arrival (3)

    The title in FA IS: Estonian Choirs in Toronto

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Amateur video recorded by Edgar Väär where the arrival of the Boy's Choir of the Estonian National Male Choir to Toronto has been shown in the autumn of 1989. The film depicts the reception and greeting by the local community.

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