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  • Nightingale
    Nightingale

    Original title: Ööbik

    2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

    Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

  • The Last Relic
    The Last Relic

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

    Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • Patarei partii
    Patarei partii

    2022 | Other categories | Director: Liisa Rita Viitung

  • Undergods
    Undergods

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Chino Moya

    Debut film of Chino Moya is a collection of darkly humorous, surrealist tales about ill-fated characters and their tragic misadventures.

  • 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.

  • Risti aarded
    Risti aarded

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu

  • Green Cats
    Green Cats

    Original title: Rohelised kassid

    2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Puustusmaa

    You have to be wise to see the difference.

  • Babyface
    Babyface

    Original title: Beebilõust

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

    Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.

  • Miss Robinson
    Miss Robinson

    2009 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

    Barmaid Olga is looking for love and happiness, in places near and far.

  • The Era of the Estonian Crown
    The Era of the Estonian Crown

    Original title: Krooni aeg

    2003 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Valentin Kuik

    Documentary by Rein Karemäe and Valentin Kuik about the era when after the successful monetary reform in 1992 the Republic of Estonia switched to Estonian kroon and liberal market economy.

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