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  • At The Water's Edge
    At The Water's Edge

    Original title: Vete piiril

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

    A portrait of a remarkable woman who lives alone in the remote part of Estonia, in Soomaa National Park. Every Spring, the area gets badly flooded for weeks at times, but still, she has no plans of leaving.

  • Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
    Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

    Original title: Savvusanna sõsarad

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

    In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.

  • 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.

  • Öö
    Öö

    2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Teresa Väli

  • Hero of the Future
    Hero of the Future

    Original title: Tuleviku kangelane

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

    Match fixing and corruption are dragging down Rwandan football club – will young Estonian coach save them?

  • Tukdam: Between Worlds
    Tukdam: Between Worlds

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Donagh Coleman

    First document about a Tibetan meditation that preserves the body from days to weeks after traditionally considered death.

  • Grass
    Grass

    Original title: Murust

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

    Film about grass.

  • Aadam
    Aadam

    2020 | Documentary | Director:

  • Christmas In The Jungle
    Christmas In The Jungle

    Original title in Latvian: Ziemassvētki Džungļos

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    In an effort to avert the break-up of her family, Paula with her friend Akhim go to the jungle to find Santa Claus.

  • Contract
    Contract

    Original title: Leping

    2020 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Ave Taavet

    Bad things happen at the crossroads of digital and vernacular culture.

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