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  • Truth and Justice
    Truth and Justice

    Original title: Tõde ja õigus

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

    Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

  • Confession
    Confession

    Original title in Georgian: Beri

    2017 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Zaza Urušadze

    There is no space for secrets.

  • Estonian village in Ghana
    Estonian village in Ghana

    Title in Estonian: Eesti küla Ghanas

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Kalle Käesel

    Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA.

  • Gorilla Tourism
    Gorilla Tourism

    Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

    Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

  • Living Together a la Sri Lanka
    Living Together a la Sri Lanka

    Original title: Kooselu Sri Lanka moodi

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Mati Kark

    The authors of the documentary are searching for the formulas of integration and peaceful co-habitations together with the residents of post-civil war Sri Lanka – tea pickers, fishermen, sellers, workers of the tourism centre and especially guide Michael.

  • Sun is a Good Child
    Sun is a Good Child

    Original title: Päike on hea laps

    2014 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Filmmaker Manfred Vainokivi portrays physics teacher Mart Kuurme teaches physics and astronomy to children in Africa.

  • Freedom Starts from Within
    Freedom Starts from Within

    Original title: Vabadus algab seest. Kai-Mai Olbri autoportree

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kai-Mai Olbri

    This film's central theme is freedom - human and above all artist's freedom: artistic, spiritual and physical, observed retroactively by the author herself. This sincere and confessional biography examines the author's complicated and versatile artistic nature. Marriage to a loved one brings on a clear understanding of responsibility. You become positive, that happy co-existence is what allows a human being to feel free. It is because of that freedom, that you can take on new challenges and understand, that be it painting, writing, acting, or filming - your art is one whole.

  • The Art of Selling
    The Art of Selling

    Original title: Müümise kunst

    2006 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi study the new religion of neo-Capitalist society - a selling strategy training.

  • Hansuke Sometimes Appears as a Bird...
    Hansuke Sometimes Appears as a Bird...

    Original title: Hansuke ilmub vahest linnuna...

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    Culture-historical retrospect to the marriage of painter Johannes Võerahansu and pianist Erna Saar that was characterized by deep respect and love towards art.

  • Family
    Family

    Title in Estonian: Perekond

    1971 | Documentary | Director: Virve Koppel

    Why is the birth rate in Estonia so low?

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