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  • Empty Space
    Empty Space

    Original title: Tühi ruum

    2016 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Ülo Pikkov

    Documentary-based animation about a dream that eventually comes true in a film.

  • Tangerines
    Tangerines

    Original title: Mandariinid

    2013 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Zaza Urušadze

    The film is an Estonian-Georgian co-production about a wise Estonian man living in an Abkhazian village during the turbulent times of Abkhazian-Georgian military conflict in the autumn of 1992. The Estonian takes care of two wounded enemies, trying to help both men to find a human solution in this ruthless war.

  • Veskimees
    Veskimees

    2012 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

  • About People
    About People

    Original title in Estonian: Inimestest

    2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Janno Jürgens

  • The Return of The Musk Ox
    The Return of The Musk Ox

    2008 | Popular Sciences | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Jonathan from Australia
    Jonathan from Australia

    Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

    2007 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Sulev Keedus

    Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

  • Brave New World
    Brave New World

    Original title: Hea uus ilm

    2006 | Portrait, Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Jaan Tootsen

    It's a film about consumerism, about people, who have lost themselves in a world of things.

  • The Island
    The Island

    Original title: Saar

    1999 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Jaan Tätte

  • Miss Saaremaa
    Miss Saaremaa

    Digitally remastered in 2012

    1989 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

    A warm portrait about the adventurous life of Ljuba Hermann, the beauty queen of Saaremaa from 1931.

  • Looking for a Good Person
    Looking for a Good Person

    Original title: Otsin head inimest

    1986 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Heli Speek

    Problems of a single person in the Soviet Estonia.

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