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Captain Morten And The Spider Queen

Original title: Kapten Morten lollide laeval

2018 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kaspar Jancis, Riho Unt, Henry Nicholson

Sometimes you need to be shrinked in order to grow up.

A young boy learns to take control over his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café. Morten has to be shrunk down before he can grow up. He builds a toy boat which he crews with insects. This is his escape from the unhappy world of the harbour café where he lives with his aunt Anna. When Morten is shrunk in a botched magic trick he finds himself sailing his own boat across the flooded café. The insect crew look uncannily like his aunt ...
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Spe Fretus - Relying on Hope

Original title: Spe Fretus - lootusele tuginedes

2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaido Leesme
Tall Ship

Original title: Laevad võidu

1997 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Rein Kotov
Unfinished Story of the Estonia Ferry Disaster

Original title: Lõputu lugu Estoniast

1996 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar
Idatuuletorm

1989 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden
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Call by the sea

Title in Estonian: Mere kutse

1985 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kusmin

Documentary directed by Toivo Kuzmin about the problems of Estonian shipping, preparing and educating the young marines.

"Call by the sea" is the last film of the trilogy of sea-related films directed by Toivo Kuzmin. The documentary talks about the problems in the field of Estonian shipping, preparing and educating the young marines. The filmmakers observe the entrance exams at the Estonian Nautical School, life at the school and at sea. The question of marine education is discussed by the headmaster of the nautical school, head of Estonian Shipping, head of fish industry, ship captains, marines and students of the nautical school.
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Riikliku Meremuuseumi avamine

1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu, Evald Vaher
Kaptenid

1977 | Documentary | Director: Heiki Roots
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Tallinna Kaubasadam

1976 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson, Jüri Müür
Holding your breath

Title in Estonian: Hinge kinni pidades

1975 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vello Aruoja

Estonian underwater hunters catching sea urchins in the Sea of Japan in Summer 1974.

In July 1974, a group of Estonian underwater hunters were by the Sea of Japan. While living on a tiny rocky island, the hunters caught tons of sea urchins from the depths of the ocean. In total, every hunter had to hold his breath at least for a full day and night. Underwater filming shows the divers catching sea urchins. The documentary mediates the enchanting sea life – a glowing starfish, an octopus, a fourhorn sculpin, a hermit crab, a box crab, a sea cucumber, and a Swift's scallop.
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