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  • Bariton frakis
    Bariton frakis

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaak Järvine

  • 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.

  • The Wayfarers
    The Wayfarers

    Original title: Rändajad

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Sepping

    Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.

  • Compartment No. 6
    Compartment No. 6

    Original title (in Finnish): Hytti nro 6

    2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Juho Kuosmanen

    As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.

  • Life of Ivanna
    Life of Ivanna

    Original title in Russian: Жизнь Иванны Яптунэ

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Renato Borrayo Serrano

    From the harsh, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years in the life of a strong and charismatic woman as vital, physical film art.

  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • Soviet Friendsbook
    Soviet Friendsbook

    Original title: Ankeet

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

    It has been several decades since graduating from school when Aljona Suržikova decides to find her classmates in different parts of the world. Her goal is to compare the friendsbook what was created in their youth with today's reality.

  • Elen vös - Joint Prayer Ceremony Of The Eastern Udmurts
    Elen vös - Joint Prayer Ceremony Of The Eastern Udmurts

    Original title: Elen vös - Kaama-taguste udmurtide ühispalvus

    2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

  • Gurt Vös - Village Prayer Ceremony
    Gurt Vös - Village Prayer Ceremony

    Original title: Gurt vös - külapalvus

    2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

    An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.

  • Immortal
    Immortal

    Original title in Estonian: Surematu

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Ksenia Ohhapkina

    Born to march to the rhythms of the power, they follow the promise of immortality. The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle.

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