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  • Dawn of War
    Dawn of War

    Original title: O2

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Margus Paju

    A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.

  • Together, yet Apart
    Together, yet Apart

    Title in Estonian: Koos, aga eraldi

    2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aile Ellmann

    Documentary about the humanitarian aid for Ukraine and about the people living in Luhansk Oblast during the war.

  • Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No. 1, part 2
    Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No. 1, part 2

    Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 1. film, II jagu

    1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

    Expatriate Estonians in Australia and the Baltic Council in Australia do the awareness work in the Parliament of Australia, concerning the political situation in the Baltic States. Australian government officially recognized the independence declared in the Baltic States in August 1991 as the result.

  • Peace Street
    Peace Street

    Original title: Rahu tänav

    1991 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Roman Baskin

    The first full-length feature film directed by Roman Baskin is an allegorical drama about power, compromises and conformation. The film was one of the six best European debut feature films in 1992.

  • Awakening
    Awakening

    Original title: Äratus

    1989 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Sillart

    The debut film by director Jüri Sillart depicts an Estonian village on the fatal day of March 25, 1949, when ten thousands of people were deported to Siberia.

  • Next to the monastery wall
    Next to the monastery wall

    Original title: Kloostri müüri kõrval

    1968 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Žukov

    Documentary about war criminals in Pechory, Russia, during the German occupation in 1941-1944.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1947 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin

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