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  • Jumalaga, rock'n'roll!
    Jumalaga, rock'n'roll!

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hardi Volmer, Kiur Aarma

  • Goodbye Soviet Union
    Goodbye Soviet Union

    Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Lauri Randla

    Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

  • It All Happened In Võru
    It All Happened In Võru

    Original title (in Võro): Kõik sündü Võrol

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    An emotional documentary about life in a small Estonian town during 100 years.

  • Tallinn Spiced Sprats. The Canned Tales
    Tallinn Spiced Sprats. The Canned Tales

    Original title: Tallinna kilud

    2011 | Feature film, Short, Other categories | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma made the residents of Tallinn to perform the opposition between the manor owner Johann von Uexküll in Riisipere and the Hochedle Rath der Stadt Reval or the higher consilium governing the city of Tallinn back in 16th century.

  • Staar maakas
    Staar maakas

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

  • Disco and Atomic War
    Disco and Atomic War

    Original title: Disko ja tuumasõda

    2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi

    Playful documentary by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma about the development of their generation during the Soviet era where the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture and the Finnish Television was the window to the world of dreams.

  • Jubilee Year
    Jubilee Year

    Original title: Juubliaasta

    2009 | Documentary | Director: Hardi Volmer, Kaspar Kallas

    Chronicle film about the events in the Republic of Estonia in 2008.

  • Whatever, Aleksander!
    Whatever, Aleksander!

    Original title: Misiganes, Aleksander!

    2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Maiju Ingman

    The road film for young audiences is the graduation thesis by Maiju Ingman (Tallinn University), telling the story of Aleksander, a young man graduating from the high school, of his weltschmerz and his self-discovery.

  • Punk and the Family
    Punk and the Family

    Title in Estonian: Punk ja perekond

    2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaspar Kaljas

    Daughter of the pioneers of Estonian punk rock Anu and Tõnu, 15-year-old Reginleif tells about her parents and punk.

  • Dear Mister Moon
    Dear Mister Moon

    Original title: Kallis Härra Q

    1998 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rao Heidmets

    The debut feature film directed by Rao Heidmets is based on the children's story "Dear Mister Moon" by Aino Pervik and tells about children's yearning for genuine family relations.

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