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  • Demons
    Demons

    Original title: Deemonid

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ain Mäeots

    Tragicomedy directed by Ain Mäeots tells about the world of gambling. It is based on real events and real experiences, contemplating the game from the point of view of an addict.

  • Between Two Fires
    Between Two Fires

    Original title: Kahe tule vahel

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Martin Korjus

    Documentary about the dreams of a father and his sons in the world of formula and kart racing as well as about the fulfilment of the dream through hard work, success and loneliness.

  • Teaduspõhine toode
    Teaduspõhine toode

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • Children of the Singing Revolution
    Children of the Singing Revolution

    Original title: Kasvamise aeg

    2004 | Documentary | Director: Arvo Iho

    Estonian Television Childrens' Choir grows up together with the Republic of Estonia.

  • Names in Marble
    Names in Marble

    Original title: Nimed marmortahvlil

    2002 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    The debut film by director Elmo Nüganen is based on the novel "Names in Marble" by Albert Kivikas. The film is a patriotic war drama telling the story of schoolboys in the Estonian War of Independence and of the days and nights of these young volunteer fighters. The film is full of dangers, challenges, pain and exaltation, entwined by a beautiful story of young love.

  • Kalevi korvpallimeeskond - NSV Liidu meister
    Kalevi korvpallimeeskond - NSV Liidu meister

    1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1968 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

  • The Milkman of Mäeküla
    The Milkman of Mäeküla

    Original title: Mäeküla piimamees

    1965 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius

    The first full-length feature film directed by Leida Laius is based on the novel "The Milkman of Mäeküla" by Eduard Vilde, contemplating the moral choices of a man and a woman in an Estonian village at the end of 19th century.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1945 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: E. Ballod

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