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  • Bright Eyes of the Complex Mind
    Bright Eyes of the Complex Mind

    Original title in Russian: Яркие Глаза Ненасытного Разума

    2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mark Pervakov

    Artyom is a 25 year old architect who started sewing. Whether this will be another fleeting idea in his head or whether it will become something more serious, even Artyom himself does not yet know, but he is deeply immersed in a new hobby.

  • Let’s Do It!
    Let’s Do It!

    Original title: Teeme ära!

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Aleksandr Heifets

    In 2007 an Estonian entrepreneur was illuminated by a beautifully simple idea: our planet is full of garbage - let’s start with our own backyard and clean it up! Exhilarated by success, the time seems ripe to accomplish something of true magnitude…

  • Nowtime
    Nowtime

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Aet Laigu

    A workaholic top lawyer from the Bay Area decides to change her life and become the embodiment of Vyana the Mermaid. She is not the only fish swimming against the current…

  • Moment of Silence
    Moment of Silence

    Original title in Estonian: Vaikusehetk

    2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eik Erik Sikk

    Eik Erik Sikk’s documentary “Moment of Silence” gives a closer look at a day in the life of the Estonian Youth Theatre’s art director Mirko Rajas: how to keep the balance between inner peace and creative burning?

  • Eesti nafta
    Eesti nafta

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Liina Särkinen

    A Mother and daughter, searching for an answer to what could be the fuel for life in a small country Estonia. One of them grows Nettle, the other one is a famous youtuber.

  • Seeking Silence
    Seeking Silence

    2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kristiana Kalnina

    Person struggling with mental health issues finds peace in cold water.

  • Ballet Master
    Ballet Master

    Original title: Balletmeister

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    "Ballet Master", a documentary full of dancing, is a journey through the creative world of the internationally recognized choreographer Mai Murdmaa. Murdmaa is our guide and helps us see dancing as a medium for creating art. "Ballet Master" visualizes choreography but mostly gives it a meaning. Murdmaa's creative work and private life are inseparable. One ballet master, two different forms of society. One art - sacral, mystical, erotic, aesthetic - but so many difficult aspects before the creation can reach the audience.

  • Circulation of the Blood
    Circulation of the Blood

    Original title: Vereringe

    2011 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Simm

    Short film directed by Peeter Simm about lonely people in the blood circulation of society.

  • Staar maakas
    Staar maakas

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

  • Knife
    Knife

    Original title: Nuga

    2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marko Raat

    The second full-length feature film directed by Marko Raat is based on the short stories by Peeter Sauter and Vaino Vahing, telling the intimate and painful story about the deepest depths of human relationships.

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