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  • Nightingale
    Nightingale

    Original title: Ööbik

    2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

    Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

  • Pandeemia
    Pandeemia

    2021 | Feature film, Short | Director: Einar Kuusk

    A young man decides to break in to the hospital, when he is told he cannot go see his sick little sister due to new laws that have been passed in response to a pandemic.

  • The Starry Sky
    The Starry Sky

    Original title: Tähistaevas

    2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Katrin Tegova

    Film by Katrin Tegova referring to one of the increasing truths of contemporary society – one has to ask permission for everything, everything has to be regulated.

  • Mees, kes üllatas kõiki
    Mees, kes üllatas kõiki

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov

  • Revolution of Pigs
    Revolution of Pigs

    Original title: Revolution of Pigs

    2004 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaak Kilmi, René Reinumägi

    An adventurous youth comedy directed by Jaak Kilmi and Rene Reinumägi takes place in an enviroment resembling Woodstock where a fifteen-year-old protagonist takes part in a revolt against the system, during which he identifies himself as a person and finds love.

  • For Crazies Only
    For Crazies Only

    Original title: Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde

    1990 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

    Feature film by Arvo Iho tells the story of a nurse working at the department of traumatology. She helps a young man who has lost self-confidence and emotional balance and needs help in order to rediscover his virility. The nurse's behaviour will be disapproved by other people.

  • Games For Teenagers
    Games For Teenagers

    Original title: Naerata ometi

    1985 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho

    The feature film directed by Leida Laius is based on the youth novel "Stepmother" by Silvia Rannamaa. The socially sensitive drama is telling the story about the children growing up in an orphanage and about parents' responsibility for their children's fate.

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