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  • Buttered Cards, Shattered Hearts
    Buttered Cards, Shattered Hearts

    Original title in Estonian: Sulavõim

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Franz Malmsten jr

    After the death of the world's last cow, a young couple finds themselves on a hunt for butter, through the labyrinth of their apartment building. When they finally reach the basement, a dangerous game for life and butter begins.

  • Kalev
    Kalev

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ove Musting

  • Mouthful Of Water
    Mouthful Of Water

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director: Siim Raud

    Regular morning ritual gets interrupted by a stampede.

  • Truth and Justice
    Truth and Justice

    Original title: Tõde ja õigus

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

    Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

  • Golden Beach
    Golden Beach

    Original title: Kuldrannake

    2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Sillart

    The drama directed by Jüri Sillart is based on the play "The moment of truth" by Hans Luik, telling about the generation of people whose Jüri Sillarti draama Hans Luige näidendi „Tõe hetk“ ainetel inimestest, kelle noorus lõpeb 2000ndate Eestis võitjate või kaotajatena.

  • The Battlefields of Love
    The Battlefields of Love

    Original title: Armastuse lahinguväljad

    1992 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    Drama directed by Valentin Kuik tells about a young couple whose life will be changed by recruitment. The film is based on the author's short story "The Deserter" (1987). The shooting process started in late 1980s and ended after Estonia regained its independence. The film is the director's retrospect to the Soviet times.

  • Tööd ja tegemised
    Tööd ja tegemised

    1988 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Hardi Volmer

  • The War
    The War

    Original title: Sõda

    1987 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt, Hardi Volmer

    The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows.

  • Lurich
    Lurich

    1983 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    The film directed by Valentin Kuik is based on a true story about the life of Georg Lurich, famous Estonian wrestler, focusing on the scandalous theft of the collection of his prizes during the wrestling tournament in Tallinn in 1910.

  • Wild Violets
    Wild Violets

    Original title: Metskannikesed

    1980 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

    The patriotic war film full of adventures is directed by Kaljo Kiisk Kaljo Kiisa lavastatud sõjalis-patriootiline seiklusfilm imperialistide agentide ja nende käsilaste tabamisoperatsioonist sõjajärgses Eestis.

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