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  • Gardens Of The Morning Calm
    Gardens Of The Morning Calm

    Original title: Tulevalvajad

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Liis Nimik

    A primal and oneiric documentary about nature and creativity.

  • Estonian Rhapsody
    Estonian Rhapsody

    Original title: Kukerpillide rapsoodia

    2022 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    A film about the Estonians’ favorite folk band Kukerpillid and its spirited journey through the summer concert venues of Estonia, with interludes to the roots of Estonian folkmusic.

  • The Tour of Dreams
    The Tour of Dreams

    Original title: Unistus Ameerika tuurist

    2021 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Taavi Arus

    When no public recognition at home, a gospel band Robirohi plans the tour to the source of gospel music, to perform at the halls of fame in Kentucky, USA.

  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • Citizen Frank
    Citizen Frank

    2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ernesto Redondo Vergara

    The story and wanderings of a street musician that has found a place in the Olympus of happiness.

  • Old Man Cartoon Movie
    Old Man Cartoon Movie

    Original title: Vanamehe Film

    2019 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa

    This cartoon movie is epic road movie where our heroes must face festival hippies, forest creeps, sawmill workers and other dangers commonly found in the Estonian countryside.

  • Tõnis Mägi
    Tõnis Mägi

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke

    A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

  • War on Boring Walls
    War on Boring Walls

    Original title: Sõda igavatele seintele

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    An inventor, a street artist and an entrepreneur are making the world a better place, one wall at a time.

  • More than Life
    More than Life

    Original title: Enam kui elu

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Indrek Spungin, Taavi Arus

    This is the story of the last genuine rock star and poet, of his work, and of the anatomy of a punk band.

  • Roots: With Mum At The Monastery
    Roots: With Mum At The Monastery

    Original title: Juured: Emaga kloostris

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

    A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?

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