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  • A Man From A Fairytale
    A Man From A Fairytale

    Original title: Mees muinasjutust

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    The end of one act is the beginning of another. The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.

  • Dance With The Devil's Grandma
    Dance With The Devil's Grandma

    Original title: Tants vanakuradi vanaemaga

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Alice Järvet

    The film summarises the sad truth about the “games” played at the edge by Konstantin Päts, the first President of the Republic of Estonia, and Johan Laidoner, the then Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Estonia.

  • Majanduskriis
    Majanduskriis

    1990 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • On the Border of Two Worlds
    On the Border of Two Worlds

    Title in Estonian: Katõ ilma veere pääl

    1990 | Documentary | Director: Karl Kello

    Documentary directed by Karl Kello, Kuldar Sink and Aare Hõrn about the Seto people living on the border of two worlds, two cultures and two religions, the East and the West.

  • Return to the home ground
    Return to the home ground

    Original title: Kodupinnale tulek. Kalju Lepik 70

    1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks

    Expatriate Estonian, poet Kalju Lepik, visits his fatherland Estonia after having been away from it for about 50 years.

  • See olemine
    See olemine

    1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Sirge

  • And Then Came the Evening and the Morning
    And Then Came the Evening and the Morning

    Original title: Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik

    1989 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

    Film portrait of the composer Arvo Pärt.

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