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    Love express

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kuba Mikurda

    A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

  • Take It or Leave It
    Take It or Leave It

    Original title: Võta või jäta

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

    What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

  • Confession
    Confession

    Original title in Georgian: Beri

    2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Zaza Urušadze

    There is no space for secrets.

  • Täideviija
    Täideviija

    2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Roald Johannson

  • Beauty of Fatherland
    Beauty of Fatherland

    Original title: Isamaa ilu

    2001 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Portrait documentary by Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi observes the parallel lives of two opposite women - Anne Eenpalu, the leader of "Home Daughters" and Tiina Jantson, activist in Estonian beauty contests. Both women take care of cultivating beauty in Estonia in their own way.

  • 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.

  • Equinox
    Equinox

    Title in Estonian: Pööripäev

    1964 | Documentary | Director: Virve Koppel

    Lyrical narration about the young people and summer festivals in 1960s.

  • Kivi tee ääres
    Kivi tee ääres

    1962 | Popular Sciences | Director: Virve Reiman

  • Humoristlik uusaastaringvaade
    Humoristlik uusaastaringvaade

    1960 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Eduard Eljas, Ülo Tambek

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