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  • Unt´s hour
    Unt´s hour

    Original title: Unditund

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško

    One of the most extraordinary personas in Estonian cultural history is undoubtedly the writer, director, publicist, lecturer and a public figure Mati Unt.

  • In Between
    In Between

    Original title: Kahe maailma vahel

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait, Students film | Director: Liis Lepik

    Estonian Muslim Kristi with Arab roots is an aid worker in a big Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

  • Monumentum with a bow tie
    Monumentum with a bow tie

    Original title: Monumentum kikilipsuga

    2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Julia Guteva-Sillart, Jüri Sillart

    Portrait documentary by Julia and Jüri Sillart about Enn Vetemaa - a writer, translator and composer; always an elegant man with a brilliant mentality.

  • Phantom
    Phantom

    Original title: Kodu-käija

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

    Filmmaker Andres Sööt portrays poet Hando Runnel, his essential nature, mentality, people around him and the Estonian great intellectuals who are close to the poet.

  • The Eleventh Letter by Henrik Visnapuu
    The Eleventh Letter by Henrik Visnapuu

    Original title: Henrik Visnapuu üheteistkümnes kiri

    2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

    Documentary of cultural history by Vallo Kepp about the last decade (1941-1951) in the life of Henrik Visnapuu, the Estonian writer of patriotic and romantic poetry.

  • Masing`s Landscape. Part IV
    Masing`s Landscape. Part IV

    Original title: Masingu maastikud: Tõuseb tume puu täis kollaseid tiibu

    2008 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Kepp

    Film director Vallo Kepp has gathered original materials of his film trilogy "Masing's Landscapes".

  • Masing`s Landscape. Part III. Death is Lodging in the Field
    Masing`s Landscape. Part III. Death is Lodging in the Field

    Original title: Masingu maastikud: Surm on öömaja põllul

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

    The third part of the film trilogy "Masing's Landscape" directed by Vallo Kepp focuses on the inner migration of a creative personality through the Soviet ideology.

  • Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat
    Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat

    Original title: Masingu maastikud: Inimesepoeg valgel laeval

    2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

    The second part of the biographical film trilogy "Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat" by Vallo Kepp. The documentary focuses on the period when Uku Masing, a poet, theologian and teacher, lived in Tartu, Estonia.

  • Vaba vaimu saadik
    Vaba vaimu saadik

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Jaanus Nõgisto

  • With Betti Alver
    With Betti Alver

    Original title: Betti Alveriga

    1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks

    Recollective portrait documentary directed by Peep Puks about Betti Alver, Estonian writer, poetess and translator.

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