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  • My Duty
    My Duty

    Original title: Minu kohus

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liis Lindmaa

    Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier.

  • Ghost Mountaineer
    Ghost Mountaineer

    Original title: Must alpinist

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

    Urmas Eero Liiv’s feature film Ghost Mountaineer is a youth adventure film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era.

  • Delta
    Delta

    2011 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Journey to the Source of Lena
    Journey to the Source of Lena

    Original title of the film: Suur jõgi, 1: Retk Leena lättele

    2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Lenin - Man and Mountain
    Lenin - Man and Mountain

    Original title: Lenin - inimene ja mägi

    2001 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary by Riho Västrik about young alpinists who climb the Lenin Mountain (7134m) in Kyrgystan.

  • Snow Leopard
    Snow Leopard

    Original title: Lumeleopard

    1999 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Riho Västrik

    Portrait documentary about Jaan Künnap, a Estonian photographer and top mountaineer.

  • Cho-Oyu
    Cho-Oyu

    Original title: Cho-Oyu

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary by Riho Västrik about the Estonian alpinists' first Himalayan expedition to climb the top of Cho-Oyu, the world's sixth highest mountain.

  • Estonians on the Summit of Amerca
    Estonians on the Summit of Amerca

    Original title: Eestlased Ameerika katusel

    1998 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary about Estonian alpinists' experience when conquering the highest point in both Southern and Western hemisphere - Aconcagua Mountain (6960 m).

  • Forty Years Later
    Forty Years Later

    Original title: Nelikümmend aastat hiljem

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Documentary by Riho Västrik about the Estonian mountaineers' Caucasus expedition to the highest peak of Europe - Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in 1998.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1955 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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