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  • The Little Comrade
    The Little Comrade

    Original title: Seltsimees laps

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

    Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

  • Mausoleum
    Mausoleum

    Original title: Mausoleum

    2016 | Feature film, Short | Director: Lauri Randla

    Tragicomical short film directed by Lauri Randla about pathologist Alexei Abrikosov who embalmed Lenin's body and gained victory over death.

  • Shusha
    Shusha

    Original title: Šuša

    2016 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aivar Valdre, Lauri Lippmaa

    A heart-warming portrait documentary "Shusha" explores in intimate atmosphere the daily life of Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich, the first head of state of Belarus.

  • Phobos
    Phobos

    Original title: Phobos

    2010 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Oleg Assadulin

    A horror film directed by Russian filmmaker Oleg Assadulin telling the story about young people who go to a night club built in a bomb shelter and will be trapped in a mysterious labyrinth.

  • The Revolution that Wasn't
    The Revolution that Wasn't

    2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aljona Polunina

  • Memories Denied
    Memories Denied

    Original title: Tõrjutud mäletused

    2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Imbi Paju

  • From eternity's point of view
    From eternity's point of view

    Original title: Igaviku seisukohalt

    2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Igor Ruus, Heli Speek

    Portrait documentary about cameraman Semyon Shkolnikov and the Soviet era that he filmed.

  • Uus aeg
    Uus aeg

    1969 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Karasjov

  • Taassünd
    Taassünd

    1960 | Documentary | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1956 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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