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  • Left hanging in the air
    Left hanging in the air

    Original title in Estonian: Jäi õhku

    2024 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Johanna Mägin

    An introspective short documentary film about childhood memories that date back to the time when the author was involved in competitive sports.

  • Mare Tralla
    Mare Tralla

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

    The film is about a strong Estonian woman who can handle everything and has experienced both traditional family life and much more.

  • Nowtime
    Nowtime

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Aet Laigu

    A workaholic top lawyer from the Bay Area decides to change her life and become the embodiment of Vyana the Mermaid. She is not the only fish swimming against the current…

  • The Diary of Vaino Vahing
    The Diary of Vaino Vahing

    Original title: Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rainer Sarnet

    When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.

  • The Real Rannap
    The Real Rannap

    Original title: Päris Rannap

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aleksander Ots, Kaidi Klein

    Estonian music is priceless, but his personality is very complex and contradictory. The authors of the film were above all attracted to the personality of the composer, driven by the desire to pull the mask off the maestro and show the real Rannap to the extent possible.

  • Scandinavian Silence
    Scandinavian Silence

    Original title: Skandinaavia vaikus

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Martti Helde

    We never dreamt of a good life. We dreamt of a normal life.

  • Captain Morten And The Spider Queen
    Captain Morten And The Spider Queen

    Original title: Kapten Morten lollide laeval

    2018 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kaspar Jancis, Riho Unt, Henry Nicholson

    Sometimes you need to be shrinked in order to grow up.

  • Roots: With Mum At The Monastery
    Roots: With Mum At The Monastery

    Original title: Juured: Emaga kloostris

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

    A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?

  • 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.

  • ELKNÜ XIX kongressi delegaat vedurijuht Tõnu Sarapuu
    ELKNÜ XIX kongressi delegaat vedurijuht Tõnu Sarapuu

    1982 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Julia Guteva-Sillart

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