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Mothers' Day

Title in Estonian: Emade päev

2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

Film about prison and imprisoned mothers, asking the question whether it is possible for these mothers to maintain connection with their children or not.

There is mothers' day in the department of women at Tallinn Prison. Six imprisoned mothers gather by the table in order to record a fairy tale for sending it to their children. The documentary ponders on the themes of crime and punishment and whether it is possible to maintain connection between a mother and her child in this situation.
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Mary and the Seven Dwarfs

Original title: Maria ja seitse pöialpoissi

2018 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

Dreams are like weeds that despite mowing keep on growing.

Having spent her whole life inside the nunnery, an old and dignified nun Maria has determined to fulfill her youth fantasy. The only problem there seems to be her incomplete, almost non-existent memory. Maria is afraid that her youth fantasy might prove to be a sin.
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Gorilla Tourism

Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

2016 | Documentary | Director: Märten Vaher

Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

Rwanda in Eastern Africa is a place that already for the past twenty years, after the last civil war and genocide where almost a million people were killed, has been successful in avoiding ethnic conflicts and in constructing a new society of conciliation. The main source of income for the people in this country of the Hutu and the Tutsi is mainly agriculture; however, the strict rulers of the state want to turn this mountaneous country into one of the most modern and technologically developed small states of Africa. But the main source of financing this grand plan is mountain ...
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Our world is theirs

Title in Estonian: Meie maailm on nende oma

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mati Kark

Journalistic documentary about the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the point of view of local Arabs and Jews.

Residents of Palestine try to preserve normal daily life despite the bloody conflict with Israel. Palestinian children go to school, local farmers grow vegetables, young people dream about the better future – everyone tries to go on living a normal life. Among others, local headmaster and peace activist Jalal Khudairy, taxi driver Taisir Jubeh, agricultural entrepreneur Mohammad Shraim, basketball coach Abedalraziq Ezzat, olive grower Shareef Khaled, Madli Maruste, volunteer from Estonia, share their thoughts about life and solving the conflict. The documentary also shows the life of Palestinians in a refugee camp and in Israeli settlements founded in the middle ...
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Rough Stage

Original title: Karmil pinnal

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Toomas Järvet

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, a man who starts a quest against the society, cultural norms and his family in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history.

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history. But to do so he must overcome several obstacles – time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cultural norms. Set in today’s most contested location, Maher’s story is at once a parable about a society in conflict, and a modern take on — and inversion of — "The Jazz Singer," where the real war is between dreams and tradition.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1969 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel
Nõukogude Eesti

1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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