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  • Tales Of A Toy Horse
    Tales Of A Toy Horse

    Original title in Ukrainian: Казка про Коника

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Ulyana Osovska, Denis Strashnyi, Rodion Shub

    Tales of a Toy Horse is a film about being human and its possibility even when there is war around you.

  • Year Of The Pig
    Year Of The Pig

    Original title: Sea aasta

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    The film gives us a look into a year in our recent history, namely the year 2019, which polarised our people in politics and between generations. Without choosing sides and without unnecessary explanations the events shown in the film create a thought provoking story about a nations arrival to the end of the industrial age.

  • Letters to Angel
    Letters to Angel

    Original title: Kirjad Inglile

    2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sulev Keedus

    The drama directed by Sulev Keedus tells about Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja who has been sent to the Afghanistan War many years ago and who has converted to Islam there. While returning to Estonia, he will face a completey different kind of war.

  • Family Photos
    Family Photos

    Original title: Perekonnapildid

    1989 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    A feature film directed by Valentin Kuik is based on his short story "The Formula", telling about the young graduates of a small town in Estonia in 1960s.

  • Idatuuletorm
    Idatuuletorm

    1989 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

  • Veel viis minutit loomaaias
    Veel viis minutit loomaaias

    1977 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Harry Karro

  • Colourful Dreams
    Colourful Dreams

    Original title: Värvilised unenäod

    1974 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Virve Aruoja, Jaan Tooming

    The poetic film directed by Virve Aruoja and Jaan Tooming depicts the fantasies and the world of play of a little girl and the beauty of nature.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1959 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

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