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  • The Last Relic
    The Last Relic

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

    Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • Out to Get Some Coffee or Something
    Out to Get Some Coffee or Something

    2019 | Students film, Animation | Director: Eva Pajusaar

    This short drawn anima3on by BFM student Eva Pajusaar depicts in an absurd fashion the aqtude of younger genera3ons regarding the problems of today’s society.

  • It All Happened In Võru
    It All Happened In Võru

    Original title (in Võro): Kõik sündü Võrol

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    An emotional documentary about life in a small Estonian town during 100 years.

  • Occupy Your Wall
    Occupy Your Wall

    Original title: Okupeeri oma müür

    2013 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Artur Talvik, Peeter Vihma

    Documentary by Artur Talvik and Peeter Vihma about the development and growth of civil society in Estonia.

  • Phantom
    Phantom

    Original title: Kodu-käija

    2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

    Filmmaker Andres Sööt portrays poet Hando Runnel, his essential nature, mentality, people around him and the Estonian great intellectuals who are close to the poet.

  • Pimedad aknad
    Pimedad aknad

    2008 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Tõnis Kask

  • The Singing Revolution
    The Singing Revolution

    Original title: Laulev revolutsioon

    2006 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Maureen Castle Tusty, James Tusty

    American film directors James Trusty and Maureen Castle Tusty regard Estonian Singing Revolution as the turning point of European history.

  • Alchemist of Coal - A Film around Jaan Kross
    Alchemist of Coal - A Film around Jaan Kross

    Original title: Söerikastaja

    2004 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Peeter Simm

  • Estonian Prison
    Estonian Prison

    Original title: Eesti vangla

    2003 | Documentary | Director: Indrek Kangur

    The main subject of the history documentary is Patarei Prison - a unique architectural and historical building.

  • Alone and Together
    Alone and Together

    Original title of the film "Üksinda ja koos"

    2002 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

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