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Barabbas

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ester Stancel

Documentary about Oleg, who grew up in a criminal environment. While he is talking about his life, we see him in his workshop making picture frames and then helping with welding something in another workshop.

Oleg grew up in a criminal environment and when falsely convicted, decides to obey the prison rules unPl he is faced with the death sentence.
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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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Babyface

Original title: Beebilõust

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.

Andrus Elbing alias Babyface is a 28-year-old poet, rap singer, a hip-hop artist and a former prisoner from the island of Saaremaa. He tells his story through recollections and poetry - how he became from a risk group child to a criminal young man, from a prisoner to a poet and a musician. Through his art, Babyface looks for his way out from his "personal imprisonment"; however, the locks of an inner prison door won't open that easily. The documentary follows the way Andrus adjusts to freedom after his imprisonment. Is it possible to escape such past after all? Is ...
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In Paradisum

1993 | Documentary | Director: Sulev Keedus

In Paradisum relates two disturbing stories simultaneously

In Paradisum relates two disturbing stories simultaneously. The female narrator tells her personal tale of imprisonment as the wife of the notorious Estonian serial killer, Andreas. Although her story is bizarre, it touches familiar themes that run throughout modern life: the desire to be loved and the fear of being alone. Pille's tale unfolds over cinema vérité images of life in several Estonian prisons. At times the images reflect in a literary way the events of the narration, yet they are representations and impressions, rather than traditional documentary style footage of the people involved. This opens the story to a ...
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Seaduslikkuse kaitsel

1975 | Documentary | Director: Olav Neuland
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Autode ärandajad

1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Reportaaž kuritööst

1966 | Documentary | Director: Valeria Anderson
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Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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Nõukogude Eesti

1963 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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