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  • Australian Christmas
    Australian Christmas

    Original title in Estonian: Austraalia jõulud

    2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Joosep Ehasalu

    Joosep Ehasalu’s observational short documentary shows a slice of idyllic childhood near Elva.

  • Paradise
    Paradise

    Original title: Paradiis

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Andres Keil

    Syrian girl tries to adapt in an Estonian suburb.

  • The Gardener Of Tension Fields
    The Gardener Of Tension Fields

    Original title: Pingeväljade aednik

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Joosep Matjus, Katri Rannastu

    Estonian well known writer Mehis Heinsaar has seven encounters during his journey in the wilderness, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of the writer.

  • Tõnis Mägi
    Tõnis Mägi

    2019 | Portrait, Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke

    A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

  • Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe
    Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe

    Original title: Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad

    2019 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Vallo Toomla

    This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant.

  • For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls
    For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls

    Original title: Kellele lüüakse pulsikella

    2014 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Andres Keil

    For men in their golden mid-age years recreational sport has become an obsession - instead of fleeing from death their madness might bring them directly to the deathtrap.

  • The Art of Selling
    The Art of Selling

    Original title: Müümise kunst

    2006 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

    Filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi study the new religion of neo-Capitalist society - a selling strategy training.

  • Fortieth War
    Fortieth War

    Original title: Neljakümnes sõda

    2005 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary by Andres Sööt about the Narva Battalion. The greatest value of the battalion was the Estonian men who volunteered to the Estonian Legion in the autumn of 1942.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1988 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Peeter Tooming

  • Ain Kaalep - 60
    Ain Kaalep - 60

    1986 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Heikki Aasaru

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