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  • Don’t Cry
    Don’t Cry

    Original title in Estonian: Ära nuta

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Akseli Leppänen

    Baby gets lost at a wedding party.

  • Old Man Cartoon Movie
    Old Man Cartoon Movie

    Original title: Vanamehe Film

    2019 | Animation, Puppet, | Director: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa

    This cartoon movie is epic road movie where our heroes must face festival hippies, forest creeps, sawmill workers and other dangers commonly found in the Estonian countryside.

  • Truth and Justice
    Truth and Justice

    Original title: Tõde ja õigus

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

    Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

  • Bird Flu
    Bird Flu

    Original title: Linnugripp

    2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

    A love affair between Birdman and Snakewoman.

  • Grounded
    Grounded

    Original title: Tiibateta piloot

    2015 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

    Short film directed by Leeni Linna about the struggles of a pilot who has lost one eye in Afghanistan war.

  • Demons
    Demons

    Original title: Deemonid

    2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ain Mäeots

    Tragicomedy directed by Ain Mäeots tells about the world of gambling. It is based on real events and real experiences, contemplating the game from the point of view of an addict.

  • Crocodile
    Crocodile

    Original title: Krokodill

    2009 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

    The story of a former opera star who must by the will of Fate work as a Crocodile.

  • The Temptation of St. Tony
    The Temptation of St. Tony

    Original title: Püha Tõnu kiusamine

    2009 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    The symbolistic grotesque directed by Veiko Õunpuu is telling the story of a successful man in his mid-life crisis who is suffering moral issues. One of the most successful festival films in Estonia.

  • Instinct
    Instinct

    Original title: Instinkt

    2003 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

    What happens when the Maker loses controle over his creation and it starts to obay it's own will. .

  • Somnambulance
    Somnambulance

    Original title: Somnambuul

    2003 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sulev Keedus

    The second feature film directed by Sulev Keedus is a phychological drama about human fear of tomorrow and about hopeless pursuits in order to keep one's spiritual balance in Estonia that has been recently occupied.

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