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  • Nightingale
    Nightingale

    Original title: Ööbik

    2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

    Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

  • Time Capsule
    Time Capsule

    Original title in Estonian: Ajakapsel

    2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Eric Romero

    Desolate and troubled, a young woman confronts the root cause of her issues - her father.

  • A Year Full of Drama
    A Year Full of Drama

    Original title: Aasta täis draamat

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

    A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

  • Good Girl
    Good Girl

    Original title in Finnish: "Kiltti Tyttö"

    2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Merja Maijanen

    Merja Maijanen's short film about domestic violence. After being awarded for being a good girl, a naive little girl learns what it really means to be one.

  • A Bad Scene: Mesmerized
    A Bad Scene: Mesmerized

    Original title: Paha lugu: Nõiutud

    2018 | Feature film, Short | Director: Maria Avdjuško

    Middle-aged Rainar discovers on a family outing that they have left behind their food. Wandering in the forest, he stumbles upon mysterious Liina, who slowly bewitches him.

  • Inga Can Hear
    Inga Can Hear

    Original title in Latvian: Inga dzird

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaspars Goba

    A girl trapped between two worlds.

  • Knot
    Knot

    Original title (in Estonian): "Sõlm"

    2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Väli

    A story about a moment that completely changes 19 years old Saara’s life.

  • Portugal
    Portugal

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Lauri Lagle

    Lauri Lagle's first feature film is profound and smooth like a summer's night. It is a physical progression and a mental journey towards something other than a mere geographical location on a map.

  • Take It or Leave It
    Take It or Leave It

    Original title: Võta või jäta

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

    What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

  • The Little Comrade
    The Little Comrade

    Original title: Seltsimees laps

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

    Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

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