Home

Search results

  • The Fool
    The Fool

    Original title in Estonian: Narr

    2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Katariina Škurinski

    Katariina Škurinski's short film opens up the world of a young person whose life is failing, showing that things might not be so off track if people were willing to change. The film keeps the viewer gripped the entire time and never reveals for a second whether the protagonist will change or not.

  • Robbery That Was Robbed
    Robbery That Was Robbed

    Original title in Estonian: Röövitud rööv

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Mark Överus

    The plot of the film initiated by Mark Överus, Karmen Mai Karus, Evelin Kivi and Anett Kreinin highlights the pain points of society - greed for money, exploitation, but also parental care and selfless behavior.

  • Wishes from the well
    Wishes from the well

    Original title in Estonian: Soovid kaevu põhjast

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Alesja Suzdaltseva

    A short film about a man caught in the cogs of life.

  • Swing, Axe and the Tree of Eternal Love
    Swing, Axe and the Tree of Eternal Love

    Original title: Kiik, Kirves ja Igavese Armastuse Puu

    2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Meel Paliale

    A regular day at the car shop comes to an end when two friends Kiik and Eerik discover their boss’s dead body. After Kiik finds his girlfriend cheating him with a local playboy, he suffers a mental breakdown and runs away.

  • The Drought
    The Drought

    Original title in Estonian: Põud

    2021 | Students film, Animation | Director: Luisa Susanna Kütson

    IKUMUMU student Luisa Susanna Kütson’s ani- mation is about reaching for happiness.

  • A Loss of Something Ever Felt
    A Loss of Something Ever Felt

    Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

    Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

  • Kevin, No!
    Kevin, No!

    Original title: Kevin, ei!

    2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leslie Laasner

    Smart life addicts on an adventurous summer camp on an isolated island.

  • The Last Ones
    The Last Ones

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    A car crash in slow motion, a love letter to a disappearing world.

  • Chasing Unicorns
    Chasing Unicorns

    Original title: Ükssarvik

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

    Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

  • Funeral Diaries
    Funeral Diaries

    Original title: Matusepäevikud

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

    The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Estonian film heritage

  • Filmmakers Biographies
  • Virtual Museum
  • Films Collections
  • Films Synoses
  • Photo Collevtions
  • Collection of Articles
  • Republic of Estonia Information System Authority jury comprising industry experts selected the Estonian Film Database to be the winner in civil society e-services category for 2015

    Contributor Zone

    Contact and commitments

    We will be glad to assist you if you would have any questions or need for help regarding Estonian film heritage.

    Estonian Film Database (EFDB)

    The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2025 but already now full and partial entries for about 20 000 films, 27 000 filmmakers, and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is ongoing but due to the scarcity of resources quite a slow process. Read more detailed overview.

    Find films by the year of production

    2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

    How to obtain a film copy

    Please find an instruction how to obtain a copy of a film or newsreel for personal use from here.

    Foreign Estonian Film Heritage Collection

    ERR Archive

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm