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  • Tiptoe
    Tiptoe

    Original title: Kikivarvul

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director:

    A light and humorous tale of five comrades finding their way out of a cave-like place.

  • Lotte and the Lost Dragons
    Lotte and the Lost Dragons

    Original title: Lotte ja kadunud lohe

    2019 | Animation, Cartoon, | Director: Janno Põldma, Heiki Ernits

    We all come from our childhood.

  • Gorilla Tourism
    Gorilla Tourism

    Title in Estonian: Gorillamajandus

    2016 | Documentary, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Märten Vaher

    Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.

  • Delta
    Delta

    2011 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time
    Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time

    Original title: Monoloogid 3D

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Arko Okk

    The documentary gives a minimalistic portrait about Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia, through the recollections by his contemporaries.

  • Journey to the Source of Lena
    Journey to the Source of Lena

    Original title of the film: Suur jõgi, 1: Retk Leena lättele

    2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • Spe Fretus - Relying on Hope
    Spe Fretus - Relying on Hope

    Original title: Spe Fretus - lootusele tuginedes

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaido Leesme

  • Curse of Snakes Valley
    Curse of Snakes Valley

    Original title: Madude oru needus

    1987 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marek Piestrak

    The fantasy thriller directed by Polish filmmaker Marek Piestrak is the second Estonian-Polish co-production after the blockbuster "Tales the Pirx of Pilot" that was filmed in Vietnam, Ukraine, Poland and Estonia and has been called the Eastern European version of Indiana Jones.

  • Eesti NSV TA uurimislaev Arnold Veimer
    Eesti NSV TA uurimislaev Arnold Veimer

    1984 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin, Mart Taevere

  • Veel on aega /salvestamata?/
    Veel on aega /salvestamata?/

    1982 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

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