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  • Melchior the Apothecary
    Melchior the Apothecary

    Original title: Apteeker Melchior

    2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    When a murderer is loose in town, the town is sick. It’s time to call the apothecary.

  • The Great Painter
    The Great Painter

    Original title: Suur maalritöö

    2013 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Aina Järvine, Meelis Arulepp

    Grey world makes people sombre. World full of colours makes people irritated. What is a poor Painter to do if he wants to please this insatiable and daft crowd?

  • Ursus of Letters
    Ursus of Letters

    Original title in Estonian: "Mesikäpp"

    2013 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Epp Kubu

  • 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.

  • An Invitation to the Eternal City
    An Invitation to the Eternal City

    Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

  • Death Dance
    Death Dance

    Original title: Surmatants

    1991 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tõnu Virve

    The first full-length feature film directed by Tõnu Virve is a collection of fragments inspired by the painting "Danse Macabre" ("Dance of Death") by Lübeck painter Bernt Notke, telling the speculated version of the painting's journey to Tallinn.

  • Kaasautorid
    Kaasautorid

    1983 | Documentary | Director: Tiina Pork

  • V.Vanker
    V.Vanker

    1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • I.Ruotsi
    I.Ruotsi

    1976 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Mees viiulitega
    Mees viiulitega

    1976 | Documentary | Director: Vello Aruoja

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