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  • Dawn of War
    Dawn of War

    Original title: O2

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Margus Paju

    A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.

  • A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner
    A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner

    Original title: Uus päev luuakse idakaares

    2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Brambat

    In this film, we look at the Setos – a European ethnic group who are wedged between two different cultures – the Orthodox East and the Catholic-Lutheran West. This is the story of a people who make do, living on the Eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world. One way or another, they are involved in the dawning of a new day for themselves and Europe.

  • The Bus
    The Bus

    Original title: Buss

    2004 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Laila Pakalniņa

    The Tallinn - Kaliningrad bus crosses three borders during one night. Estonian - Latvian, Latvian - Lithuanian and Lithuanian - Russian. It rides on the territories of four countries. The reason for the film about this bus is, at the very lest, because things are not as they were some times ago (during the USSR) and will not be like that in the not so distant future (when the three Baltic States will be in the EU).

  • White Route
    White Route

    The original title "Valge Tee"

    2003 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mart Taevere

  • Meretehas
    Meretehas

    1994 | Newsreels, Newsreels beyond 1992 | Director:

  • The Firewater
    The Firewater

    Original title: Tulivesi

    1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Hardi Volmer

    The adventure film directed by Hardi Volmer tells about the alcohol smuggling between Estonia and Finland in 1920s. The story is made contemporary through depicting the corrupted authorities.

  • Russian Metal and US $-Kiss
    Russian Metal and US $-Kiss

    Original title of the film "Vene metalli ja US $ suudlus"

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Rein Kotov, Artur Talvik

    Documentary about Russian metal smuggling via Estonia.

  • Saa vabaks, Eesti meri
    Saa vabaks, Eesti meri

    1991 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kusmin

  • Videoringvaade "Eestimaa", september 1991
    Videoringvaade "Eestimaa", september 1991

    1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:

  • Eesti Filmikroonika
    Eesti Filmikroonika

    1990 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski

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