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  • The Story of Estonian Skateboarding
    The Story of Estonian Skateboarding

    Original title: Eesti rula lugu

    2024 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus, Ivar Murd

    The story of Estoniaäs skateboarding scene spanning five decades, from the 1980s and tables made with vclay wheels in Võru to today's youth, for whom the whole world is open.

  • The Academy of Elegant Aging
    The Academy of Elegant Aging

    Original title: Väärika vananemise akadeemia

    2023 | Documentary | Director: Sigrid Salutee

    It is a fun insight into the life of a day center for elderly.

  • Estonian Rhapsody
    Estonian Rhapsody

    Original title: Kukerpillide rapsoodia

    2022 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    A film about the Estonians’ favorite folk band Kukerpillid and its spirited journey through the summer concert venues of Estonia, with interludes to the roots of Estonian folkmusic.

  • Nowtime
    Nowtime

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Aet Laigu

    A workaholic top lawyer from the Bay Area decides to change her life and become the embodiment of Vyana the Mermaid. She is not the only fish swimming against the current…

  • Patarei partii
    Patarei partii

    2022 | Other categories | Director: Liisa Rita Viitung

  • Porcelain Madness
    Porcelain Madness

    Original title: Nõudehullud

    2022 | Documentary | Director: Eik Erik Sikk

    At the same time with corona, an illness started to spread that has no cure – porcelain madness

  • Foster Mothers
    Foster Mothers

    Title in Estonian: Kasuemad

    2021 | Nature, Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

    The volunteers of the Wildlife Association rescue wild animals that have been involved in accidents as a result of human activities.

  • Lil Estonia
    Lil Estonia

    Original title: Lil Eesti

    2021 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

    A new wave. New characters. A new Estonia. Lil Estonia! Documentary by Taavi Arus about the short anatony of a generation in Estonia in 2020.

  • The Tour of Dreams
    The Tour of Dreams

    Original title: Unistus Ameerika tuurist

    2021 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Taavi Arus

    When no public recognition at home, a gospel band Robirohi plans the tour to the source of gospel music, to perform at the halls of fame in Kentucky, USA.

  • Vinyl Whisperer
    Vinyl Whisperer

    Original title: Muusika, mida ma veel ei tea

    2021 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    Music, that Shazam doesn’t know and Spotify can’t find.

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