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Lynx Man

Original title (on Finnish): Ilveskuiskaaja

2023 | Documentary | Director: Juha Suonpää

After installing many trail cameras to his forest, Finnish pensioner Hannu opens a unforeseen door to the Finnish nature and creates a true connection to lynxes living there.

Following divorce and a serious accident Hannu lives alone on his farm in the West of Finland. An environment home to all kinds of wildlife – including the Eurasian lynx, a wildcat until recently almost extinct. When Hannu finds a dead lynx by the side of the road, it is like meeting an old friend: he realizes that the lynx who lived in the area during his childhood have returned. Filled with renewed vigour and lust for life, Hannu sets up trail cameras all over his land. Soon, 23 cameras are recording everything from moose to mice. Hannu starts to ...
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Big Swamp

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2022 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Remek Meel

Vello followed an ancient call and settled on a swamp island, his neighbors became beavers, eagles and countless other species who have found a safe habitat in this cradle of nature.

Vello moved to the farthest swamp island of Emajõe-Suursoo 30 years ago. He left his previous labor life and the city to live in harmony with the mother of nature. There is still such a nature in Emajõe-Suursoo that is vanishing from the rest of the world. The vast delta allows the species to live on its own, without much human intervention, even though man has been seeking refuge and food supplements in the swamp for thousands of years. Vello makes a living from beekeeping and hunting, his life flows in the rhythm of nature.
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Jahihooaeg

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ergo Kuld
Mees, kes üllatas kõiki

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov
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Wild Game

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Jeronimo Sarmiento

A short film about identity and belonging.

During the harsh Estonian winter, fifteen-year-old Liis joins a group of teenagers for an unusual hunting game in the forest. She hopes to fit in with them, and opportunely she is paired with the boy she likes. The wild nature surrounding her awakens the strength to confront her feelings, yet conflicting emotions surface as the game unfolds.
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For Women Only

Original title: Jahis ainult naised

2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kullar Viimne

Documentary about Estonian hunters and about a special type of hunting - female hunt.

Hunting guns and hounds, stalking in the forest, dividing the catch - everyone knows that this is a man's world. But women can break even the most ironclad prejudices. Merle, the eldest daughter of the family with hunting traditions, decides to take part in a training in spring of 2011, in order to become a first-class hunter and to participate in the annual great hunt for women only.
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The Games Men Play

Original title (in Estonian): "Suurte meeste mängud"

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Peep Plakso, Gretlyn Palberg
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Dear Friend, You Have My Respect

Original title: Kallis Sõber, Sind Austan

2010 | Students film, Short | Director: Ove Musting

There are only few of them left to the home village. In the middle of emptiness and despair the only way out is to come up with new schemes. Small change has a prize of gold here. A friend Riks ropes a hobby artist Oskar into his following business in the
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The Enterpreneur

2006 | Students film, Short | Director: Liina Paakspuu
Heart of the Bear

Original title: Karu süda

2001 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

The romantic drama directed by Arvo Iho is based on the novel "The Heart of the Bear" by Nikolai Baturin and tells about a young hunter Niika who finds and loses himself and his love in a Siberian taiga.

The magic of Siberia brings hunter Niika back to the lands of Nordic people. Despite of the hospitality of the Nganasan people it turns out that Niika's destiny is not in his own hands but will be determined by the forces of nature. He can rediscover himself only when he is ready to experience passion and pain, desperation and unforgivable sin. He must meet his own shadow, to love a woman for whom no one else is left, and to kill his friend. The only way to escape his fate is to get the heart of the bear.
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