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  • Melchior The Apothecary. The Executioner's Daughter
    Melchior The Apothecary. The Executioner's Daughter

    Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Timuka tütar

    2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

    In the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn.

  • Secret Society of Souptown
    Secret Society of Souptown

    Original title: Supilinna salaselts

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Margus Paju

    “Secret Society of Souptown” is a story of a 10-year-old smart and brave girl Mari who lives in Tartu, area called Souptown. Her parents are obsessed with work so she spends most of her time with her grandfather Peeter, the professor at a local university. Mari has 3 best friends and together they form a secret society to play scavenger hunt games her grandfather is inventing for them. One day their city is attacked by a mysterious poison which turns adults into children. Our group embark on an adventure you cannot even imagine to discover the antidote. Their path is paved with challenges - they have to run from bullies and hide from the menacing evildoer. Can our children find the antidote and take it to the local hospital within 48 hours to save the lives of all the loved ones?

  • Estonian Independence Day - Flags
    Estonian Independence Day - Flags

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 2/2

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in front of Toronto Town Hall.

  • 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.

  • On the folklore of the peoples of the Baltic states
    On the folklore of the peoples of the Baltic states

    Original title: Balti riikide rahvaste folkloorist

    1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Karl Kello

    Thematic newsreel reflecting the role of the Baltic states in Europe, bringing out the connections throughout history and folklore up to the present day.

  • 500 000-es tallinnlane
    500 000-es tallinnlane

    1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt

  • 9th Baltic Conference in Stockholm in 1987
    9th Baltic Conference in Stockholm in 1987

    Title in Estonian: 9. Balti konverents Stockholmis 1987

    1987 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Lectures and events of 9th Baltic Conference take place in Stockholm Stock Exchange Building, Stockholm Town Hall and Stockholm University on June 1-4, 1987.

  • Eesti Sõprusühing 25 aastane
    Eesti Sõprusühing 25 aastane

    1983 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peep Puks

  • Ugala uus teatrimaja
    Ugala uus teatrimaja

    1982 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • Üks aasta kolmesaja viiekümnest
    Üks aasta kolmesaja viiekümnest

    1982 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves

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