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  • A Loss of Something Ever Felt
    A Loss of Something Ever Felt

    Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

    Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

  • Cat’s Eye
    Cat’s Eye

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director:

    A cat's happy childhood unexpectedly ends when she falls into a river and this eye-opening experience leaves a permanent mark.

  • Take It or Leave It
    Take It or Leave It

    Original title: Võta või jäta

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

    What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

  • The Call of Silence
    The Call of Silence

    Original title of the film "Vaikuse kutse"

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Madli Lääne

  • Miriam's Food Processor
    Miriam's Food Processor

    Original title: Miriami köögikombain

    2012 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Andres Tenusaar

    Miriam is in the kitchen, making a milkshake with the food processor.

  • Miriam's Colors
    Miriam's Colors

    Original title: Miriami värvid

    2008 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Jelena Girlin, Mari-Liis Bassovskaja

    Miriam finds old photos. While waching them she actually starts seeing all the world around her in black and white.

  • Ball Against the Wall
    Ball Against the Wall

    Original title: Pall vastu seina

    1998 | Feature film, Short | Director: Ilmar Raag

    Young woman recalls of her childhood trauma with the psychoanalyst.

  • Family Photos
    Family Photos

    Original title: Perekonnapildid

    1989 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik

    A feature film directed by Valentin Kuik is based on his short story "The Formula", telling about the young graduates of a small town in Estonia in 1960s.

  • Games For Teenagers
    Games For Teenagers

    Original title: Naerata ometi

    1985 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho

    The feature film directed by Leida Laius is based on the youth novel "Stepmother" by Silvia Rannamaa. The socially sensitive drama is telling the story about the children growing up in an orphanage and about parents' responsibility for their children's fate.

  • Laughball
    Laughball

    Original title: Naerupall

    1984 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars

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