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  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    Leonhard Lapin. Process

    Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

    2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

    This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

  • Love express
    Love express

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kuba Mikurda

    A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

  • Unt´s hour
    Unt´s hour

    Original title: Unditund

    2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško

    One of the most extraordinary personas in Estonian cultural history is undoubtedly the writer, director, publicist, lecturer and a public figure Mati Unt.

  • Vaba vaimu saadik
    Vaba vaimu saadik

    1998 | Documentary | Director: Jaanus Nõgisto

  • Grisha
    Grisha

    Original title: Griša

    1996 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jüri Sillart

    Portrait documentary about Grigori Kromanov - a film and theatre director - directed by Jüri Sillart.

  • Kauge ja lähedane
    Kauge ja lähedane

    1987 | Musical film | Director: Jüri Tallinn

  • Rändaja
    Rändaja

    1986 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks

  • Muusikafilmrüütel
    Muusikafilmrüütel

    1980 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

  • Õhtu Kaarupiga
    Õhtu Kaarupiga

    1978 | Documentary | Director: Elvi Koppel

  • J.Raudsepp 80 aastane
    J.Raudsepp 80 aastane

    1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

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