The debut feature film directed by Rao Heidmets is based on the children's story "Dear Mister Moon" by Aino Pervik and tells about children's yearning for genuine family relations.
The first full-length feature film directed by Roman Baskin is an allegorical drama about power, compromises and conformation. The film was one of the six best European debut feature films in 1992.
The debut film by director Jüri Sillart depicts an Estonian village on the fatal day of March 25, 1949, when ten thousands of people were deported to Siberia.
The events of the film directed by Peeter Urbla take place in precapitalist Tallinn, among people who try to find their hearth and home.
The fantasy thriller directed by Polish filmmaker Marek Piestrak is the second Estonian-Polish co-production after the blockbuster "Tales the Pirx of Pilot" that was filmed in Vietnam, Ukraine, Poland and Estonia and has been called the Eastern European version of Indiana Jones.
The film directed by Helle Karis is based on the fairy tale "Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen, telling the story of princess Elise who is determined to save her bewitched brothers with the power of love.
Political detective film directed by Arvo Kruusement based on the novel "The Glass Key" by American writer Dashiell Hammett. It tells the story of an election campaign in USA in 1920s.
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Estonian Film Database (EFDB)
The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2025 but already now full and partial entries for about 20 000 films, 27 000 filmmakers, and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is ongoing but due to the scarcity of resources quite a slow process. Read more detailed overview.
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