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Browse 30 movies from Eesti Televisioon
A story of two women, a mother and a daughter, whose life together is a constant battle. Even the simplest everyday activity can grow into a big fight about making you sick, you may have a provoking adrenal gland that helps you feel that you are still alive. When Maureen's path crosses with Pato's, the old Mag is overcome with fear of being alone, and the fight for love is no longer a matter of choice.
May 2003
Classics of the Estonian plays about how a penniless man can become a millionaire and marry his loving girl.
Jan 1982
Dec 1984
An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts a war between him and the informal leader of the class.
Mar 2007
Captures the severe dust pollution caused by the Kunda cement plant in Estonia between 1995-1997. Broadcast globally in over 100 countries, the film sparked significant local controversy for its bleak and one-sided depiction of the town.
Feb 1998
Since Estonia did not fly its own flag in World War II, Estonians had to choose between bad options at the time. We dedicate our film to all the young people of the time, whatever choice they made, and to all the Estonians who made a decision - past and future. The film is a mixture of memories, historians' views and the authors' historical fiction.
Sep 2004
Dolkar is the only one in her family who has been given a chance to study. She studies at the Secmol School. The director of the boarding school supports the girls wish to play ice hockey. When the next year's tournament is approaching the girls make a new attempt to enter. They have to solve problem by problem: Thin Ice, bad equipment, no coaching. Finally when they find the American coach Deb, they travel over the mountain to the Muslim village Kargil and create a joint team. Side by side the Buddhist and Muslim girls challenge the men in charge.
Nov 2006
Born from the fairytale of Alexei Tolstoy, a lively story about a curious tree boy Burattino who gets into an unexpected adventure.
Jun 2002
Mati is an assistant in TV studio. Patiently he has waited for his time to become a TV star but seems that he has to wait forever. One day an alien called Tipp is sent on Earth (by its chief Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children's TV show "Tipp and Tapp". Tipp nestles himself inside Mati's brains that leads the man to unpredictable actions.
Jan 2005
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
Nov 1996
The little witch is already 127 years old, but that's no age for a real witch! She lives with a nice green crow named Aabram in a tiny hut in a thick forest, which, like all other witches' houses, stands on chicken legs. As you can imagine, she is busy all day to learn all the wisdom of the witches. Anyway, the little witch is quite different from the usual fairy tale witches.
May 2025
A story of the lives of Aino and Oskar Kallas.
Dec 1997
Despite peaceful speeches, the army of the Soviet Russian is attacking Estonia, and the country's government is declaring a mobilization for all. Henn Ahas, the son of a poor family, hesitates to go to war.
Nov 2002
"Love for Three Oranges" is the first play by Carlo Gozzi (December 13, 1720 - April 4, 1806). He wrote it in 1761. The play is based on a parody of the fairy tale "Love Against Three Oranges". It was originally written as canovaccio (the explanation of the content on which commedia dell'arte actors improvise the text), but later Gozzi also added some dialogue instructions and critical explanations.
Sep 1994
The preparations for the 2002 Eurovision in Estonia and behind the scenes for the contest.
Jul 2002
What has changed for Estonia since the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Tallinn ten years ago? How did the big event actually happen?
May 2012
As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, there is a condition: somebody must kill the man who was her lover all those years ago.
Apr 2006
Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist version of the play "Werewolf" by August Kitzberg. The theatre is haunted and the rehearsals seem to be cursed, artificial blood becomes real blood. The play won't be complete before the murder mystery is unsolved - and Liina is being taken back to the old theatre legends and intrigues of the past century.
August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
Feb 2005
A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.
Jun 1992