Priit Pärn

Priit Pärn

Priit Pärn (born August 26, 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals. Pärn formerly worked as a plant ecologist; his career in animation began when he accepted Rein Raamat's proposal to make a design for Kilplased (1974). After a brief apprenticeship in Joonisfilm, he directed his first film Is the Earth Round? in 1977. Pärn's most important films are considered to be Triangle (1982), Breakfast on the Grass (1987), Hotel E (1992), 1895 (co-directed by Janno Põldma, 1995) and Night of the Carrots (1998). Pärn's style is characterized by black humour, playful surrealism and a unique graphic style. His somewhat crude style marked the departure from both Rein Raamat's overtly serious and moralizing films as well as the Disneyesque style propagated by the directors of Soyuzmultfilm. In his footsteps (and occasionally copying his style to a large degree) have followed numerous new generation Estonian film makers, most notably Ülo Pikkov and Priit Tender. Influences of Pärn's graphical style can also be seen in such commercial animated series as Rugrats and AAAHH!!! Real Monsters! directed by Igor Kovalyov. In 2002 Pärn was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Animated Film Association, and he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2008. Divers in the Rain (2010), co-directed with his wife Olga Pärn, became the most successful Estonian animated film of all time with its 18th award at KROK International Animated Film Festival in Ukraine. Pärn had taught animation at the Arts Academy of the Turku University of Applied Sciences in Turku, Finland since 1994 and now he is teaching at Estonian Academy of Arts.

  • Title: Priit Pärn
  • Popularity: 0.652
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1946-08-26
  • Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Priit Pärn Movies

  • 2013
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    Priit Pärn in Tallinn

    Priit Pärn in Tallinn

    1 2013 HD

    Documentary about the work of the Estonian cartoonist and animation director Priit Pärn

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  • 1970
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    The Last Relic

    The Last Relic

    6.6 1970 HD

    A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery...

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  • 1982
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    Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

    Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

    6.8 1982 HD

    Arabella is a daughter of the world's most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also dreams about a life of a usual girl. One day a...

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  • 2005
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    Pärnography

    Pärnography

    6 2005 HD

    This inventive documentary about famed Estonian animator Priit Parn is an involving look at his socialist, absurd, sometimes grotesque art in the...

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Hotel E

    Hotel E

    4.4 1992 HD

    A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

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  • 1992
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    Hotel E

    Hotel E

    4.4 1992 HD

    A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Hotel E

    Hotel E

    4.4 1992 HD

    A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Time Out

    Time Out

    6 1985 HD

    An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown.

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  • 2008
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    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    5.2 2008 HD

    A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this,...

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    5.2 2008 HD

    A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this,...

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    5.2 2008 HD

    A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this,...

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  • 2007
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    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    5 2007 HD

    Poetic, experimental animated short directed by one of the greatest Estonian cartoonists Priit Pärn.

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    5 2007 HD

    Poetic, experimental animated short directed by one of the greatest Estonian cartoonists Priit Pärn.

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Time Out

    Time Out

    6 1985 HD

    An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown.

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Karl and Marilyn

    Karl and Marilyn

    6.5 2003 HD

    Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary...

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Breakfast on the Grass

    Breakfast on the Grass

    6.2 1987 HD

    Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard...

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Hotel E

    Hotel E

    4.4 1992 HD

    A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    4.3 1981 HD

    A sometimes harsh, sometimes goofy look at the routines that give our lives form.

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    4.3 1981 HD

    A sometimes harsh, sometimes goofy look at the routines that give our lives form.

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    The Triangle

    The Triangle

    5.1 1982 HD

    Julia spends every night preparing a multi-course feast for her husband Viktor. Until one day Eduard appears from under the electric stove and starts...

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    The Triangle

    The Triangle

    5.1 1982 HD

    Julia spends every night preparing a multi-course feast for her husband Viktor. Until one day Eduard appears from under the electric stove and starts...

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Theatre Papa Carlo

    Theatre Papa Carlo

    1 1988 HD

    A totalitarian society destroys itself, sooner or later the people cannot take it anymore and then, over papa Carlo's body, a path to the doors of...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Sunday

    Sunday

    1 1977 HD

    Dedicated to the contradictions of scientific and technical progress, warning against one-sided technical developments that turn a person into an...

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Music Box

    Music Box

    1 2018 HD

    The mysterious mechanism of a music box keeps playing different versions of the same melody. In isolation and an atmosphere of fear you might think...

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    A Romper

    A Romper

    7 1975 HD

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Frank & Wendy

    Frank & Wendy

    6.5 2005 HD

    Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even...

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Rugrats Go Wild

    Rugrats Go Wild

    6.2 2003 HD

    When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Visions of Europe

    Visions of Europe

    4.9 2004 HD

    Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    四季

    四季

    1 2017 HD

    A Japanese-produced animated film using Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons as its soundtrack. The four seasons all have separate animation directors. Its...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    ...And Plays Tricks

    ...And Plays Tricks

    5.8 1978 HD

    A tiny green bear (the Trickster) tries his best to impress a group of animals with his annoying tricks.

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    ...And Plays Tricks

    ...And Plays Tricks

    5.8 1978 HD

    A tiny green bear (the Trickster) tries his best to impress a group of animals with his annoying tricks.

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  • 1992
    imgMovies

    Hotel E

    Hotel E

    4.4 1992 HD

    A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    1895

    1895

    6.6 1995 HD

    1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    ...And Plays Tricks

    ...And Plays Tricks

    5.8 1978 HD

    A tiny green bear (the Trickster) tries his best to impress a group of animals with his annoying tricks.

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Divers in the Rain

    Divers in the Rain

    8 2009 HD

    He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their...

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    1895

    1895

    6.6 1995 HD

    1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What...

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Night of the Carrots

    Night of the Carrots

    6.5 1998 HD

    Diego the bicyclist waits to check into the PGI hotel, where each room's inhabitant seems more bizarre than the last, and the rabbits on the top...

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Night of the Carrots

    Night of the Carrots

    6.5 1998 HD

    Diego the bicyclist waits to check into the PGI hotel, where each room's inhabitant seems more bizarre than the last, and the rabbits on the top...

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Divers in the Rain

    Divers in the Rain

    8 2009 HD

    He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their...

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Giraffe

    Giraffe

    1 1986 HD

    There is only one animal living in the zoo - the giraffe. No one but the little girl goes to see her. To attract visitors, the director of the zoo...

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Noblesse Oblige

    Noblesse Oblige

    1 1989 HD

    Balancing on the borders of the real and the unreal the film strives to express the monotony of this world, its illusory character, and emphasize the...

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Pigeon Lady

    The Pigeon Lady

    1 1983 HD

    A fun and educational story about the nature of goodness. It's not just a natural and self-evident part of our lives, but a force that helps overcome...

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  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Karl and Marilyn

    Karl and Marilyn

    6.5 2003 HD

    Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary...

    img
  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Karl and Marilyn

    Karl and Marilyn

    6.5 2003 HD

    Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary...

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Song of Songs

    Song of Songs

    1 2010 HD

    A woman and a man in a vital fight - over an empty milk carton.

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Frank & Wendy

    Frank & Wendy

    6.5 2005 HD

    Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even...

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Crocodile

    Crocodile

    7.5 2009 HD

    Ex opera singer works as a Crocodile in a shopping center. Until a femme fatale arrives.

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Time Out

    Time Out

    6 1985 HD

    An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown.

    img
  • 1995
    imgMovies

    1895

    1895

    6.6 1995 HD

    1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What...

    img
  • 1995
    imgMovies

    1895

    1895

    6.6 1995 HD

    1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What...

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Easy Writer

    The Easy Writer

    1 1970 HD

    Animation film.

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    The Triangle

    The Triangle

    5.1 1982 HD

    Julia spends every night preparing a multi-course feast for her husband Viktor. Until one day Eduard appears from under the electric stove and starts...

    img
  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Divers in the Rain

    Divers in the Rain

    8 2009 HD

    He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their...

    img
  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Divers in the Rain

    Divers in the Rain

    8 2009 HD

    He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their...

    img
  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Is the Earth Round?

    Is the Earth Round?

    4.5 1977 HD

    img
  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life

    4.3 1981 HD

    A sometimes harsh, sometimes goofy look at the routines that give our lives form.

    img
  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Luna Rossa

    Luna Rossa

    1 2024 HD

    Despite a comprehensive security camera system and efficient airport security checks, a group of activists succeed in their diabolical plan.

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Breakfast on the Grass

    Breakfast on the Grass

    1 2011 HD

    Stop motion characters stumble and fumble their way through a clearing in the woods.

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    I Feel in the Back of My Head...

    5 2007 HD

    Poetic, experimental animated short directed by one of the greatest Estonian cartoonists Priit Pärn.

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Simpletons

    The Simpletons

    5.5 1974 HD

    The story of a bunch of peasants who have a hard time using logic to build their community.

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    1895

    1895

    6.6 1995 HD

    1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What...

    img
  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Night of the Carrots

    Night of the Carrots

    6.5 1998 HD

    Diego the bicyclist waits to check into the PGI hotel, where each room's inhabitant seems more bizarre than the last, and the rabbits on the top...

    img
  • 2006
    imgMovies

    The Pearlman

    The Pearlman

    3 2006 HD

    A smart leader can keep the culture of his nation homogeneous for a long time, but he is helpless against the interchange of genes.

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  • 2006
    imgMovies

    Marathon

    Marathon

    1 2006 HD

    In a marathon running, a criminal hides among the runners, after blowing up a statue in the central square.

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    5.2 2008 HD

    A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this,...

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    Life Without Gabriella Ferri

    5.2 2008 HD

    A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this,...

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    XYZtopia

    XYZtopia

    1 2013 HD

    One of the inhabitants of the flat earth gains possession of glasses that enable one to see in three dimensions. He has good intentions but...

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    1 2017 HD

    Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting.

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  • 2015
    imgMovies

    Life with Herman H. Rott

    Life with Herman H. Rott

    7 2015 HD

    Herman is a rat who lives alone in his messy apartment. One day a very tidy cat decides to move in.

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    1 2017 HD

    Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting.

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Fatcula

    Fatcula

    1 2016 HD

    A mystical beauty surgery clinic is built next to a sports club which threatens to ruin the club's owner. What is going on in this clinic? The...

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    1 2017 HD

    Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting.

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts

    A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts

    1 2018 HD

    The people are awaiting someone special. Someone special is born: a grown man in a suit.

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts

    A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts

    1 2018 HD

    The people are awaiting someone special. Someone special is born: a grown man in a suit.

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Cante

    Cante

    1 2019 HD

    The nameless man, left alone in a sterile office environment, rethinks his existence. He hears the Alentejo song, a traditional Portuguese chant that...

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  • 2005
    imgMovies

    Frank & Wendy

    Frank & Wendy

    6.5 2005 HD

    Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even...

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    5.7 1989 HD

    An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

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  • 1989
    imgMovies

    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    5.7 1989 HD

    An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    The Eyeless Hunter: A Khanty Story

    1 2017 HD

    Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting.

    img
  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Luna Rossa

    Luna Rossa

    1 2024 HD

    Despite a comprehensive security camera system and efficient airport security checks, a group of activists succeed in their diabolical plan.

    img
  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Luna Rossa

    Luna Rossa

    1 2024 HD

    Despite a comprehensive security camera system and efficient airport security checks, a group of activists succeed in their diabolical plan.

    img
  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Is the Earth Round?

    Is the Earth Round?

    4.5 1977 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Breakfast on the Grass

    Breakfast on the Grass

    6.2 1987 HD

    Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard...

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Zorg II: Fall Of Thera

    Zorg II: Fall Of Thera

    1 2020 HD

    An alien arrives to earth in hopes of being casted as the lead of a sci-fi film

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Manivald

    Manivald

    6.9 2018 HD

    Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing...

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Pigeon Lady

    The Pigeon Lady

    1 1983 HD

    A fun and educational story about the nature of goodness. It's not just a natural and self-evident part of our lives, but a force that helps overcome...

    img
  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Giraffe

    Giraffe

    1 1986 HD

    There is only one animal living in the zoo - the giraffe. No one but the little girl goes to see her. To attract visitors, the director of the zoo...

    img
  • 2003
    imgMovies

    Karl and Marilyn

    Karl and Marilyn

    6.5 2003 HD

    Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary...

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  • 2020
    imgMovies

    Layers

    Layers

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Is the Earth Round?

    Is the Earth Round?

    4.5 1977 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Breakfast on the Grass

    Breakfast on the Grass

    6.2 1987 HD

    Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard...

    img
  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Pilots on the Way Home

    Pilots on the Way Home

    1 2014 HD

    Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous...

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Fly Mill

    Fly Mill

    1 2011 HD

    The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field...

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Fly Mill

    Fly Mill

    1 2011 HD

    The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field...

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