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  • Vinyl Whisperer
    Vinyl Whisperer

    Original title: Muusika, mida ma veel ei tea

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    Music, that Shazam doesn’t know and Spotify can’t find.

  • Horticulture in Lasnamägi
    Horticulture in Lasnamägi

    Title in Estonian: Lasnamäe kõplajad

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

    Cabbages, beetroots and pumpkins – these are both food and a connecting element for people.

  • In the State of Limbo
    In the State of Limbo

    Title in Estonian: PMR

    2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Meelis Muhu, Kristina Norman

    Filmmakers Meelis Muhu and Kristina Norman observe life in Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, that is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova governed by the real Soviet order.

  • Folk you!
    Folk you!

    Original title: Folk juu!

    2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Andres Keil

    Colourful characters and moments from the 20th Viljandi Folk Music Festival.

  • The Era of the Estonian Crown
    The Era of the Estonian Crown

    Original title: Krooni aeg

    2003 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Valentin Kuik

    Documentary by Rein Karemäe and Valentin Kuik about the era when after the successful monetary reform in 1992 the Republic of Estonia switched to Estonian kroon and liberal market economy.

  • The Leigo Lakes
    The Leigo Lakes

    Original title: Leigo järved

    2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary by Andres Sööt about Tõnu Tamm, owner of a tourism farm and a concert promoter.

  • Three Baltic Love Stories: Mattias and Ann. Estonian Spring 1991
    Three Baltic Love Stories: Mattias and Ann. Estonian Spring 1991

    Original title: Balti armastuslood: Mattias ja Ann. Eesti kevad 1991

    1992 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Urbla

    Three seasons, three love stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the era of great changes in 1991 when the Baltic states freed themselves from the yoke of Soviet Union and regained independence.

  • Turismilinn Tallinn
    Turismilinn Tallinn

    1992 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

  • Estonian Song 1988
    Estonian Song 1988

    Original title: Eestimaa Laul '88

    1988 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Documentary, Newsreels | Director: Toomas Lepp

    Estonian Song '88 was the event held in the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn on September 11, 1988, where the largest number of people took part. During six hours 11. septembril 1988 toimus Tallinna laulväljakul seni kõigi aegade rahvarohkeim üritus Eestimaa laul ‘88, kus kuue tunni jooksul peeti sütitavaid kõnesid ja lauldi isamaalisi laule.

  • Lasteassamblee Sofias
    Lasteassamblee Sofias

    1988 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Maire Aunaste

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