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Forty Years Later

Original title: Nelikümmend aastat hiljem

1998 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

Documentary by Riho Västrik about the Estonian mountaineers' Caucasus expedition to the highest peak of Europe - Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in 1998.

In the summer of 1998, a big group of Estonian mountaineers start their expedition to Caucasus Mountains to climb the highest top in Europe - Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first surmount of Elbrus by Estonian mountaineers. Current expedition is the first one for many members of the group. The documentary is a travelogue following the full journey to Mount Elbrus while concentrating on the thirteen most enduring mountaineers in the group who conquer the mountain peak. The final ascent comes with surpassing oneself, through pain and heavy work that will be ...
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Nelli and Elmar

Original title: Nelli ja Elmar

1998 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Enn Säde
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Freedom or Death

Original title of the film "Vabadus või surm"

1995 | Documentary | Director: Artur Talvik
Goat Village

Original title: Kitseküla

1993 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Tooming

Documentary directed by Peeter Tooming about a small village called Kitseküla near Aseri where the residents have founded small homes with a gardening patch.

Kitseküla is a small place near Aseri, a small industrial town in Estonia, where during the decades representatives of various nationalities have on their own initiative founded households for gardening and animal keeping. Kitseküla is a separate community near and inside of Aseri. Even if is no rural municipality government, Aseri has its own leaders, scapegoats, exemplary men and the poor ones. People play accordion and zither there, they listen to Tallinn and Moscow radio stations, they celebrate weddings. Due to restoration of private ownership a problem has emerged: when the former owner of the properties and lands of Kitseküla ...
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The Swamp Train

Title in Estonian: Rabarong

1992 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Peeter Tooming

Documentary directed by Peeter Tooming about the situation and perspectives of Estonian peat industry in early 1990s.

Toomas Koldre, the production manager of Oru peat industry, rides the railway trolley along the peat fields and expresses his views about the current situation and future prospects of Estonian peat industry. He has worked in the peat fields for twenty years and now he is concerned about the present situation – how the peat industry will survive in the conditions of new market economy in the Republic of Estonia in 1992.
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Year of the Horse

Original title: Hobuse aasta

1991 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Reportage documentary directed by Andres Sööt records the most important events of Estonian fight for independence in 1990.

Film-reportage describes the most vital moments in Estonian struggle for independence in 1990, also some typical episodes of everyday life of Estonian people, that altogether should give a concertrated picture about Estonia this year. The documentary is a continuation for the director's former film chronicle "Year of Dragon" (1988).
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Randlased

1990 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Toivo Kusmin
To Shura

Original title: Šurale

1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Renita Lintrop, Hannes Lintrop

A film about an elderly Russian woman who was an industrial worker in Estonia. Despite her hard existence and horrible working conditions she trusts in God and human cordiality. The film is part of a series of portraits by the Lintrups (who also made cogito, ergo sumof elderly and somewhat strange Estonians that relate the history of this small ethnic group.
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Breeding of the Estonian black-and white cow

Original title: Eesti mustakirju karja aretus

1989 | Documentary, Commissioned, Other categories | Director: Leo Ilves

Documentary about the history and present day of breeding Estonian black-and-white cattle.

The documentary was commissioned by the Committee of State Agrocultural Industry of Estonian SSR and tells about the history of breeding of Estonian black-and-white cow, illustrated by archival film materials and photographs. Aarne Pung, agricultural scientist; Manivald Metsaalt, scientist of animal breeding; Paul Brothe, German animal breeder and Peeter Kibe, chief zootechnician of Estonian collective farm, discuss about the recent developments in the field.
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Teade parlamendile

1989 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Valentin Kuik