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Intimate Town

Original title: Intiimne linn

2003 | Documentary | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

Both reality and fiction of Dovlatov's - a famous Russian writer - world opens up In conversations held with the prototypes of Dovlatov's book describing the period of his life in Tallinn in 1970s.

Russian legendary writer Sergey Dovlatov's book "The Compromise" was published at the time of the author's emigration in USA and describes the period that Dovlatov himself has called "Interior emigration" - that is the years that he spent in Tallinn, Estonia as a journalist (1972-1976). The documentary interviews the prototypes of the book, including Dovlatov's former colleagues and friends who comment on the literary work. They share background information that helps to interpret both Dovlatov's destiny as well as the essence of the Soviet era.
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Pictures from the XXth Century Estonia

Original title: Möödunud sajandi Eestist

2000 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary directed by Andres Sööt has recorded the years of 1996 and 1997 as a continuation to the earlier annual film chronicles "Year of the Dragon" and "Year of the Horse".

Documentary by Andres Sööt about the years of 1996 and 1997. The film chronicle covering two years can be viewed as a continuation to Sööt's earlier films "Year of the Dragon" and "Year of the Horse". All three documentaries are the portraits of years, modelled by the director himself. There is neither a systematic nor exhaustive approach towards the selected times in history - what has been followed is the chronological order of events. Andres Sööt documents and comments both from a neutral as well as his personal point of view.
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Chief Architects

Original title: Peaarhitektid

1999 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary by Andres Sööt about Soviet architecture and buildings in Tallinn, equipped with the commentaries by former top architects.

The era under discussion tends to be forgotten. We are witnessing how Tallinn is losing its appearance of Soviet era. We can be grateful to the fact that the worst architectural projects were never completed. Three former decision makers in architecture - Mart Port, Dmitri Bruns and Voldemar Herkel - discuss the construction in Tallinn according to their personal experience of that time. The talk is led by architect Ike Volkov. The gaze of director Andres Sööt focuses on the aesthetics of Soviet ugliness, concrete grey new apartment building blocks, deserted constructional gaps in urban environment and on the capacity ...
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Vesine lugu

1991 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Arko Okk, Gints Berzinš
Why do the stars fall

Original title: Miks kukuvad tähed

1987 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Märt Müür

Documentary on problematic issues directed by Märt Müür whose film tells a story about diligent and successful heads of collective farm and how the Soviet system has unjustly harassed them, found them guilty and punished them.

The sincere documentary about the heads of collective farms in Soviet Estonia who have worked hard without being afraid of risk and responsibility. However, due to the pressure by the Communist Party, its authorities envy and out-dated legislation they had to pay for it with their positions, health and often with their lives. Vello Tire, head of Viiratsi pig farm, died at the age of 51; Tomas Sooaluste, the head of Gagarin Sovkhoz Tech School, died at the age of 43; Georg Suurmets, the head of Energia collective farm, became disabled. The author of the documentary, Märt Müür, discusses the ...
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EKP XIX kongress

1986 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski
TPI - 50

1986 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Harri Rehe
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Tallinna Polütehnilise Instituut 50

1986 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Heli Speek
Nõukogude Eesti

1985 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Mihhail Dorovatovski
Beautiful is the land

Title in Estonian: Ilus on maa

1984 | Overviews, Documentary | Director: Rein Maran

Poetic documentary directed by Rein Maran about Estonian nature, history and the present day.

How far can one travel in Estonia during half an hour? And to perform everything one has seen in a flowing poetic language? The essence of the times, places, nature and people taken from the summer of 1984 when Lasnamäe district in Tallinn was young, rural life in Estonia was blooming and people mainly drove cars made in Soviet Union. Were these truly the best years of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Estonia or did it only seem so? The red roofs of the Old Town of Tallinn have always been red; Tartu will always greet the Midsummer Day with ...
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