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Katja

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Eve Ester

Recollective portrait documentary about actress Katrin Välbe.

Actress Katrin Välbe (1904-1981) was called Katja by her colleagues at the theatre and "mamma" by her close ones. Her voice and character have left an impact at the theatre, in radio dramas, films and TV plays. Veel mäletatakse Katjat, aga millal algab unustamine? Näitleja Katrin Välbet meenutavad tema kolleegid ja pojatütar Kai Idarand oma pojaga. Katkendid mängufilmidest, kus Katrin Välbe on mänginud.
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Still Life with Wife

Original title: Vaikelu naisega

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

Documentary on an aging couple amd the mundanity of their lives.

An unusual couple lives in an urban backwater. Married now for over a quarter of a century, their endless sniping never intensifies into the major quarrel that would resolve everything. This constant tension helps the man to paint and gives the woman a reason for living.
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Voldemar Väli

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat
Unenäod kodumaast

1994 | Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin
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Regina

Based on the novel "An Option" by Aimée Beekman

1990 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

The film directed by Kaljo Kiisk is based on the novel "An Option" by Aimée Beekman, telling about parents' responsibility for their offspring.

Regina is a beautiful, educated and independent woman whose husband tells her that he is going to marry a young girl expecting a baby. As Regina inherits a house in a little town, an opportunity to change her life arises and she moves away from the capital city. She won't manage there alone - and the only available man around is drunkard Ants, yet with excellent skills in the household. Since the man is single, Regina decides that it is reasonable to marry him. However, she wants to get children with other men, those who are healthy and not drinking. ...
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I am not a Tourist, I Live Here

Part 1 and 2

1988 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

The events of the film directed by Peeter Urbla take place in precapitalist Tallinn, among people who try to find their hearth and home.

This film is about one of the greatest social hotspots in Estonia during the Soviet times when apartments were given for free by the state, telling the story of a real estate agent and a homeless man. Mass immigration in 1944-1988 led to demographic conflict. Free apartments were mainly given to immigrants despite the fact that local people badly needed places of residence as well. They are not tourists, they live here, but they haven't got home.
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Kalju Lepik Reads Poetry in the Island of Väddö in 1988

Title in Estonian: Kalju Lepik loeb luulet Väddö saarel 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Poet Kalju Lepik reads his poetry in a summer cottage in the island of Väddö, Havsskogen on July 2, 1988.

Poet Kalju Lepik reads his poetry in a summer cottage in the island of Väddo, Havsskogen on July 2, 1988. While browsing through a thick collection of poetry, Lepik recites a selection of poems with a solemn and tragic tone. The main themes in these poems are the destiny of an Estonian man, being without a homeland, the simultaneous fugacity and eternity of life.
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Recollection

Title in Estonian: Meenutus

1987 | Documentary, Portrait, Commissioned, Other categories | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary about composer Heino Eller, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of Estonian SSR. The film is dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Heino Eller who was born on March 7, 1887.

PPianist and music teacher Heljo Sepp recalls her beloved teacher and composer Heino Eller. She talks about her PhD dissertation at the Moscow Conservatoire where she researched the piano music by Heino Eller. She is interviewed by music historian Ivalo Randalu. They walk in Kadriorg Park, in Eller's summer home in Laulasmaa and by the sea. Background music is Eller's "Melody of Homeland" ("Kodumaine viis"). Heljo Sepp has a lot to say about its harmony, dynamics, tension of the piece; she also recalls the story of how she found the piece and titled it.
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My Book

Title in Estonian: Minu raamat

1983 | Documentary | Director: Arnold Altmäe

Portrait documentary about revolutionary veteran and ex-militaryman Karl Ränni.

Revolutionist veteran and ex-militaryman Karl Ränni, who was also V. I. Lenin's personal telegraphist, is now a 90-year-old man who writes a book about his life. Life events took the young man from Estonia to Kronstadt, among the revolutionary sailors who took part in the attack to the Winter Palace. After the victory of the October Revolution, Ränni worked as a personal telegraphist with Lenin. There is a lot to recall.
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Summer Celebration of Expatriate Estonian Writers' Association in Väddö on June 18, 1983

Title in Estonian: Väliseesti Kirjanike Liidu suvepäev Väddöl 18.06.1983

1983 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Väliseesti Kirjanike Liidu suvepäev Kalju Lepiku suvemajas Väddö saarel 18. juunil 1983.

Summer celebration of the Expatriate Estonian Writers' Association at Kalju Lepik's summer cottage in Väddö island on June 18, 1983. Writers discuss about the changes in Estonian written language and new language rules. Helga Nõu also comments that the development of Estonian language was also a topic of conversation at the summer celebration of the Forest University. Raimond Kolk shares his amazement about the new possibilities of introducing cultural life with Enn Nõu. Among other guests there are Liidia Tuulse, Kalju and Asta Lepik, Paul Laan, Herbert Salu, Arvo Mägi, Ilmar Talve, Raimond Kolk and others.
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