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  • Life on the Mother River
    Life on the Mother River

    Original title: Emajõe veemaailm

    2015 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Remek Meel

    Little Aleksander Remek together with his filmmaker dad discover the world of the ancient River Emajõgi (Mother River in Estonian).

  • Landscape patterns
    Landscape patterns

    Original title: Maastiku mustrid

    2014 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Riho Västrik

    The diversity of Estonian landscapes is like a unique patchwork quilt. It is loved by local fauna and is a part of the Estonian genetic code.

  • Balance between Man and Nature
    Balance between Man and Nature

    Original title: Inimese ja looduse tasakaal

    2006 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ago Ruus

    The project of protecting and restoring endangered species in North-West of Estonia was the initiative of European Union Life-Nature Programme.

  • Terra Maritima
    Terra Maritima

    Original title: Terra Maritima

    2001 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ago Ruus

    The basis for the dynamic community of the European Union is the harmonization of certain rules. This applies to preservation of nature as well, and thus we hear more and more about the mysterious Natura 2000. Natura 2000 is a Europe-wide network of nature preserves, consisting of bird preserves and nature preserves. A large part of the existing preserves in Estonia fit surprisingly easily into Natura 2000. The film shows the types of habitats in western Estonia, because it was here that the pilot project for Natura 2000 was launched. This land is many thousands of years younger than the inland – even now the earth’s crust is rising here and the land being born from the ocean – Terra Maritima – has a thousand faces. In addition to the coastline, the film introduces various types of meadows - all very valuable habitats.

  • Tuulealused I film
    Tuulealused I film

    1996 | Documentary, Nature, Problem oriented | Director: Enn Säde

  • Elu sinu ümber
    Elu sinu ümber

    1995 | Popular Sciences | Director: Rein Maran

  • Ilmalind
    Ilmalind

    1989 | Popular Sciences | Director: Rein Maran

  • Ühe armastuse lugu
    Ühe armastuse lugu

    1981 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

  • Odes to the Spring
    Odes to the Spring

    Original title: Laulud kevadele

    1975 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars

    It is film fairytale about birds living in Estonian forests.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1962 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

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