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It All Happened In Võru

Original title (in Võro): Kõik sündü Võrol

2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu

An emotional documentary about life in a small Estonian town during 100 years.

The Republic of Estonia celebrates its 100th anniversary. During the century, the little town of Võru has lived through all the events that have rejoiced or shaken the entire country – gaining and regaining of independence, world wars and deportations, destructions and reconstructions. For people living in Võru, it is the centre of the universe. For them everything happens here. What makes this life worth living?
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Silent Surrender

Original title: Ma elasin Eesti Vabariigis

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Documentary by Liina Triškina about the year of 1939 that was fateful for the republic of Estonia. The film studies the subjects of freedom and critical situations, doings and undoings.

What does it feel to live in the turbulent times as a ten-year-old, in the country that one day thrives and the next day will disappear from the world map? The pivotal times of the year 1939 both for Estonia and the whole world changed history. The filmmakers examine the events side by side with the memories of the children of the era. Family photos, newspaper cuts, dramatic archival excerpts, memories of elderly people who used to be children at that time - all of this reflect the tragic events of 1939 and the silent destruction of the Republic of ...
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The Collapse of The Soviet Union

Original title: Eestlased Kremlis

2006 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

The activities of the Estonian representatives at the Congress of the Communist Party of Soviet Union led to the collapse of the Soviet empire.

It was during the era of 1989-1991 when the Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made the decisions that enabled the Baltic States to break away from the empire that once had occupied the countries. The crowning achievement of Estonian politicians in Kreml was disclosing of the secret protocols of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and declaring them null and void. Distributing the ideas of Estonian politicians among the national representatives in Moscow, intensive collaboration with Boris Yeltsin and Russian democrats made the communist empire to collapse. Documentary aims at correcting the widely spred misconception that regaining their independence was ...
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Letters from the East

Original title: Kirjad idast

1995 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andrew Grieve

The film directed by Andrew Grieve tells about families that have been broken during the war and about the reunion of family members in the independent republic of Estonia.

Anna travels from England back to her native country Estonia in order to find her mother whom she has lost during the war. While getting in the middle of the events of restoration of Estonian's independence, Anna meets people full of yearning for freedom. She will discover that despite of having been abroad for a long time she is still having a deep connection to her native land.
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Jaan Tõnisson 1868…

1993 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks
Tartu

1983 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Heini Drui
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Uus trükikoda Võrus

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Elo Tust
Price

Title in Estonian: Hind

1978 | Documentary | Director: Valentin Kuik

Aavo Pikkuus - olympic medalist, world champion, winner of the 30th Peace Tour.

Documentary about bicycling sports and Aavo Pikkuus – an olympic medalist and world champion, winner of the 30th Peace Tour held in Poland in 1977. What is the price to pay in professional sports, ask the filmmakers who observe Aavo Pikkuus during the Peace Tour, at the award ceremony and during the training. Aavo Pikkuus tells the filmmakers what sports have given to him; about the competition stress; his misfortunes and fallings and things he might have missed because of being an athlete. The athlete's colleagues also comment on the subject.
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Võõras higi

1973 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jüri Müür
Uus ajaleht Vetsernii Tallinn

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt