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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Jõulutramm

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Elme
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Christmas in Siimu Farm

Title in Estonian: Jõulud Siimu talus

1988 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Kepp

Estonian christmas traditions, indoor games at the New Year's Eve and activities at the beginning of the new year.

Playful documentary introduces Estonian Christmas traditions, indoor games at the New Year's Eve and activities at the beginning of the new year. The filmmakers visit Siimu farm in Kinksi village, Lääne county, Estonia. Jaan Kreek, the farm owner; Adeele Laasi, the farm owner's wife, the traditional characters (Christmas goat and bears) of the New Year's Eve. Music group "Leigarid", conducted by Kristjan Torop and Kalev Järvela and the schoolchildren of Tallinn 36th Secondary School also take part in the performance.
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Educational Day of Estonian Committee in Stockholm in 1988

Title in Estonian: Eesti komitee kasvatuspäev Stockholmis 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

19th Education Day, organized by the Estonian Committee, is held in Stockholm on January 9, 1988. Discussions about teaching and preserving Estonian language were held. The evening continued with the Christmas party of the Estonian Committee.

19th Education Day of the Estonian Committee is organized by the schooling and youth team. The event is held in Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm and opened by Ivar Paljak. Participants are discussing about teaching and preserving Estonian language. Pavils Johansons, Vice Rector for academic affairs of a Latvian school, holds a speech on language problems of Latvian youth in Sweden. Lecture by Mai Raud about using Estonian language in homes. Conversation about the collaboration of home and school when teaching Estonian language. Mare Rebas-Aadli, Reet Estra, Peeter Klaar, Kuldar Parik, Margus Reemets and Merike Sild are talking. The evening is followed ...
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Christmas Party of Uppsala Estonian Club, 1987

Title in Estonian: Uppsala Eesti Klubi jõulupidu 1987

1987 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Uppsala Estonian Club holds a Christmas party in Estonian Home (Eesti Kodu) on December 12, 1987.

The Christmas party of the Uppsala Estonian Club on December 12, 1987. Christmas dinner is served in the decorated rooms of Estonian Club. Older people recall of the old times, among others mayor Mihkel Martsoo. The Santa Claus arrives and gives presents. Some people perform a sing, others recite a poem. Finally, people sing Christmas carols together.
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Film Chronicles by Valter Kotsar

Original title: Valter Kotsari kroonika

1971 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Film chronicle about the events of culture and politics of the expatriate Estonians in Sweden in 1960s and in January 1971.

Christmas at Johan Raid's place in Uppsala in 1963. Statesman Aleksander Warma's funeral in Stockholm on January 16, 1971. The 1960s: city views, Estonian Embassy, students' spring celebration in Uppsala Botanical Gardens, speech held by Adlai Stevenson, politician of the United States of America. Religious service in St. Michael's Church in Uppsala on June 14, 1964; Artur Mägi and Johan Raid are participating. Procession of June Committee and meeting in Uppsala Folkets hus take place on June 15, Enn and Helga Nõu among others. Demonstration against Nikita Khrushchev, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, is organized by ...
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Family 23

Title in Estonian: Perekond 23

1969 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu spend time with their children in their hometown in Uppsala. Events from Christmas 1968 to the summer of 1969.

The family of Helga Nõu's brother visiting during the Christmas. Children playing with a toy railway set. Liia Nõu's fourth birthday. Snow is melting in April, the family is taking a walk. Children of the Nõu family are painting Easter eggs in April. Walks to Uppsala Castle and the hospital. The Nõu family by the Lake Ekoln near Uppsala. Dogs of the Nõu family and the Kivimägi family are scurrying around. Children of the Nõu family are making the "Indians' feature film" in the forest of Svia. Laine goes to the school yard in Johannesbäck in June and Heino visits ...
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Family 16

Original title: Perekond 16

1967 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu spend time with their small children in their hometown Uppsala and in Svia in 1966 and 1967.

Heino Nõu's 5th birthday. Children of the Nõu family with Christmas presents. Children on the sledging hill in their home year in January 1967. Summer house in Svia in winter. Liia Nõu turns 2 years old. Easter holidays on Gröna Street. Laine turns 7 years old in summer, she gets a new bike as a present. Summer in Svia, strolls in the forest. Joosep Nõu visiting in the summer house. Midsummer's Day and round dances in Källparken, Uppsala.
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Family 6

Original title: Perekond 6

1964 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu spend time with their children at home on Gröna Street, Uppsala in 1963-1964. Heino's birthday, Christmas holiday, winter joys, celebrating the Walpurgis Night, Gröna Lund Amusement Park in Stockholm.

Little Heino turns two years old. Birthday presents, children are dancing. Christmas time at Nõu family's home. Children are playing with their presents near the Christmas tree. Laine has the toy farmhouses with animals and toy tableware; Heino has a fancy airplane with batteries that make the propellers turn around. Helga is singing with the children near the tree. Enn Nõu pays a short visit to his home on Gröna Street from the defence forces in February. Children are making the snowman in their home yard and sliding down the hillock. In April the Vahtras family is visiting and everyone ...
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Uppsala Film Chronicles by Valter Kotsar

Original title: Valter Kotsari Uppsala kroonika

1964 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Film chronicles about the cultural and social events of expatriate Estonians in Uppsala in 1963-1964.

Events of the year of 1963 start with the trip that the Kotsar and the Lepik family take together to Gimo where the Estonian Folk University (initiated by the Association of Estonians in Sweden) takes place. Jaan Lattik, Alur Reinans and Tarmo Oja are also participating. Agronomist Kaarel Vahtras in Ultuna, Uppsala. Arnold Kivimäe with his wife in Sunnersta. Exhibition of Aleksander Warma's paintings in Eesti Kodu (Estonian Home), Uppsala, on December 7, 1963. Jaan Mets, Aksel Mark, Andrus Saareste and Walter Kotsar are listening to artist Warma's explanations. Eesti Kodu holds a Christmas fair with lots of participants. Andrus ...
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