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Kalev

2022 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Ove Musting

It’s the summer of 1990. The Soviet Union is teetering on the verge of collapse, while the little Baltic nations struggle to take back their lost independence. The Soviet Union`s basketball championship is set to begin on the backdrop of a deeply divided society. The Estonian team Kalev faces a momentous decision. With Estonian independence seemingly within reach, a rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team’s participation in the USSR’s championship. That would contradict the people’s aspirations for liberation. As professional athletes, the team makes the unpopular choice. The championship games start…
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Goodbye Soviet Union

Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL

2020 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Lauri Randla

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union. Johannes is born into an eccentric family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, snappy Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished… all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take ...
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The Little Comrade

Original title: Seltsimees laps

2018 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Moonika Siimets

Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

It is 1950 in the Soviet Estonia and the Stalinist terror machine works at full steam – 6-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. “If you’re a good kid, I’ll be back soon,” are her mother’s last words as she is taken away at gunpoint. So Leelo is on her very best behaviour, but yet her mother does not return. A fear creeps into the child’s soul that it is her fault her mother was taken. The confusion only grows as “good” and “bad” no longer seem to hold any meaning in these troubled times. Why ...
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Descendants of Jakob Hurt. Estonian Students' Society

Original title: Hurda kutsikad. Eesti Üliõpilaste Selts

2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Lõhmus

First documentary about the Estonian Students' Society that was established in Tartu in 1870 - it is the oldest, biggest and most influential academical student organization.

Estonian Students' Society have significantly contributed to the development of Estonian national self-awareness, to local cultural and educational life as well as to the improvement of Estonian nationhood. Documentary gives a short overview about the history of the Estonian Students' Society and the emigration era that followed the great escape from Estonia in 1944. The film focuses on the restoration of the society at the end of 1980s and its role in today's Estonia. Alumni and active members of the society talk about ESS; also, outside experts add their commentaries.
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Riigivanem I

1991 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar
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Estonian National Male Choir Performance at Church (3)

Tite in Estonian: Riiklik Akadeemiline Meeskoor kirikus 3/3

1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The Estonian National Male Choir sang in Canada to the foreign Estonian audience for the first time in spring 1989.

The Estonian National Male Choir sang in Canada to the foreign Estonian audience for the first time in spring 1989. This concert has been recorded by Edgar Väär, video consists of different sections. The film depicts festive Palm Sunday religious ceremony that is held in Toronto church where the National Male Choir performs the song by Gustav Ernesaks "How dark will your country remain" and the Heroic Choral Poem by Villem Kapp, conducted by Olev Oja. Roman Toi is accompanying on the organ. The audience in the church rises after this performance and the Bishop of the EELC Karl Raudsepp ...
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 2, jaanuar 1989

1989 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director:
Ceremony of 70th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Norrköping

Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 70. aastapäeva aktus Norrköpingis

1988 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Celebration of 70th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia and fathering in Estonian Home in Norrköping on February 27, 1988.

The ceremony for celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia is opened by bringing in the national flags of Estonia and Sweden while singing "Eesti lipp" ("Estonian flag"). Opening words by Kusta Adamson; expressing gratitude to Voldemar Issako and Johannes Lehtsalu who fought in the Estonian War of Independence. The anthem of Sweden is being sung, followed by the prayer by Heino Viikholm, common singing of "Hoia jumal, Eestit" ("God, protect Estonia"). Rainer Kuisma plays marimba. Thematic speech by Helga Nõu. Expressing gratitude to Catherina Mitt, the local head of folk dancing. Pia and Mark Karell's flute duo ...
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Estonian Song 1988

Original title: Eestimaa Laul '88

1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp

Estonian Song '88 was the event held in the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn on September 11, 1988, where the largest number of people took part. During six hours 11. septembril 1988 toimus Tallinna laulväljakul seni kõigi aegade rahvarohkeim üritus Eestimaa laul ‘88, kus kuue tunni jooksul peeti sütitavaid kõnesid ja lauldi isamaalisi laule.

The chain of events called the Singing Revolution culminated with Estonian Song '88 that took place on September 11, 1988. Almost quarter of a million people participated in the event where people publicly demanded restoration of Estonian independence. The great event was organized by the Popular Front of Estonia, Estonian Abstinence Society, Estonian Radio and Kodamu where the statesmen and heads of various movements held speeches, actors read poetry, music groups and choirs performed patriotic songs, all this being accompanied by the audience's sympathy and affection.
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 1, detsember 1988

1988 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: