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  • The Last Ones
    The Last Ones

    2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

    A car crash in slow motion, a love letter to a disappearing world.

  • Journey to the Source of Lena
    Journey to the Source of Lena

    Original title of the film: Suur jõgi, 1: Retk Leena lättele

    2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Vassili Sarana

  • The Sounds of Kaleva
    The Sounds of Kaleva

    Original title: Kaleva hääled

    1986 | Documentary | Director: Lennart Meri

    Three-act documentary essay directed by Lennart Meri about memory and the historical cultural connections between the Finno-Ugric peoples.

  • Sailing Trip to the Finnish Archipelago
    Sailing Trip to the Finnish Archipelago

    Title in Estonian: Purjetamismatk Soome saarestikku

    1976 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    A trip on board of an engined sail boat in the archipelago of Aland and Turku, Finland, in the summer of 1976.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1969 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kusmin

  • Men in Soldier's Overcoats
    Men in Soldier's Overcoats

    Original title: Inimesed sõdurisinelis

    1968 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Müür

    The war drama directed by Jüri Müür is based on the novel "The Two Selves of Enn Kalm" by Paul Kuusberg. It is the first, and so far the only Estonian feature film depicting the Estonian Rifle Corps in the World War II, including the forming process of the corps in the Urals, its battles held at Velikiye Luki, on Emajõgi River and the night battle of Tehumardi on Saaremaa island. Considering the year of the film, it is not free from propaganda; however, for the first time bold and epic battle scenes together with the war chronicles are presented in this film. The soundtrack "Song About the Faraway Home" (music by Eino Tamberg, lyrics by Ralf Parve) is still a popular soldier song today.

  • From the Coast of Estonia to the Coast of Sweden
    From the Coast of Estonia to the Coast of Sweden

    Title in Estonian: Eesti rannast Rootsi randa

    1945 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Expatriate Swedes leave Estonia in August 1944. Life of Estonians in Mölle Refugee Centre, Sweden in 1945.

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