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Ten & Ninety

Original title: Kümme, üheksakümmend

2017 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Martti Helde

Portrait documentary about a ten-year-old boy who dreams about the career as a musician in a symphony orchestra.

Kert is a ten-year-old boy from Rapla county, Estonia, who is enchanted by classical music. His days are filled with school, performances and interest towards electronics. In order to move closer to his dream job, Kert has been regularly practising flute for the past three years as well as visiting the rehearsalt of ERSO (Estonian National Symphony Orchestra). Kert – a boy like an orchestra.
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Family Lies

Original title: Perekonnavaled

2016 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Valentin Kuik, Manfred Vainokivi

“Family Lies” by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.

The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald (Roman Baskin), who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei (Tambet Tuisk) must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. “Family ...
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Playing Pärt

Original title: Mängime Pärti

2012 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

A student concert of works by Arvo Pärt was held in 2011 in the Tallinn Swedish St Michael´s Church as a collaboration between the Old Town Music School in Tallinn and the Arvo Pärt Centre.

In 2011 the Old Town Music School of Collegium Educationis Revaliae and the International Arvo Pärt Centre together staged a student concert of works by Arvo Pärt in Tallinn`s Swedish St Michael`s Church. The duble DVD package is a recording of the concert and the rehearsals.
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Rehearsing Pärt

Title in Estonian: Proovime Pärti

2012 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

A student concert of works by Arvo Pärt was held in 2011 in the Tallinn Swedish St Michael´s Church as a collaboration between the Old Town Music School in Tallinn and the Arvo Pärt Centre. This is a DVD recording of the rehearsals for the concert.

Unique documentary about Arvo Pärt in the role of a pedagogue while making music together with the students of the Old Town Educational College and tutoring them before the upcoming concert of Arvo Pärt's music. Pärt encourages the young musicians to improvise themselves, gives his advice and mild recommendations in order to fine tune the performances and to find better harmonies. Pärt also tells stories and often illustrates his advices with playing the piano. The documentary shows an emotional creative process where dedicated young people try to perform a diverse choice of Arvo Pärt's music – beginning from the simple children's ...
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Heritage Songs from Kihnu Island

Original title: Laulud mere tagant

2003 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Veiko Taluste

Documentary about folk singer Virve Järsumägi, also known as Virve of Kihnu, and about the passing of folklore heritage from one generation to another.

Virve Elfriide Köster alias Virve Järsumägi lives in a small island of Kihnu. She has a gift to create songs that reflect life surrounding her. Just like the island is surrounded by the sea, Virve's songs also talk about the sea. Virve sings the sea to the heart of the audience. Virve is an elderly woman who has been through thick and thin; now she leaves her songs to a young woman who inherits Virve's creative work and teaches her songs to small children. Songs will always remain, even if people disappear.
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Georg Ots Music Days 1990

Title in Estonian: Georg Otsa muusikapäevad 1990

1990 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Nikolai Šarubin

Overview about Georg Ots 6th Music Days on March 15–25, 1990.

Georg Ots 6th Music Days took place in Tallinn on March 15 to 25, 1990. Numerous foreign guests participated in the festival; seminars, lectures, competitions, concerts with the soloists and song students took place as well as exhibitions and performances at the Estonian National Opera.
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Tallinna Konservatoorium 70

1990 | Observation, Other categories, Commissioned, Documentary | Director: Toivo Elme
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Everything I dreamed of

Title in Estonian: Kõik, millest unistasin

1977 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Ly Pulk

Portrait documentary about long-term music educator Linda Saul.

Singing teacher Linda Saul – teacher, mother, musician. Next to her there are Voldemar Saul, Heli Lääts, Peeter Saul, several students and long-term concertmaster Therese Raide. Filmmakers visit the Saul family in their summer cottage, observe singing lessons in the music conservatory, go to the honouring night for Linda Saul in Raadioteater (radio drama), visit their home farm in Valga county and walk in Haapsalu where Linda and Voldemar Saul recall their youth days.
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Oreli sisse minek

1974 | Documentary | Director: Olav Neuland
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Võru Laste Muusikafilmkool

1972 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Semjon Školnikov