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2 Hours to Happiness

Original title: 2 tundi õnneni

2022 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Moonika Siimets

Poetical documentary film of the longing for and the search of happiness between Estonia and Finland.

More than 70,000 Estonians live and work in Finland, at the same time as their families, parents, children and homes are in Estonia. The documentary film speaks about adjusting to new conditions, sticking to and loosing one’s roots, the yearning for and the search for happiness. The film is a humorously wistful documentation of families living in the snowy fields of Lapland, apartments in Vantaa, on the staircases of shopping malls, at construction sites, hotel lobbies, and of grandchildren in the living rooms of Estonian grandmothers who are waiting for their children to come home.
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Rauaniit

2020 | Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy.

To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy. An observational documentary by Maria Aua is about the reconstruction of the former textile factory into the Academy of Arts. The process of transformation is the result of the selfless and hard physical work of the builders. A glamorous opening party takes place in the newly completed modern house, the rooms are filled with new kind of people, there are no builders ...
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Mereväravad!

1986 | Documentary | Director: Raivo Pikner
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Tallinna Uussadama ehitamise eesrindlikud kogemused

1986 | Documentary, Commissioned, Other categories | Director: Toivo Kuzmin
Üks aasta kolmesaja viiekümnest

1982 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves
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314 meetrit televisiooni

1980 | Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre, Kristjan Svirgsden
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Saue Köögiviljakasvatuse Näidissovhoosis

1980 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Maak
From Paljassaare to Pirita

Title in Estonian: Paljassaarelt Piritale

1978 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Harri Martinson

Documentary about the process of preparing for the olympic regatta held in Tallinn.

Documentary gives an overview about the construction of the premises for olympic games, yachting regatta in Tallinn. For the sailing regatta of Moscow Summer Olympic Games in 1980, numerous buildings were constructed in Tallinn: Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Linnahall, Hotel "Olümpia", Tallinn Airport, TV Tower, restaurant "Pirita" among others. Also, the old town of Tallinn was renovated and the streets were reconstructed. People worked on various objects more than 1,2 million working hours without pay. The documentary follows the construction of olympic buildings.
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Regatilinn 1978

1978 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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Eesti Soojuselektrijaam

1976 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson, Jüri Müür

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