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2004
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Documentary
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Arvo Iho
Estonian Television Childrens' Choir grows up together with the Republic of Estonia.
Filmmakers are searching for the similarties between the young people and a young state, they both grow up. The film tells about the members of the girls's choir of Estonian Television who started to sing together at a very young age in a state that was regaining its independence also with the support of singing at that time. The film documents the period of 1990-2004, starting from the time of the so-called Singing Revolution and Estonia regaining its independence until the joining the European Union. Filmmakers follow the process of growing up of the girls during an era full of ...
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1970
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Documentary
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Terje Põder
Conductor Heino Kaljuste's children's choir "Ellerhein" at concert tour in Bulgaria.
Moments of the summer tour of children's choir "Ellerhein" in Bulgaria: concerts, meetings with the children's music collectives and sightseeing in Bulgaria. Songs performed by "Ellerhein".
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1983
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Documentary
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Valeria Anderson
Documentary by Valeria Anderson about one day in a workers' canteen.
Portrait documentary about the everyday life of the workers of a workers' canteen, about their worries and joys. These are people responsible for what they do and who find satisfaction in their work in the Klementi sewing enterprise.
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1989
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Documentary, Problem oriented
| Director:
Heini Drui
Documentary about the problematic issues of the Soviet woman and her situation in the present day as well as the hopes for the better future.
Documentary directed by male cinematographers Heini Drui and Edvard Oja about the Soviet woman who might not gain her so-called bonus points in sexual life while being working and diligent.
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1972
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Documentary
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Arnold Altmäe
Contemplation on how the new generation of farmers relate to work and home in the countryside.
People living in rural areas and the changes in today's life in the countryside. Ott Kooli, journalist and the director of the film, contemplates on rural life, both of its past and its present. Various agricultural work has been filmed in Haljala collective farm, the film also depicts men fixing machines in a shop and talking about work. The closer look is taken at the Kesküla family who besides the work at the collective farm continues also preserving the traditions of Estonian farm life. Moments from the state plowing competitions.
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1964
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Documentary, Observation
| Director:
Eugen Rozental
Documentary about the industries and the production in Estonian SSR.
The optimistic documentary introduces Estonian industry and its production, commissioned by the committee for co-ordinating scientific research of the Council of Ministers of Estonian SSR. The materials from the newsreel "Soviet Estonia" have been used in the documentary with Russian voiceover.
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1965
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Documentary
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Igor Jeltsov
Documentary about the industries and the industrial products of the Estonian SSR.
Documentary with an optimistic undertone about the industries and the products in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Estonia that has been commissioned by the coordination committee of the scientic researches of the Council of Ministers of Estonian SSR. The material from the newsreels of "Soviet Estonia" has been used in the documentary. Voiceover in Russian.
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1978
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Documentary
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Hans Roosipuu
Twin sisters Kaire and Kaja Indrikson at the swimming competition and training in the pool and in the gym.
Ulvi Indrikson trains her daughters Kaire and Kaja Indrikson and supports them at the competitions. Training in the gym, swimming competition. Support by the audience, the participants' intense fight for the first place.
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1987
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Documentary
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Jaan Pihlak
The atmosphere in Theatre Vanemuine during the season of 1986/1987.
An emotional journey in space and time during the theatre season of 1986/1987 in Theatre Vanemuine. The 117th season began as usual with the conference of theatregoers where Kaarel Ird, the artistic director of the theatre who is about to retire, talks to the audience. A few months later there will be already his funeral ceremony at the theatre. Ago-Endrik Kerge, the leading director of the theatre, talks about the new situation for himself and for the theatre. Excerpts from various rehearsals and play "Time to arrive, time to leave" with Jaan Tooming and Helje Soosalu.
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2017
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Documentary
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Marianna Kaat
Film follows different age present-day Estonian Russians who are facing difficulties with their identities.
The film is based on several parallel personal stories of Russian families.
During almost four years, the filmmakers observed Ksenija and Emilia who went to an Estonian kindergarten at the age of 5; 7th-grade pupil Mark who preferred Estonian school; and high-school student Vitali who went to study to St. Petersburg from Estonia. The film attempts to understand the problems that the children and their parents whose native language is Russian are dealing with - fears and hesitations, hopes and frustation, successes and failures, integration and isolation, language and identity. Regardless of being afraid of losing their identity, the protagonists ...
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2022
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Documentary, Problem oriented
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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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2007
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Documentary, Portrait
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Kerttu Soans
Year by year, Santa Clause's working day has resembled a fairy tale where both children and adults participate with excitement and joy.
It is December, the time when it is impossible to reach an agreement because time moves at a different pace. However, there is somebody to whom one can call in order to fix a date and be sure that he will be there. This person is Saunta Claus. More than twenty families have been marked in his calendar for appointments.
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1984
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Documentary, Portrait
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Arvo Iho
Portrait documentary about sculptor Ülo Õun.
Portrait documentary about the life and work of creator Ülo Õun. The 45-year-old artist is interviewd by Jaak Olep and Arvo Iho. The film is made three years before the death of the artist who was extremely productive. Õun talks about the early years of his artist career, the journey of development and his views on art. Filmmakers have recorded the artist in his studio while working and at his home among his family. An excellent and well-planned selection of Õun's work has been presented in the documentary.
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2010
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Documentary, Portrait
| Director:
Mihkel Soe
Toomas Talts, an experienced skydiver, practises extreme sports where one risks his life while jumping down from high-rise objects; however, this act is also accompanied by a momentary feeling of experiencing total freedom.
Toomas Talts spends most of his free time in the air. He is basically the only one in Estonia who practises BASE-jumping. Practitioners of this field of sports are considered to be crazy as they jump from bridges, high-rise buildings, TV towers or cliff edges that are high enough. The jumpers have no reserve parachutes. Thus, the BASE-jumpers from different countries form a specific community where everyone takes care of each other and where group jumps are performed. Why do people risk their lives? To whom and what do they have to prove? Is it necessary after all?
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2012
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Documentary, Observation
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Margit Lillak
When people make plans, the gods laugh (juhtlause)
How to give birth? Under water or on the dry land? In the hospital or at home? Standing up or lying down? Will routine or free will ultimately come out on top?
A humorous documentary examines how contemporary women relate to childbirth and what options they have to choose between in making their decisions. The author, a main character of the film becomes pregnant for the first time. In parallel with her somewhat Borat-like adventures in the diverse world of services, packages and birth methods, the story of two very different women unfolds.
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1968
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Documentary, Observation
| Director:
Andres Sööt
Andres Sööt, a legendary documentary filmmaker in Estonia, records the environments and people in Tallinn cafes with his candid camera in late 1960s.
The film introduces a selection of various guest types in cafes and night clubs in late 1960s when old ladies still had some bourgeois manners from the first republic of Estonia and the youngsters of the Soviet regime were not served in a restaurant if they had no proper clothing. The guests of Tallinn's legendary cafes "Pearl" and "Moscow" were filmed in their own time. The uniqueness of the film is expressed through a strangely independent soundtrack that observes everyday bustle from the heights of melancholy poetry and remote uranography. Artur Alliksaar's poetry is read by Aarne Üksküla.
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2005
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Documentary, Overviews
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Rein Kotov
During six hours thousands of tourists from the American cruise ship are being introduced to the city of Tallinn - they are provided with a short city tour enriched by subjective commentaries of local guides and some souvenirs.
Huge cruise ships come to Tallinn in summer, each one carrying thousands of tourists, mostly from the United States. They stay in Tallinn just for 6 hours. Endless lines of bus-drivers, tour-guides and tour-managers await them in the harbour. The cruisers rush through the main sightseeing locations, eat out in town and board on the ship again. Tallinn was just another pit-stop on their long route. The pier is filled with waving customer servants exhausted from the day’s tense work. “6 Hours” tells a humorous story about one summer day in one of the Eastern European town called Tallinn.
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1982
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Documentary
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Arne Mikk
Documentary directed by Arne Mikk about the 75-year-old Estonian National Opera Theatre.
Estonian National Opera Theatre celebrated its 75th anniversary in autumn 1981 and the filmmakers take the viewers back to the past events. Olga Mikk-Krull, Marta Rungi and Endel Pärn recall their memories of legendary people in the theatre. Archival materials from older and newer times, in addition to numerous photographic materials. Excerpts of music from operas, operettas and ballets, from the both present and past repertoire of the theatre are performed by Margarita Voites, Voldemar Kuslap, Georg Ots, Helgi Sallo, Endel Pärn, Leili Tammel, Elita Erkina, Tiit Härm and many others. Voiceover by Gunnar Kilgas.
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