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2020
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Documentary, Portrait
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Lilija Vjugina
Documentary feature about one of the most influential Estonian surrealists, Ülo Sooster.
After seven years in a Soviet labor camp in Karaganda, the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster (1924‒1970) didn’t return to his homeland but settled in Moscow and became the most influential trend-setter for a whole generation of Soviet non-conformist artists.
In 1962 he exhibited his work Eye in the Egg at the anniversary art exhibition "30 Years of the Moscow Artists' Union" at Moscow Manege that later was a turning point in the acceptance of modern art. It resulted in Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s angry rant against "filth, decadence and sexual deviations" who threatened to send the artists to Siberia. Sooster replied with bitter humor ...
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2015
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Documentary
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Marianna Kaat
UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances.
PÕRANDA ALL / UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances. Story focuses on an important aspect of Estonia's underground freedom fight – the sharing and distribution of information. Everyone had their own motivation for joining underground movement but all of them sacrificed themselves for freedom. And did freedom claim them as one of their own?
The film is based on the well known political process in 1975 held in Estonia, and ...
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2023
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Documentary
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Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz
This film is an exploration of the challenges that Sabina and Jaco, a
pluricultural couple, encounter in their search for happiness. It is a story
of a faithful belief in love when bringing a baby into the world.
The film follows Estonian Jaco and Columbian Sabina as they prepare for the birth of their baby and adjust to their new life as parents. They met in the summer of 2020 and have not been apart ever since. In little over a year, they moved in together, visited Colombia, got pregnant and became parents. Sabina works in a tech start-up and wants to keep doing experimental film and photography. Jaco works as a grave digger and wants to study landscaping. Their biggest dream is to live in a small cottage in the countryside, growing their garden and be close ...
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1974
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Documentary, Portrait
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Reet Kasesalu
Debora Vaarandi, a beloved writer of Estonian SSR, and her poetry.
Filmmakers observe poetess Debora Vaarandi (1916–2007) in Pirita beach, on Toomemägi hill and in a cafe in Tartu, having a conversation with writers, behind her writing desk, knitting, talking to fishermen and visiting her birthplace in Saaremaa island. Voiceover by actress Kersti Kreismann who reads Vaarandi's poetry. Among other people seen in the film there are Aira Kaal, Ingrid Rüütel, Ralf Parve, Paul Kuusberg, Jaan Eilart, Vive Tolli, Lembit Remmelgas and Endel Nirk.
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2020
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Documentary
The little girl reads a book to the dog.
The little girl reads a book to the dog.
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1973
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Documentary
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Virve Aruoja
Documentary about Kirov collective fishery, one of the most leading collective farms in Estonia in 1970s, and the welfare of the local people.
The documentary belongs to the series "Ten minutes around the Soviet Union" and gives an overview of the laborious workers in Kirov collective fishery of Estonian SSR in order to increase the local standard of living. The film studies the role of social consumer funds in satisfying people's personal needs. 4260 members of the collective farm receive free services for 60 roubles per year. It is emphasized that the benefits and the costs of the collective farm as well as the increase in people's standard of living has been achieved thanks to the excellent organization of collective action. Despite the ...
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2015
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Documentary, Portrait
| Director:
Maria Avdjuško
One of the most extraordinary personas in Estonian cultural history is undoubtedly the writer, director, publicist, lecturer and a public figure Mati Unt.
One of the most extraordinary personas in Estonian cultural history is undoubtedly the writer, director, publicist, lecturer and a public figure Mati Unt.
The Documentary Unt’s Hour takes us back to the bright generation of the ‘60s with their innovative and creative ideas in the literary world and the theatre. The film depicts Mati Unt as a charismatic persona, a phenomenal thinker and an anarchist who used cinematic tools to reinvent old forms. The film includes never before seen footage of Mati during his creative process and among his friends. The story centers on different groups of friends that formed ...
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1981
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Documentary, Problem oriented
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Peeter Tooming
Documentary by Peeter Tooming about animal love of a urban resident and keeping animals in urban conditions.
Animals belong to an urban environment and they will always be here since people need a piece of living nature close to them. House plants are not enough - one needs a living creature. What are the places for getting them? The easiest way would go to a pet shop and purchase a suitable animal; unfortunately there are no cats nor dogs so one has still go to some gardener's market and buy illegally a puppy or a kitten from a random seller. What will become of these animals after purchase? How do pets live next to people?
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2020
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Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary
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Vahur Laiapea
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1987
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Documentary
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Semjon Školnikov
Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov about the life and vanishing population of Piirissaare island.
The documentary tells the story of Piirissaare island and its residents though Georgi Pankruhhin's point of view - he is a local medical assistant and a resident of Piirissaare who has lived there for about fifty years. Georgi thinks back to the times when there were ten times more residents, more children and even a school for them in Piirissaare. Currently, in the year of 1987, there are only elderly women and men living there who are still successfully growing onions.
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2014
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Documentary, Portrait
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Vallo Kepp
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1968
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Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned
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Vitali Gorbunov
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