1970
Eyes of the Past seeks to explore what it means to be free – not only from physical barriers or societal expectations, but also from past burdens and inner demons.
The focus of the short film is on people struggling with their darker side, hiding their lies from others and themselves.
The sequel to „The Waterfowl People“. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970.
Acquaintances of married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu in Sweden in 1970-1973.
Relatives and acquaintances of the married writers' couple Helga and Enn Nõu in Sweden in 1968-1971.
Helga and Enn Nõu's connections to the expatriate Estonian writers and professionals in the field of culture in 1966-1971.
The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu with their children in their hometown Uppsala and in other beautiful places in Sweden in December 1970 and in spring of 1971. Christmas time, spring in the Fiby primeval forest reserve. The family's new motorboat.
Trips of the Estonian National Male Choir, founded in Stockholm in 1944, both in homeland and abroad in 1967-1970.
Performances by the youth group "Vikerlased" in Montreal. Scout camps in Lättemäe and Kotkajärve.
The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu with their children in their hometown Uppsala and in other beautiful places in Sweden in 1970. Near the Lake Ekoln, Midsummer Day in Gamla-Uppsala, in the Linné Hammarby botanical gardens belonging to the University of Uppsala, in Furuvik recreation park.
The married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu with their children in their hometown Uppsala and in other beautiful places in Sweden in 1970. Enn and Helga are visiting former homes in Adelsö and Fagerrudd where they first went to live with their parents after emigrating from Estonia in 1944.
Aarand Roos and Reet Hendrikson are talking near the house of the Nõu family in Askvägen on September 19, 1970.
Literary people Aarand Roos, Elmar Pettai and Paul Laan in the garden of Askvägen on May 18, 1970.
The Nõu family visiting Arvo Mägi in his home on August 4, 1970.
Imre and Ilo-Mai Lipping together with the Nõu family in Uppsala and waiting for the train at the station on July 19, 1970.
Journalist Karin Saarsen in Uppsala and Askvägen on January 17, 1970.
Musician and poetess Reet Hendrikson in Askvägen on January 11, 1970.
Farmers' demonstration. An excerpt from the TV programme and an interview.
The destination countries of the round-the-world trip in 1970 are Thailand, Japan, Hawaiian islands and the west coast of USA.
