summer idyll
The fight against boredom leads a child into the trunk of an undertaker’s car.
Piirissaar is a tiny Estonian island in Lake Peipus, on the very border of Russia. As the waves have washed the island smaller and smaller, the community here has also fused over time, inevitably reaching the brink of extinction. The short documentary was completed as part of Arts of Survival Documentaries programme within the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 project.
Based on the short story "The Vacationers" by Juhan Smuul, the Estonian feature film is a summer comedy full of genuine passion and catching laughter.
It is Peter’s first summer in the countryside!
All is well that ends well.
The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.
A heartfelt comedy directed by Mart Kivastik tells the story about endless solitude that can be soothed only by a close friend.
Tanja lives on Vormsi island for the second winter. Every morning she opens the door of the village shop for the visitors, either for one or one hundred people.
Documentary about the cheerful journey of potters on horse carriages along the Seto region in Estonia to the Hanseatic Days in Tartu, South Estonia.
A short overview about vacation of a middle-class family in a southern state of the USA in 1939, town and nature views, canoe trip along the river and walk.
5th Youth Days of Expatriate Estonians in Australia take place in April 1978. Boat ride for the participants.
Karin Saarsen in the Nõu family's boat on Lake Ekoln on June 8, 1975.
Propagandistic documentary about the preparations for 12th general song celebration in Estonia, about the folk art evening and the choral performance.
President Konstantin Päts and his family in Oru, 1939.
The film full of songs and dances is directed by Theodor Luts, telling the story of the enchantment and pain of young love that takes place in an idyllic Nordic summer. It is the first Estonian-Finnish co-production and the first Estonian sound film.