1970s
Carmen-Louise Suuroja's second short film takes us to Tartu in the 1970s, where spring is in full bloom and physicists who are about to graduate from university are faced with the challenge of entering life.
After kidnapping her groom in a fit of rage, a just-married bride must learn to let go of her anger during a fever-dream of a night with her future self.
A kung fu comedy set in an Orthodox monastery in 1970’s Soviet Union.
Several Estonians rally crews raced in the USSR team in the 80s. Every driver's dream was to make it to the team because it was the door behind the Iron Curtain. The rally legends have many untold stories about life as top rally drivers in the absurd Soviet system and on the world's rally stages.
Fresh off prison, a former cult member wants to cut his ties with the cult and move on with his life but finds out he can’t do that, as that decision would end up costing the life of the person he loves most.
The Bitch is a tragicomic story of a lost girl, three rural brothers and their dog.
This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.
"Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.
A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.
Interview with Jaak Elling.
Thrilled by rock music, inspired by the cult of peace and love, the young long-haired drop-outs craved for freedom and created their own System in the Soviet Union despite the strict regime of the 1970s.
Debut film of director Veiko Õunpuu, based on the short story of the same title by Mati Unt.
Short film directed by Andres Maimik about a man and a women trying to save their collapsing relationship in the primeval atmosphere of a smoke sauna.
Ida, Natasha, Larissa and Fyodor Vassilyevich are family members who have a tight relationship that is precious and sacred to them but also limiting, challenging and obstructing. Meeting Ida and her family over the span of three years, the director achieved an amazing intimacy.
Both reality and fiction of Dovlatov's - a famous Russian writer - world opens up In conversations held with the prototypes of Dovlatov's book describing the period of his life in Tallinn in 1970s.
This is a film about the last red vicegerent of Estonia - the secretary of the Estonian Communist Party Central Comittee.
The psychological drama directed by Leida Laius keeps expanding upon a woman's destiny.
Three-act documentary essay directed by Lennart Meri about memory and the historical cultural connections between the Finno-Ugric peoples.
Documentary about dr Seppo, his treatment techniques and methods.
The political detective film directed by Peeter Urbla is based on the sci-fi novel "Murder on the 31st Floor" by Swedish writer Per Wahlöö, warning against the social effects of media corruption.
Enn Nõu's trip to London in July 1974, Estonian Embassy in London. Acquaintances of the Nõu family.
Relatives and acquaintances of the married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu in Sweden in 1978-1980.
Enn and Helga Nõu's meetings with expatriate Estonian writers and cultural activists in 1972-1980.
Family chronicle of the married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu in 1979.
The family chronicle of the activities of the married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu in 1977-1979. 20th wedding anniversary. Enn Nõu defends his Doctoral thesis. In Stockholm skerries. Winter with lots of snow. The speedboat is let into water.
Writers Ellen Niit and Jaan Kross leave Uppsala after having visited the Nõu family. They are saying their goodbyes on the platform of Märsta train station on September 21st, 1979.