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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Taagepera

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm
Paradise Behind the Fence

Original title: Lumi punasel lagedal

2017 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova, Julia Iskhakova

The preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, include big changes to the area. Do the small villages in the neighbourhood manage to stay alive and retain their everyday routine?

One of the biggest resorts with subtropical climate in Russia is Sochi. In 2014 there will be Winter Olympics. The president Putin has promised lots of snow for the games, no traffic jams and big investments. Austrian specialists already started planning big changes to the area. Do the small villages in the neighbourhood manage to stay alive and retain their everyday routine?
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Land of Soul

Original title: Hingemaa

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne, Erik Norkroos

The oldest, almost century-old Estonian church in America is about to fall apart.

In a remote countryside, six hours drive from Chicago, near Gleason village there is an alley called Estonian Church Road. At the end of this alley there stands a little wooden church and an abandoned graveyard that has probably a dozen graves next to it. This building with a broken roof and a leaning tower is the first church in America built by Estonians. It was built a hundred years ago and is desperately in need of repair. In Peedu, Tartumaa County, Tõnis Mägi receives an unexpected phone call. Jaan Karukäpp is calling from Chicago. He with other local Estonians is ...
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Breed Scientist

Original title in Estonian: Tõuteadur

2009 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kaidi Kaasik

“The Breed Scientist“ is a documentary about old bachelor who has dedicated his life to preserving the purity of estonians breed. He has developed a science of breed, for defining the right human types and companions and It all should be guided by a national Contact Board. Lonely Ilmar steps into fight and visits tenaciously different ministries and introduces his idea to many important civil servants.
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Ilo From Paris

Original title: Ilo Pariisist

2002 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Peep Puks

Ilo Jaik-Riedberg, daughter of writer Juhan Jaik, is the guide to take the viewers around Paris.

Documentary by Peep Puks combines two stories: the destinies of a city and of a woman, the stories of Ilo Jaik-Riedberg and the city of Paris. Culture is the common language of Europe. While navigating in French cultural space we perceive its uniting power both for Estonians. Ilo Jaik-Riedberg, daughter of writer Juhan Jaik, works a tourist guide in Paris and introduces the city in various languages. She first went to Paris as a war refugee in 1945. The Jaik family settled in Sweden, yet in 1971 Ilo moved to Paris and stayed there. Ilo brings Estonian tourists to the ...
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Siberi õpetaja

2001 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Heini Drui
Vaba mees Priit Vesilind

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks
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16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 1

Title in Estonian: XVI Eesti Päevad Austraalias Melbourne 95, I jagu

1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

Opening of 16h Estonian Days in Melbourne. Performance by the theatre group of Estonian House, cabaret performance and acts by folk dance group.

Ocean shore in Melbourne. Church service at the opening of 16th Estonian Days at St. John's Church, Melbourne. Church minister Hans Henning Lüdig holds a very patriotic sermon. Joint male choir performs, conducted by Kalev Mitt. While exiting the church one by one, people shake hands with the church minister and express gratitude. After the long greeting, people go to the Estonian house where the opening of 16th Estonian Days is held. Societies' flags are carried in with the march music, general manager of Estonian Days Bruno Metsar holds the welcoming speech. Ilmar Mägraken, chairman of the Estonian Societies' Association ...
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16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 2

Title in Estonian: XVI Eesti Päevad Austraalias Melbourne 95, II jagu

1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

16th Estonian Days in Australia. Folk dance evening and choir performance at the Estonian House, Melbourne.

16th Estonian Days in Australia continue on December 29 with a folk dance celebration in the Estonian House, Melbourne. The folk dance group "Virmalised" of the expatriate Estonians in Sydney and the group "Vikerkaar" from Adelaide give their performances. After the programme, Bruno Metsar gives flower bouquets to the dance leaders Aaron Tamme, Madis Alvre, organizer Lembit Willems. Vilma Kiviväli expresses her gratitude to the participants. Choir concert takes place at the Estonian House on December 30. Women's choirs open the concert. Women's choir "Kodu" from Melbourne and the female singers of the mixed choir "Vanemuise" from Sydney perform the ...
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