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Where Culture Lives

Original title (in Estonian): "Kultuur elab siin"

2014 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Rihards Bereza

This is an advertisement for the Estonian National Library, including various shorts of the unique interior as well as a saxophonist, violin player, skateboarder and a modern dancer.

This video is a call to action advertisement for the Estonian national library. It is an abstract, stylized piece that works as an overall image clip as well. Abstract, mysterious imagery of the building combined with individual artists, all coming together in the national library, "where culture lives".
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Air Castle

Original title in Estonian: Õhuloss

2013 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Marleen Roosna
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The House That Reflects History

Original title in Estonian: Maja, mis peegeldab ajalugu

2013 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Doris Tääker

Late at night, The Janitor suddenly discovers she is not alone in the building. A strange creature is following her, only allowing it to be seen as a reflection. After investigating, The Janitor discovers her own reflection - showing herself centuries ago. She must now choose, which time she really wants to exist in. The building has become a portal, where the space is constant but the time is relative.
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The Third

Original title in Estonian: Kolmas

2013 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Maria Reinup
Zone

Original title in Estonian: Tsoon

2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Andrew Bond
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Construction Artist Toomas Rein

Original title: Ehituskunstnik Toomas Rein

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

Documentary by Peeter Brambat about architect Toomas Rein.

Documentary introduces Toomas Rein, a unique and creatively uncompromising construction artist. For several decades, Rein has been one of the most influential persons in Estonian architecture, one of the top architects. Among his life's work (including about 120 buildings and projects), the objects that Toomas Rein designed when working under EKE Projekt in 1967-1986 emerge the most - it was the era when innovative heads of collective farms commissioned modern office buildings from architects. Toomas Rein has been an active architect also at the beginning of 21st century. Documentary follows the construction of a grand project in Laulasmaa - the ...
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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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Kalamaja-Possibility of a Wooden Town

Original title: Kalamaja-puitlinna võimalus

2001 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Rasmus Bullerby

Documentary by Marko Raat about the wooden architecture of a city and about the possibility of preservation of such heritage in contemporary living environment.

Documentary about the possibilities to preserve the wooden architecture of a city in contemporary urban environment with the examples from Baltic states and Scandinavia. Filmmakers follow the renovation works of an old wooden house in Väike-Patarei Street, Kalamaja district in Tallinn. During one year, the house will be restored into the condition of a contemporary residential house. Both experts and city residents from Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia etc. share their opionions about the future and sustainability of the subject of restoring wooden architecture. For decades, renovating wooden architecture was considered something unimportant.
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Chief Architects

Original title: Peaarhitektid

1999 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary by Andres Sööt about Soviet architecture and buildings in Tallinn, equipped with the commentaries by former top architects.

The era under discussion tends to be forgotten. We are witnessing how Tallinn is losing its appearance of Soviet era. We can be grateful to the fact that the worst architectural projects were never completed. Three former decision makers in architecture - Mart Port, Dmitri Bruns and Voldemar Herkel - discuss the construction in Tallinn according to their personal experience of that time. The talk is led by architect Ike Volkov. The gaze of director Andres Sööt focuses on the aesthetics of Soviet ugliness, concrete grey new apartment building blocks, deserted constructional gaps in urban environment and on the capacity ...
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Sagadi

1991 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden
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