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Roosenberg

2017 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ingel Vaikla

Roosenberg is a place, a space, a building, a film. It is the story of an encounter, a story of a space at the beginning of the end.

Roosenberg is a place, a space, a building, a film. Roosenberg is a letter that tells of director's encounter with four elderly nuns in a fascinating monastery in Waasmunster, Belgium, before that building was vacated. For several months, director of the film followed four women who belong to the core community of Marian Sisters of St. Francis in Dom Hans van der Laan’s Monasterium and captured the everyday communal life of the sisters, their religious practice and final departure, in order to tell the story of modernist architecture. But this film is not the glorious celebration of that spiritual modernity. ...
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Frequency

2014 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Liva Vilnite

Every place records the soul of moment and emotion enjoyed there. Laululava is a place that holds a strong, powerful and deeply beautiful tradition of the singing nation. Its walls, ground, every stair step - everything holds its memory. You just have to believe it and help to reveal. You just have to listen…
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Natural Sacred Sites in Estonia

Original title: Looduslikud pühapaigad Eestis

2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

Besides his documentary "Charm of Sacred Groves", director Rein Maran also completed another film where representatives of different fields of life contemplate on the sacred sites in Estonian nature.

There are more than 800 known grove sites in Estonia - the places that are holy in nature; more than one thousand holy trees, sacrificial stones, healing springs and other natural cult objects. How has the heritage been passing along throughout the centuries? How much do people know about these places and what is their attitude towards them? What do these places mean to contemporary people? Various researchers and scientists discuss on these themes in the documentary.
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The Burden of a Fire

Original title: Tulekahju paine

2013 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik
Censorship Leftovers

Original title: Nagu kärbeste sumin

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

His nickname is Chimney. He is a chimneysweeper indeed and exceptional one, but also a trained paratrooper and most lately known in Tallinn as a busker at the famous Valli's Bar. During the days of Estonian fight for freedom in 1989 Chimney became an undercover leader of locally famous Night Song Festivals. His camouflage has been so intense that even history books of today can't see Chimney's leading role in the fight for free Estonia. Now it is the time to reveal the truth and rewrite Estonian history once again. Come and meet Chimney - the hidden real hero of ...
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Oleg

2010 | Feature film, Short | Director: Jaan Toomik

Short film directed by Jaan Toomik about anxiety and the feeling of guilt that leads back to a suicide committed in the Soviet army 25 years ago.

Soldier discharged from the Soviet army returns home. Twenty five years later, a middle-aged man goes to visit his former fellow soldier Oleg's grave. He embarks on his ritual trip to a distant village cemetery in order to get rid of the anxiety and pressure due to a tragic event that had happened in the army. 25 years ago, Oleg committed suicide in the army. Back then, the man could not prevent it and during the years the feeling of guilt has only grown.
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Alchemist of Coal - A Film around Jaan Kross

Original title: Söerikastaja

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm
Pharaoh´s Children

Original title: Vaarao lapsed

1991 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Sulev Keedus
The Sounds of Kaleva

Original title: Kaleva hääled

1986 | Documentary | Director: Lennart Meri

Three-act documentary essay directed by Lennart Meri about memory and the historical cultural connections between the Finno-Ugric peoples.

The documentary is divided into three parts: the first part has been dedicated to ancient bearers of memory such as Karelian rock paintings, poetry of Kalevala, the Khanti bear funeral ceremony. Taking a tour in the past has been interwoven with mythical ancient history, yet drawing parallels with today's society. In the second part Lennart Meri tells about Finnish folklore collector Elias Lönnrot's trip to Estonia and his meetings with Estonian intellectuals in 1844. Interest towards Estonian language and friendship with Faehlmann hints at mutual influence in their work while compiling "Kalevala" and "Kalevipoeg". In the third part, the filmmakers ...
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Mr. Vene's World

Original title: Härra Vene maailm

1981 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mark Soosaar

A humorous portrait of Mister Vene whose fantasies traverse daily life. This documentary flirts with fiction in an original way.

Filmmaker Mark Soosaar talks to a remarkable gentleman Leonhard Vene (1920-1994), self-educated antiquity collector thirsty for knowledge. For his whole life Leonhard has lived in Meossaare manor where he has all his life collected and restored antiquity and searched for the right place for valuable items. Beautiful old pieces of furniture fills the hall of the manor - the old man himself puts up with puritan conditions and lives in a small kitchen. He is always smiling and looks like he comes from the previous century. Leonhard Vene learns French and criticizes Einstein's theory of relativity. The old man lives ...
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