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  • Funeral Diaries
    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.

  • Taagepera
    Taagepera

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm

  • Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship
    Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship

    Original title: Õpetusi kosmoselaeva ehituseks

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema

    A film about a bunch of brainiacs, who, having seen too many sci-fi movies, start building the first Estonian student satellite Estcube to send it to outer space. They are comforted by the fact that in space technology nothing is certain and they are most likely to fail. Nothing to lose!

  • EINASTO 11577
    EINASTO 11577

    Original title: EINASTO 11577

    2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Helle Karis

    The film project "EINASTO 11577" is dedicated to one of the famous "stars" in Estonia, the academician Jaan Einasto.

  • Estonian Ambassador Trivimi Vellisteʹs Speech on 50th Session of the UN General Assembly on April 21, 1995
    Estonian Ambassador Trivimi Vellisteʹs Speech on 50th Session of the UN General Assembly on April 21, 1995

    Title in Estonian: Trivimi Velliste kõne tuumarelvastuse leviku tõkestamise konverentsil ÜROs

    1995 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Estonian Ambassador at the UN Trivimi Velliste holds a speech on the 50th Session at UN General Assembly on April 21st, 1995.

  • Celebration of Estonian 74th Independence Day in Toronto (2)
    Celebration of Estonian 74th Independence Day in Toronto (2)

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva aktus Torontos 1/2

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Ceremony of the 74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in Toronto in 1992.

  • Celebration of the 74th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Toronto
    Celebration of the 74th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Toronto

    Original title: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Festive celebration of the 74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Toronto.

  • Celebration of the 74th Independence Day of Estonia
    Celebration of the 74th Independence Day of Estonia

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos [Iseseisvuspäev]

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Ceremony of the 74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in Toronto in 1992.

  • Mulroney at ESTO
    Mulroney at ESTO

    Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Kanada peaministri Brian Mulroney’ga

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gives an interview at the event dedicated to the disabled in Toronto.

  • Baltic Evening 1/8 - Michael Wilsonʹs speech
    Baltic Evening 1/8 - Michael Wilsonʹs speech

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Festive dinner in Toronto held in honor of the restoration of independence of the Baltic states.

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