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One Thousand and One Nights

Original title: 1001 öö muinasjutt ehk Eesti naiste imelised seiklused Egiptuses

2006 | Anthropological, Documentary | Director: Elo Selirand, Anne-Mari Neider

The resorts of Egypt have become as accessible as local Narva-Jõesuu, people go to spend their weekends there. What lies ahead? Pyramids? Yes. Warmth? Yes. Extreme attention to white women, uncovered locks of hair and shoulders? YES! The film crew recruited blonde Eneli to be the bate as well as the main character and flew to an Egyptian resort to take a closer look. What do Egyptian men want, what do white women expect, how does a culture change work with the main means being flirtation and personal relationships? The film does not give answers, but shares a first-hand experience. ...
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Taste of Life

Original title: Elu maitse

2006 | Cartoon, Animation | Director: Ülo Pikkov

The connection between love and food is examined in the film Taste of Life.

The connection between love and food is examined in the film Taste of Life. Like the food chain, the love chain also exists – in order to love someone, that someone must also love. And just like the food chain, the love chain is also circular and ends where it starts. Through black humour, the film attempts to dissect the nature of love and to arrive at an understanding of what life tastes like.
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The Team

Original title: Tiim

2006 | Observation, Documentary | Director: Peep Puks
I Am Just a Woman

Original title: Ma olen ju naine

2005 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Kert Grünberg

Airika is a self-confident young woman who sees her future as a single mom and decides to stay out of long-term relationships with men.

More than half Estonian marriages and partnerships end with separation. Fatherless girls raised by their mothers learn that one cannot count on men - you have to survive on your own. Protagonist Airika comes from the family of single mothers - her great-grandmother, grandmother and mother have been raising their children on their own. Great-grandmother and grandmother were deported to Siberia in 1949 - they had to raise their daughters without men. Airika's mother has divorced twice and raising Airika's 16-year-old sister alone. The documentary observes 25-year-old Airika's daily life and investigates the reasons why the young woman has decided ...
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Esimene eluaasta

1981 | Commissioned, Popular Sciences, Other categories | Director: Reet Kasesalu
Price

Title in Estonian: Hind

1978 | Documentary | Director: Valentin Kuik

Aavo Pikkuus - olympic medalist, world champion, winner of the 30th Peace Tour.

Documentary about bicycling sports and Aavo Pikkuus – an olympic medalist and world champion, winner of the 30th Peace Tour held in Poland in 1977. What is the price to pay in professional sports, ask the filmmakers who observe Aavo Pikkuus during the Peace Tour, at the award ceremony and during the training. Aavo Pikkuus tells the filmmakers what sports have given to him; about the competition stress; his misfortunes and fallings and things he might have missed because of being an athlete. The athlete's colleagues also comment on the subject.
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Brick by brick

Title in Estonian: Kivi kivi peale

1973 | Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre

The activities and achievements of Estonian Collective Farm Construction in rural Estonia.

Farmers who produce in large quantities require contemporary and modern production factilities. This, in turn, means constructing thousands of new buildings in rural areas. Workshops, garages and driers, pigsties and dairy farms are emerging day after day. New residential buildings, shops and canteens are being built. The film tells the story about the everyday tasks and activities of Estonian Collective Farm Construction. Voiceover by screenwriter Rein Karemäe.
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El Dorado

Original title: Eldoraado

1971 | Documentary | Director: Ülo Tambek

Artistic documentary by Ülo Tambek about oil shale mining and the life of miners in Estonia in 1970s.

Every generation and every individual has always had their personal land of promise, El Dorado, land of wishes coming true and of high hopes. When one struggles for survival, the results can sometimes be unpredictable; yet, there are places where people are given everything they have ever dreamed. Even the oil shale mining has seen adventurers, some have left, some have stayed to the end so that the word "miner" has meant everything for them. El Dorado is the land where one ceaselessly fights for their happiness and territory, from generation to generation.
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Perpetuum mobile (Jaan Talts)

1968 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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