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Life in an Old Town

Original title: Elu vanas linnas

1985 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary about the Old Town of Tallinn - a valuable and original living environment.

The documentary focuses on the initiative to value the environment of the Old Town of Tallinn while critisizing the Soviet policies of urban planning and architecture. The film introduces the unique homes that the Old Town residents have created out of the boredom of the similar-looking standard apartments. Juhan Sõmera, Andres Ottenson, Endel Puusaag and Taivo Niitvägi tell about their Old Town homes.
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Jaan Oad

1982 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

The life and work of naivist artist Jaan Oad who was born in Kihnu island and now lives in Canada.

In 1981 Mark Soosaar went to Toronto in order to document sailor and amateur painter Jaan Oad (1899-1984) who was born in Kihnu island, Estonia. Oad started painting only after having fled from Estonia. He paints memories about Kihnu island. Oad says that the history of Kihnu has to be documented. Daily life of Kihnu island becomes alive in his paintings: including fishing and sealery, shipbuilding and carrying stones, blacksmithing and smuggling spirit. Filmmakers talk to Oad in his home in Canada whereas the winter scenes of Kihnu island Jutuajamine Oadi Kanada kodus vaheldub kaadritega talvisest Kihnust, kus Oadi ...
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Tallinna Niguliste kiriku ja sellesse paigutatava ekspositsiooni restaureerimisest

1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt
Big Tyll

Original title: Suur Tõll

1980 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Rein Raamat
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The Field

Original title: Põld

1978 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Rein Raamat
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K.Põldmaa 80 aastane

1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek
Savitüki lugu

1977 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars
Tiina

1976 | Amateur films, Movie | Director: Edmund Martin

Feature film by Eduard J. Martin follows romantic nationalism and is based on drama "The Werewolf" by August Kitzberg.

The tragedy written by August Kitzberg is set at the beginning of 19th century, during the era of slavery, according to the author. One late winter night, the Tammaru family is waiting their father to come back home. He has left to witness the execution of a witch. He arrives home, wolves howling in the forest, and tells the family how the witch's little daughter Tiina has run away to the forest during the execution. There is a knock on the door and when they open it there is the lost girl. The Tammaru family adopts her. Tiina wins the ...
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During the Ebb

Original title: Mõõna aegu

1974 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Arnold Altmäe

Poetical documentary by Arnold Altmäe about the idle winter period in fishermen's lives and the human yearning for a real profession.

The documentary was completed as a graduation work at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. It tells about the fishermen in a collective farm in Nasva, Saaremaa island. We can see the fishermen preparing for winter as they take their boats out of water. They have nothing much to do except ice fishing. When spring arrives, the long-awaited trawl ship returns from ocean fishing and finally a motorboat together with nets and fishermen goes off to sea again.
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Family 37

Title in Estonian: Perekond 37

1974 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu spend time with their children in picturesque places in Sweden in summer 1974. Speedboat ride to Lake Hjälmaren and back.

The Nõu family takes a speedboat ride to Lake Hjälmaren in June 1974. On Lake Ekoln the family passes Skokloster Castle. They pass several bridges on their way and fill up at the boat gas station. Water is too cold for swimming at the first stop. Heino is rowing with the inflatable boat. They visit the town of Strängnäs located in Lake Mälaren. Strängnäs dome church and street views. Camping overnight on a rocky coast, sunset into the sea. Children reading books during the boat ride. The speedboat is passing underneath of a big cable railway. The boat in the ...
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