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The singing nation

Original title: Laulurahvas

2004 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Andri Luup

The singing celebration of Estonian nation and two different points of view to the big event.

Representatives of two opposite sides meet - Heinrich who is a fan of choral singing and who aims at preserving traditions; and a group of friends called "United People". Traditional patriotic choral music is opposed by sociocritical rap music. Heinrich believes that choral singing is the mother of Estonian nation. For "United People", the most important thing is individual musical expression. What comes from the heart of an individual will reach to the heart of another individual. Both representatives have dedicated themselves to music. In their own way, both are right.
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From eternity's point of view

Original title: Igaviku seisukohalt

2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Igor Ruus, Heli Speek

Portrait documentary about cameraman Semyon Shkolnikov and the Soviet era that he filmed.

Semyon Shkolnikov (b. 1918), cameraman of film chronicles and documentaries, started his career in the field of filmmaking as a war front cameraman. In 1948 he started to work for Tallinn Kinostuudio (later known as Tallinnfilm), Estonia. He was a member of crew working with 377 cinema newsreels "Soviet Estonia"; as a director he has completed 60 documentaries. Semjon Školnikovi meenutuste vahele on pikitud rohkelt arhiivikaadreid, mis annavad pildi operaatorist endast kui ka nõukogude ajastust, mida ta filmis.
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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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Lemming Nagel

2001 | Documentary | Director: Rein Raamat

Artist Lemming Nagel uses the means of painting in order to create an original, colourful world full of fantasy out of seemingly useless objects.

Artist Lemming Nagel (b. 1948) has been always been a notorious artist in a positive sense - since the mid-1990s, he has integrated mixed media in his work and created collage and assamblage art and started physical analysis of the art of painting. Nagel has presented fragments based on various different types of logic on canvas - he has made holes in canvas, referred to the symbiosis of several (fictional) worlds, moved to the world of absurd. Lemming Nagel is less social than before, yet his art has become socially more sensitive.
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Lost Twin

Original title of the film: "Valga-Tallinn-Valga"

2001 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andres Arro, Aivo Spitsonok
Meie

2000 | Documentary | Director: Renita Lintrop, Hannes Lintrop
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Work

2000 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Rainer Sarnet
Estonian Defence

Original title: Eesti kaitse

1993 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary by Andres Sööt about the history of national defence in pre-war Estonia and the management of national defence after Estonia regained independence.

In 1993, Estonian National Defence celebrates its 75th birthday. Soviet military forces have not left yet when the restoration of national defence has been founded. Various state and voluntary structures are looking for the right anwers in forming defence policy. The director is intrigued by the national level of protection and the politicians' rights to decide for or instead of the nation how to protect the state (and nation). These problems have always been vital for Estonia. The prequel of the documentary introduces a long excursion to history - from the War of Independence to the year of 1940, while ...
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Come To Work As Sexton For Me

Original title: Tule mulle kellameheks

1992 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Tooming
Master and Slave

Original title: Isand ja ori

1992 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Enn Säde

Documentary dedicated to the memory of Jüri Müür. The film about how the master of land - the farmer – becomes the slave of land.

The documentary has documented rural life in Estonia in 1991 "from the idyllic to the idiotic" when there was no Land Reform Act. Restoring farms have started on the level of instincts, with unpolished legislation and without the new land readjustment. Perhaps just based on the farmer's sense of mission ... The filmmakers introduce three new farmers who try to build their homes without much thinking of their health.
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