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  • I have also talent for thunder
    I have also talent for thunder

    Original title: Mul annet on ka äikeseks

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Documentary by Vahur Laiapea about Elmo Nüganen, talented actor and stage director, and the head stage manager of Tallinn City Theatre.

  • The Mystery of the Kaleva
    The Mystery of the Kaleva

    Original title: Kaleva müsteerium

    2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sigrid Reede

    Documentary about the Finnish passenger aircraft OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down by two Soviet bombers above the Baltic Sea in 1940.

  • Sisters across the Gulf of Finland
    Sisters across the Gulf of Finland

    Original title: Soome lahe õed

    2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Imbi Paju

  • Balance between Man and Nature
    Balance between Man and Nature

    Original title: Inimese ja looduse tasakaal

    2006 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Ago Ruus

    The project of protecting and restoring endangered species in North-West of Estonia was the initiative of European Union Life-Nature Programme.

  • Meetings in Galway
    Meetings in Galway

    Original title: Hääl maa ja taeva vahel

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mark Soosaar

    Portrait documentary by Mark Soosaar about singer Siiri Sisask.

  • Is Best Enough
    Is Best Enough

    Original title: Kas parimast piisab?

    2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marek Miil

    The documentary takes the viewer into the back stage of professional sports world including its hidden aspects while following judo athlete Alexei Budolin.

  • Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 3. Part 2
    Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 3. Part 2

    Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 3. film, II jagu

    1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

    Film introducing the expatriate Estonians in Australia. Efforts made in teaching Estonian to the younger generation of expatriate Estonians.

  • Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No. 1, part 2
    Expatriate Estonians in Australia. Film No. 1, part 2

    Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 1. film, II jagu

    1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

    Expatriate Estonians in Australia and the Baltic Council in Australia do the awareness work in the Parliament of Australia, concerning the political situation in the Baltic States. Australian government officially recognized the independence declared in the Baltic States in August 1991 as the result.

  • Ernst Jaakson's speech on 48th Session of the UN General Assembly
    Ernst Jaakson's speech on 48th Session of the UN General Assembly

    Title in Estonian: Ernst Jaaksoni kõne ÜRO Peaassamblee 48. istungjärgul

    1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Ernst Jaakson, permanent representative of Estonia in UN and the extraordinary and fully authorized representative of the Republic of Estonia in USA, holds a speech at the 48th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City in 1993.

  • Mayor of Tallinn Hardo Aasmäeʹs interview in Toronto
    Mayor of Tallinn Hardo Aasmäeʹs interview in Toronto

    Title in Estonian: Tallinna linnapea Hardo Aasmäe intervjuu Torontos

    1990 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    The visit of Hardo Aasmäe, Mayor of the City of Tallinn, to Toronto in February 1990.

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