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  • Celebration
    Celebration

    Original title: Prazdnik

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

    For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

  • Day of Daisies
    Day of Daisies

    Original title: Karikakrapäev

    2015 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Reisberg

    The only excuse to miss a training is the death of your mother-in- law.

  • Jaan Poska 10. märts 1920
  • Connected to the Monastery
    Connected to the Monastery

    Original title: Kloostriga seotud

    2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.

  • Bronze night: The Russian riot in Tallinn
    Bronze night: The Russian riot in Tallinn

    Title in Estonian: Pronksiöö: Vene mäss Tallinnas

    2007 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

    Documentary about the two violent nights in central Tallinn in April 2007 after the relocation of the Soviet military monument in Tõnismägi, Estonia.

  • So long, Dracula!
    So long, Dracula!

    Title in Estonian: Isake Dracula Eesti variant

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves

    Anatomy of totalitarism. Sarcastic retrospect to the darkest era in Estonian history during 20th century.

  • Riigivanem I
    Riigivanem I

    1991 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

  • Candles to the Victims of Deportation near Tammsaare Statue in March, 1989
    Candles to the Victims of Deportation near Tammsaare Statue in March, 1989

    Title in Estonian: Küünlad küüditamisohvritele Tammsaare kuju juures märtsis 1989

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Candles are lit by the Tammsaare statue to commemorate the 40th anniversary of March deportation in the evening of March 25, 1989.

  • Katyn Massacres 50th Anniversary
    Katyn Massacres 50th Anniversary

    Title in Estonian: Katõni massimõrva 50. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Expatriate Polish people in Canada, Toronto are commemorating the massacre of Katyn in 1939.

  • Puhja mälestusamba taasavamine
    Puhja mälestusamba taasavamine

    1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heikki Aasaru

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