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  • Johannes Pääsukese tegelik elu
    Johannes Pääsukese tegelik elu

    2019 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Hardi Volmer

  • Tõnis Mägi
    Tõnis Mägi

    2019 | Portrait, Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke

    A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

  • Long Live the Scandals!
    Long Live the Scandals!

    Original title: Elagu skandaalid ja kollased sandaalid

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Documentary about Estonian contemporary artist Leonhard Lapin.

  • Estonian Literary Critics and Historians in Sigtuna and Uppsala in 1989
    Estonian Literary Critics and Historians in Sigtuna and Uppsala in 1989

    Title in Estonian: Eesti kirjanduskriitikud ja -teadlased Sigtunas ja Uppsalas 1989

    1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Estonian literary critics and historians Sirje Kiin, Mart Orav and Oskar Kruus in Sigtuna and Uppsala on April 22, 1989. Meeting with Ilona Laaman in her home. Visiting the graves of Loorits and Saareste.

  • In Olev Soan's Studio in 1989
    In Olev Soan's Studio in 1989

    Title in Estonian: Olev Soansi ateljees 1989

    1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Helga and Enn Nõu visiting Olev Soans in his studio in Tallinn on March 31, 1989. Olev Soans's wife Helvi Jürisson and Aare Tiisväli with his wife are also present.

  • Meetings in Tallinn in 1989 - Paul-Eerik Rummo, Ülo Tuulik, Ivi Mengel
    Meetings in Tallinn in 1989 - Paul-Eerik Rummo, Ülo Tuulik, Ivi Mengel

    Title in Estonian: Kohtumised Tallinnas 1989 - Paul-Eerik Rummo, Ülo Tuulik, Ivi Mengel

    1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Helga and Enn Nõu meet Paul-Erik Rummo, Ülo Tuulik and Ivi Mengel in Tallinn on March 31, 1989.

  • Uppsala River Rally, Celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Sigtuna, 1989
    Uppsala River Rally, Celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Sigtuna, 1989

    Title in Estonian: Uppsala jõeralli, volbri tähistamine Sigtunas 1989

    1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Watching forsränning or rafting in Uppsala with coopers. Putting on white hats in Sigtuna on May 1, 1989. Literary critics Rutt Hinrikus and Toomas Liiv in Sweden.

  • Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 6, oktoober 1989
    Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 6, oktoober 1989

    1989 | , TV Serial | Director:

  • Visiting the Viires family in 1989
    Visiting the Viires family in 1989

    Title in Estonian: Viirestel külas 1989

    1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Enn and Helga Nõu are visiting cultural historian Ants Viires and his wife, graphic artist Evi Tihemets on March 31, 1989.

  • The Game
    The Game

    Original title: Partii

    1987 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

    Documentary by Peep Puks about a speed chess tournament where the well-known people in Estonian culture participate.

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