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Monumentum with a bow tie

Original title: Monumentum kikilipsuga

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Julia Guteva-Sillart, Jüri Sillart

Portrait documentary by Julia and Jüri Sillart about Enn Vetemaa - a writer, translator and composer; always an elegant man with a brilliant mentality.

Enn Vetemaa is a writer, translator, composer and chemist who opens up the source of her work and life through the prism of good-hearted, self-ironical humour. His close friends, artists and writers also recollect memories about the time spent together - they all left a considerable mark in Estonian literature, art and music. All of them started their creative career during the era of Khrushchev Thaw in 1960s. Enn Vetemaa's creative credo is the best characterized through his own words: "I write only about things I know. A true artist creates his or her own life in the first place. ...
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Normaalsed inimesed

2011 | Amateur films | Director:
Notice me

Original title in Estonian: Märka mind

2011 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Freddy Alder Saunanen
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Oleme koos

2011 | Amateur films | Director:
Pea tegemine

2011 | Amateur films | Director:
President Kalev

2011 | Amateur films | Director:
Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea

Original title: Regilaul - laulud õhust

2011 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ulrike Koch

This richly shot film explores an ancient singing tradition in modern Estonia, weaving together people and nature through song.

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, they produce a haunting sound able to connect the fleeting present with the eternal circle of life. Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores how Regi songs still fire the imagination today, weaving together people and nature through song.
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Show Me the Sound

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Agnese Laizane

Film student Agnes Laizane's master's thesis tells the story of how her mother's hearing loss affects family relationships.

A drama about a woman who becomes deaf and whose loved ones, her husband and daughter help her overcome the crisis.
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Taeva ja maa vahel

2011 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Kivirand, Robi Uppin
The Army

2011 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Hardi Kalder
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