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  • Funeral Diaries
    Funeral Diaries

    Original title: Matusepäevikud

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

    The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

  • Why Don't I Leave?
    Why Don't I Leave?

    Original title: Miks ma siis ei lähe?

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Liina Särkinen

    Three Estonian women in London (not to mention the children).

  • Land of Soul
    Land of Soul

    Original title: Hingemaa

    2016 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne, Erik Norkroos

    The oldest, almost century-old Estonian church in America is about to fall apart.

  • Descendants of Jakob Hurt. Estonian Students' Society
    Descendants of Jakob Hurt. Estonian Students' Society

    Original title: Hurda kutsikad. Eesti Üliõpilaste Selts

    2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Lõhmus

    First documentary about the Estonian Students' Society that was established in Tartu in 1870 - it is the oldest, biggest and most influential academical student organization.

  • Our Estonian House
    Our Estonian House

    Original title: Meie Eesti Maja

    2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andrus Mets

    Young men dream about Estonian House in Ireland and try to get local Estonians involved in their plans.

  • Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse
    Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

    Original title: Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

    2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    Sculptor Maire Männik started her sculpture studies in Estonia but during the war she moved to France and her artwork was mostly created in Paris.

  • Vaba mees Priit Vesilind
    Vaba mees Priit Vesilind

    2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks

  • Ernst Jaakson at his home in Bronxville
    Ernst Jaakson at his home in Bronxville

    Title in Estonian: Ernst Jaakson oma kodus Bronxville'is

    1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Ernst Jaakson, the Consul General of the Republic in Estonia in the United States of America, at his home in Bronxville, New York, on October 19, 1996.

  • 16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 1
    16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 1

    Title in Estonian: XVI Eesti Päevad Austraalias Melbourne 95, I jagu

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

    Opening of 16h Estonian Days in Melbourne. Performance by the theatre group of Estonian House, cabaret performance and acts by folk dance group.

  • 16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 2
    16th Estonian Days in Melbourne, Australia 95, Part 2

    Title in Estonian: XVI Eesti Päevad Austraalias Melbourne 95, II jagu

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

    16th Estonian Days in Australia. Folk dance evening and choir performance at the Estonian House, Melbourne.

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