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Horticulture in Lasnamägi

Title in Estonian: Lasnamäe kõplajad

2019 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

Cabbages, beetroots and pumpkins – these are both food and a connecting element for people.

Anton, Maria, Liina and Liis founded a community garden in Lasnamäe district in Tallinn. Together the residents of multistored panel apartment buildings grow themselves herbs, vegetables and develop green thinking. Cabbage, beetroot and pumpkin are the things that make people closer and also provide food.
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Out of Fashion

Original title: Moest väljas

2015 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Lennart Laberenz
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The Gold Spinners

Original title: Kullaketrajad

2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Hardi Volmer, Kiur Aarma
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Sinine kõrb

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu
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.

“The Mystery of the Kaleva” is a documentary about a Finnish passenger plane OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down during peacetime in 1940 by two Soviet bombers. Nine people from six countries were killed. Toivo Kallas, a contemporary historian and a professional architect, has been investigating this politically controversial story about OH-ALL Kaleva since 2002. Why was the plane shot down during peacetime? What documents, conspiracies or secrets were hidden on that plane? Toivo Kallas has gone through archive materials from Russia, Finland, Sweden and Estonia and collaborating with many people in finding the truth. Fascinating plane wreck searches are combined with interviews ...
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Great Sons of Kalev

Original title: Kalevite kanged pojad

2010 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Valentin Kuik

Film director Valentin Kuik portrays sculptor Tauno Kangro and his efforts in order to erect his monumental sculpture "Kalevipoeg" in the Gulf of Tallinn.

A documentary about the epic hero Kalevipoeg, a famous sculptor, and a corruption scandal. The idea to put a huge statue of Kalevipoeg in the Gulf of Tallinn dates back ten years. The film records the important events of the large-scale project. By now, no one knows when Kalev will make it home to bring luck to his children and growth to his country. But hope remains...
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Saint George

Original title: Püha Jüri

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Riho Västrik

After his daughter's death, Juri Zhelobetsky from Aruküla started to renovate the local orthodox church.

Juri Zhelobetsky's 16-year-old daughter Elviira was stabbed to death in Aruküla in 2006. The loss of his dear child made Juri to rewind his former course of life and to search for the answer to the question: why? One day when driving by the Orthodox church in ruins at the crossing of Aruküla and Jüri roads, Juri felt enormous anguish. When following the irresistible feeling of pain, he realized that he was repeatedly given a sign – that he must restore the church to its former glory. Having this faith in him helps Juri to move on with his everyday ...
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Headwind Hall

Original title: Vastutuulesaal

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Priit Valkna
The Leigo Lakes

Original title: Leigo järved

2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary by Andres Sööt about Tõnu Tamm, owner of a tourism farm and a concert promoter.

The documentary has followed Tõnu Tamm's activities during two years during which he as the owner of Leigo farm has supported organizing summer concerts in the summer of 2001 and designed the beautiful landscape around the lakes of his farm. The laconic documentary portrait with scarce details about a seemingly effortless entrepreneur who creates large-scale visions and puts them into practice with the help of a few men and an excavator. He himself takes fully part of the hard work. Tamm's dream is to unite nature and music. As an Estonian, he is typically stubborn and persevering and needs ...
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Catching the Miracle

Original ttle: Imet püüdmas

1996 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hans Roosipuu, Enn Säde

Documentary by Hans Roosipuu and Enn Säde about the Shmigun family with its two athlete daughters Kristina and Katrin striving towards top results.

It is a miracle indeed - a harmonious family who has a specific aim in their life. Mother Rutt and father Anatoli were once the gold medalists of European junior masters in skiing; their daughters Kristina and Katrin take it naturally to reach among the professional athletes at the top of the ski world. Filmmakers Hans Roosipuu and Enn Säde observe the athlete family's colourful everyday life full of efforts.
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