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Estonian village in Ghana

Title in Estonian: Eesti küla Ghanas

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kalle Käesel

Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA.

Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut, also called the gold of African women, growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA. It depends on the continuity of the volunteers as well as the local villagers' contribution to the world of business whether the activities started in a small Ghanaian village would thrive and thus offer ...
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Turukaubandus Tallinnas

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Elme
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Turumajandus Eesti moodi

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek
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Gardener's Spring

Original title: Aedniku kevad

1979 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vello Aruoja

City residents practice gardening in order to answer their call of nature.

At the beginning of every spring, thousands of city residents rush towards their gardens and summer cottages in order to complete the spring cleaning, sowing and planting. Estonians have always been farmers, and even when living in a city they cannot resist the call of nature. Documetary by Vello Aruoja gives a great overview about the gardening culture in Estonia in 1970s, follows people buying plants at the market and shares the thoughts and opinions of hobby gardeners.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1966 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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A. Horm and Camera Around the World 1965

Title in Estonian: Reis ümber maailma 1965

1965 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The trip around the world in 1965 takes place in Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, United States of America and Canada.

Landing in Bangkok (also Krung Thep) after a long flight. Various temples and pagodas of the Great Palace building complex. The statue of the Golden Buddha in the Buddhist Wat Traimit temple. Fruit stands in the streets. Visiting the famous boat markets in Thailand. Tourists are taken along the river by boats, houses standing on tall wooden pegs on the coast. Thai women carrying goods with small boats that they row with one oar. Market spots, built on wooden boards, are everywhere by the river. There are numerous boats around, in one of them people are cooking food on an ...
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Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson
The Milkman of Mäeküla

Original title: Mäeküla piimamees

1965 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Leida Laius

The first full-length feature film directed by Leida Laius is based on the novel "The Milkman of Mäeküla" by Eduard Vilde, contemplating the moral choices of a man and a woman in an Estonian village at the end of 19th century.

When Baron von Kremer, the old owner of Mäeküla manor, starts liking Tõnu Prillup's young girlfriend Mari, Tõnu would not first hear of it. Then, the baron offers Tõnu a tempting deal - to become the manor's milkman on condition that Mari will come to see the baron when he invites her. Prillup has high hopes but unfortunately the milkman's job won't meet his expectations and he is more and more against sharing Mari with the baron. Tõnu expects Mari to loathe her double life, but she won't take the blame.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1961 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Eduard Eljas
Retk läbi Setumaa

1913 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director:
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