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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.

  • Kodumaa karjed
    Kodumaa karjed

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

    Who's the man waving the flag?

  • War on Boring Walls
    War on Boring Walls

    Original title: Sõda igavatele seintele

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    An inventor, a street artist and an entrepreneur are making the world a better place, one wall at a time.

  • New Neighbours
    New Neighbours

    Original title: Uued naabrid

    2018 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

    Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.

  • The Little Comrade
    The Little Comrade

    Original title: Seltsimees laps

    2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

    Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

  • Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 1/3
    Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 1/3

    Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 75. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 1/3

    1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia held in the great hall of Toronto University in November 1993.

  • Baltic Evening 1/8 - Michael Wilsonʹs speech
    Baltic Evening 1/8 - Michael Wilsonʹs speech

    1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Festive dinner in Toronto held in honor of the restoration of independence of the Baltic states.

  • Estonian Independence Day
    Estonian Independence Day

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 71. aastapäev

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Festive celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in 1989 in the hall of Toronto University in Canada, prayer is said by the archbishop of the EELC Udo Petersoo and greetings are passed by the Latvian and Lithuanian representatives.

  • Boys Choir Arrival (3)
    Boys Choir Arrival (3)

    The title in FA IS: Estonian Choirs in Toronto

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Amateur video recorded by Edgar Väär where the arrival of the Boy's Choir of the Estonian National Male Choir to Toronto has been shown in the autumn of 1989. The film depicts the reception and greeting by the local community.

  • Trivimi Velliste press conference (2)
    Trivimi Velliste press conference (2)

    Title in Estonian: Trivimi Velliste pressikonverents (2)

    1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Press conference held by Trivimi Velliste in september 1988 in Toronto. This video is the second part of the press conference.

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