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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.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Last Friday

Original title: Viimane reede

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Danoa Kampe

A heartbreaking short film, where you find apocalyptic horror and motherly tenderness. Film speaks about principles of obligations and responsibility and confrontation of faith and disappointment. It`s a metaphor for mother`s strength.

It's the last day, very last day, which happens to be Friday, Good Friday. What would you do in such situation? Martin Luther once said: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." Through a point of view of one home, film shows how family members, who carry different life roles, cope with this terrifying reality. Desperate Armageddon manifestations left behind, dissapointed father looses it. He cuts himself off from the family and the rest of the world and dives into apocalyptic artwork. Gentle mother remains calm, expresses love and ...
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The Overcoat

Original title in Estonian: Talvelugu

2017 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Meelis Arulepp, Sean Mullen

A lonely office worker saves up to buy a new coat at Christmas in an effort to make new friends, only for fate take a ghostly hand.

It’s Christmas eve in New York, 1932. Alexi, a large old Russian man, arrives home to find that his young granddaughter has decided to stay up late in the hopes of getting her present early from Santa. Feeling a bit homesick, he sits down with her in front of the open fire and they begin to talk. When she asks about Santa, Alexi gets her to close her eyes and gives her his big old coat as a “present”. But when she complains about the smell he starts telling a story… The story brings us back to the beautiful city ...
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Connected to the Monastery

Original title: Kloostriga seotud

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.

In front of the main gates of the Pskov-Caves Monastery there is a modest wooden St. Barbara Church where Father Jevgeni has served as a priest already for several decades. He baptizes, weds, blesses, remembers, hears confessions, calculates the congregation's money and manages the church. Jevgeni holds around two hundred funeral ceremonies a year. Death is one of the main characters in the documentary; however, another main subject of the film is life - the one lived by Jevgeni and the people who are connected to him and the church. There is nun Olga who has kept a hairdresser's profession ...
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On the Edge of the New World

Original title: Vahtsõ ilma veere pääl

2004 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Brambat
Hereditas

Original title: Hereditas

1997 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Liina Kulles

In the area surrounding the Dominican monastery in the heart of Tallinn, unique spiritual and cultural life has emerged that influences the entire city.

In the area surrounding the Dominican monastery in the heart of Tallinn, unique spiritual and cultural life - a cooperation association Latin Quarter - has emerged that influences the entire city. A new, fragile cultural environment including theatre, music, arts, education and a way of thinking based on ancient heritage have emerged by the initiative of Hereditas Foundation. Large-scale liturgical events have also been revived, with the return of Dominican brothers. Between the walls of an ancient town, an invisible spirit of life passed on from generation to generation, sometimes hidden, sometimes flourishing - Heritage. Iidsete müüride vahel on fondi Hereditas ...
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Kann allikal

1988 | Musical film, TV feature, TV Short | Director: Dorian Supin
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Christmas Party of Uppsala Estonian Club, 1987

Title in Estonian: Uppsala Eesti Klubi jõulupidu 1987

1987 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Uppsala Estonian Club holds a Christmas party in Estonian Home (Eesti Kodu) on December 12, 1987.

The Christmas party of the Uppsala Estonian Club on December 12, 1987. Christmas dinner is served in the decorated rooms of Estonian Club. Older people recall of the old times, among others mayor Mihkel Martsoo. The Santa Claus arrives and gives presents. Some people perform a sing, others recite a poem. Finally, people sing Christmas carols together.
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Christmas Party of the Estonian Committee held in Stockholm in 1963

Title in Estonian: Paul Uesson 50 a. Eesti Komitee jõulupuu 1963 a Stockholmis

1963 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Paul Uesson's 50th birthday and the Christmas party of the Estonian Committee in Stockholm in 1963.

Engineer Paul Uesson, owner of a construction company, celebrates his 50th jubilee in Stockholm in 1963. His father was Anton Uesson, Mayor of Tallinn and socialite who was executed in 1942. Celebration of Uesson's birthday in his home with his friends and relatives. Christmas party of the Estonian Committee in December 1963. The participants are waiting for the dinner to be served. Small talk, coffee and cakes. Santa Clause arrives and starts to give out presents. Among the participants there are Aleksander Warma, Therese Rei, Mrs Olari, Johannes Oskar Lauri, Harri Kiisk, Gustav Ränk, Aksel Mark, Raimond Raidve and others.
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Christmas Party of the Estonian Committee in 1963

Title in Estonian: Eesti Komitee jõulupuu 1963

1963 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Christmas party of the Estonian Committee held in Stockholm in 1963.

Christmas party of the Estonian Committee in December 1963. Guests are waiting for the serving at the coffee table. Small talk; coffee and cakes on the table. Santa Claus arrives and starts giving out presents. Among guests there are Aleksander Varma, Therese Rei, Johannes Oskar Lauri, Harri Kiisk, Gustav Ränk, Aksel Mark, Raimond Raidve and others.
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