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  • Work Is Going On!
    Work Is Going On!

    Original title: Töö käib!

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Taavi Arus

  • Andy stands up
    Andy stands up

    Original title: Andy astub üles

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Elen Lotman

    Stand-up comedian Andrus Valvur, an Estonian expatriate born in New York, comes to visit his fatherland in order to meet his relatives and hold a performance in Estonian for local audience for the first time.

  • Teaduspõhine toode
    Teaduspõhine toode

    2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

  • Not Flammable
    Not Flammable

    Original title of the film "Väliseesti"

    2001 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

  • Russian Metal and US $-Kiss
    Russian Metal and US $-Kiss

    Original title of the film "Vene metalli ja US $ suudlus"

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Rein Kotov, Artur Talvik

    Documentary about Russian metal smuggling via Estonia.

  • Estonian Independence Day - Flags
    Estonian Independence Day - Flags

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 2/2

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in front of Toronto Town Hall.

  • Celebration of Estonian 74th Independence Day in Toronto (1)
    Celebration of Estonian 74th Independence Day in Toronto (1)

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 1/2

    1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Ceremony of the celebration of 74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in front of Toronto Town Hall.

  • Our Russians
    Our Russians

    Original title: Meie venelased

    1991 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Simm

    Documentary by Peeter Simm about Russians - the biggest national minorities in Estonia.

  • Church Service and Ceremony for 71st Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Uppsala in1989
    Church Service and Ceremony for 71st Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Uppsala in1989

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 71. aastapäeva jumalateenistus ja aktus Uppsalas 1989

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Church service dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the Republic of Estonia held in Uppsala St. Michael's Church, followed by a festive gathering in the congregation house on February 26, 1989.

  • Miss Saaremaa
    Miss Saaremaa

    Digitally remastered in 2012

    1989 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mark Soosaar

    A warm portrait about the adventurous life of Ljuba Hermann, the beauty queen of Saaremaa from 1931.

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