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Lydia

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hermes Brambat, Tarvo Mölder

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula.

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula. She has inspired the kids to love music for over five decades. However, her life's work is the Tallinn Boys' Choir. Besides vocal training, she has also raised generations of boys to be a gentleman. Thanks to her, many Estonian men are much better men. It's unbelievable that Lydia is in her seventies. She is extremely vital and full of energy. It is no problem for her even to have a football match with the boys. After all, age is nothing but a number, and she proves ...
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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbour and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place. Young and energetic man Andres together with his wife Krõõt arrives to his new farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Robber’s Rise must become a place, that’ll take care of the family. Household needs a lot of work and consistency – battle with nature, fate and his spiteful neighbour Pearu ...
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Fast Eddy's Old News

Original title: Fast Eddy vanad uudised

2015 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?
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The Gold Spinners

Original title: Kullaketrajad

2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Hardi Volmer, Kiur Aarma
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Classics. Evi Mardna

Original title: Klassikud. Evi Mardna

2010 | Amateur films, Documentary | Director: Tõnu Aru

The documentary introduces the exhibition of ceramic artist Evi Mardna's work celebrating her 80th birthday. Mardna has been a long-time lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

The exhibition series of classics celebrates Evi Mardna's 80th birthday. She has a unique social competence and sense of humour - this also reflects from her personal exhibitions held in the museum of design and applied arts. Underneath the medieval arches of the exhibition hall there is a collection of funny ceramic sculptures - lions, dragons, dinosaurs, birds, musicians, vacationers, athletes, devils, lots of characters known from history and literature, and some vases, plates and other commodities. The artist walks around the exhibition hall and gives comments on her work.
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Evald Okas

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tõnu Virve

94-year-old Evald Okas's life has been dedicated to art: the grand master himself casts light upon the stories of how his artwork was born, tells about his life and reveals the secrets of his working principles.

The documentary portrays artist Evald Okas: an exceptional painter and a diverse graphic artist, a virtuoso drawing artist and creator of thousands of ex libris. Okas was a honorary member of Florence Art Academy, author of numerous book illustrations and master of papercuts, he has practised glass painting and ceramic art. He has been called as the Picasso of Estonian art. 94-year-old Okas tells the story of his colourful life, casts light upon his artwork and reveals the secrets of his principles of working. Tireless artist radiates zest for life and reflects affection towards creative life and looks back at ...
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Maestro

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

A portrait of legendary photographer Kalju Suur. When you are 80 years old and have taken pictures of uncovered ladies for 50 years and try to keep yourself going – what else can you do but continue taking pictures, using old school camera and white gloves. And in your pockets there will always be some candies for the beautiful ladies.
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Sweet idealists Signe and Arseni Mölder

Original title: Armsad idealistid Signe ja Arseni Mõlder

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

Portrait documentary directed by Rein Raamat about artists' couple Signe and Arseni Mölder.

Portrait documentary records the creative journey of the artists' couple Signe (1918-2006) and Arseni (1919-2009) as well as views their role as intellectuals and art teachers. The film also studies the selectiveness and objectivity of artist memory, changes related to one's era in artist's work, and the human story of two artists. Contemporaries of the two artists recall Signe and Arseni as an inseparable couple taking part in art events and great exhibiton openings. The couple always arrived together and they turned out to be quite a unique archetype. Their unconcealed old age bodies, simple-minded expressions and their Sunday clothes ...
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Mikk

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat, Peeter Brambat

Portrait documentary about Mikk Mikiver, a theatre director and an actor.

Documentary by Rein Raamat opens up the life and work of Mikk Mikiver, a legend in Estonian theatre history, a theatre director and an actor. The film is based on the last interview taken with the actor in his home in Võsu, Estonia. Even when he was already sick, Mikk Mikiver dreamed of returning to theatre, to continue working as a stage director. Both his personal and professional life has been always public; yet, as a human being he remained a big secret. His family members, colleagues and friends - many of them are well-known in Estonian history of culture ...
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Mister Wall and the Wind

Original title: Jüri - see mulk, ehk mis tuul müürile...

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Enn Säde

Documentary by Enn Säde portrays Jüri Müür - an important filmmaker in Estonian culture whose films are among the best ones in Estonian national filmography.

Enn Säde's documentary about Jüri Müür who was his colleague and friend, an Estonian filmmaker (1929-1984). When Jüri was fifteen he joined the support service of German air force; during the last days of war he travelled to Germany, France and Africa. In 1946 he returned home and soon escaped to Karjala, Finland from KGB. He got acquainted with film during his studies in the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In a way, Jüri Müür became the icebreaker of the birth of Estonian national film in 1960s. He made five full-length feature films, a couple of dozens documentaries, wrote ...
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