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Original title in Estonian: Kurgud ülespoole

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Baran Ismail Ulas

The funeral rites of an important folk figure and charismatic singer Virve-Elfriide Köster, also known as Kihnu Virve.

An observational documentary that captures the funeral of Virve-Elfriide Köster, known as Kihnu Virve, an important folk figure and musician from the Estonian Island of Kihnu. Through her funeral rites, the film celebrates Virve's life and legacy as mourners honor her wish to have a joyful farewell instead of a traditional solemn event. The film offers a bipersweet tribute to a beloved figure and the enduring spirit of the island.
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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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Roots: My Flesh And Blood

Original title: Juured: Mu liha ja veri

2018 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.

My grandmother and grandfather were married in 1959. 50 years later, they once again stand at an altar to reaffirm their oath from long ago. Now, they know when to stand up for themselves and when to be quiet. When to forgive and when to let go. And they also know there isn’t much time left. This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.
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Funeral of Ignas Tõrmaküla in St. Peter's Church Toronto

Original title: Ignas Tõrmaküla matus Toronto Peetri kirikus

1993 | Amateur films | Director:

Funeral service of Ignas Tõrmaküla in St. Peter's Church in Toronto on March 5, 1993.

Brothers in arms and friends of Ignas Tõrmaküla pay their last respects at Tõrmaküla's funeral service held in a church in Toronto on March 5, 1993. Tõrmaküla was a statesman of the first Republic of Estonia and a consistent freedom fighter during the War of Independence, later an expatriate Estonian.
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Jaagup Leeman's Funeral

Title in Estonian: Jaagup Leemani matused (1)

1986 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Jaagup Leeman's funeral service in Toronto.

The film depicts the funeral of Jaagup Leeman (1893-1986), a military serviceman and a veteran of the War of Independence, in Toronto.
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Jaagup Leeman's Funeral (2)

Title in Estonian: Jaagup Leemani matused (2)

1986 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Boris Jakob Leeman's funeral service in Toronto.

The film depicts the funeral of Boris Jakob Leeman (1893-1986), a military serviceman and a veteran of the War of Independence, in Toronto.
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M.Raud in memoriam

1980 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vitali Gorbunov
Ü.Tambek in memoriam

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Elme
V.Panso in memoriam

1978 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Harri Martinson
Arnold Veimer in memoriam

1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Karl Kello