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Kalev

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ove Musting

It’s the summer of 1990. The Soviet Union is teetering on the verge of collapse, while the little Baltic nations struggle to take back their lost independence. The Soviet Union`s basketball championship is set to begin on the backdrop of a deeply divided society. The Estonian team Kalev faces a momentous decision. With Estonian independence seemingly within reach, a rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team’s participation in the USSR’s championship. That would contradict the people’s aspirations for liberation. As professional athletes, the team makes the unpopular choice. The championship games start…
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Three August Days

Original title: Kolm päeva augustis

2017 | Feature film, Short | Director: Madli Lääne

In the midst of the political upheaval of the early 1990s in Soviet Union, an Estonian girl and a Russian boy reach across cultural lines to unite over a shared bottle of American soda.
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Those Who Dare – on solidarity of small nations

Original title (Icelandic): Deir Sem Dora

2015 | Documentary | Director: Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
Keisrilõige

1996 | Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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Eduard Rüga

1993 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt
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Laulusillad

1992 | Documentary | Director: Toomas Lepp, Jüri Tallinn
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Three Baltic Love Stories: Mattias and Ann. Estonian Spring 1991

Original title: Balti armastuslood: Mattias ja Ann. Eesti kevad 1991

1992 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Urbla

Three seasons, three love stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the era of great changes in 1991 when the Baltic states freed themselves from the yoke of Soviet Union and regained independence.

The Estonian love story takes place in spring when people were dreaming and singing about freedom and took down the monuments of Lenin, but there were still Russian fighter airplanes flying in the sky. A young Estonian dissident is released from prison and returns to his hometown Tartu. When he arrives at home, the man finds out that life has changed and his loved one has found a new man.
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Three Baltic Love Stories: Regina and Sergei. Latvian Summer 1991

Original title: Balti armastuslood: Regina ja Sergei. Läti suvi 1991

1992 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Urbla

Three seasons, three love stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the era of great changes in 1991 when the Baltic states freed themselves from the yoke of Soviet Union and regained independence.

Latvian story takes place in the middle of summer. Freedom seems to be so close yet the Soviet army is still surrounding the city. The heart of a young Russian soldier belongs to a pretty Latvian woman Regina. Sergey wants to marry her, but his fellow soldiers will intervene at this point.
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Three Baltic Love Stories: Vytautas and Juozas. Lithuanian Autumn 1991

Original title: Balti armastuslood: Vytautas ja Juozas. Leedu sügis 1991

1992 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Urbla

Three seasons, three love stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the era of great changes in 1991 when the Baltic states freed themselves from the yoke of Soviet Union and regained independence.

Lithuanian autumn. A young man studying in a Catholic seminary stands at the crossroads of his life: he has to decide whether to choose serving the God or living civil life. His uncle, a priest, tries to explain the young man the meaning of religious love, but leaves the decision making open for him. The young man meets an Estonian girl who takes part in striptease performances. The young couple decides to leave their former life; however, destiny has its own way.
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Black Ribbon Day on Aug 23, 1991

Title in Estonian: Musta lindi päev Kanadas

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Demonstration on Black Ribbon Day in Canada on August 23rd 1991 for supporting and acknowledging the independence of the Baltic States and other countries.

A huge crowd has gathered to the demonstration with national flags and slogans. The film depicts speeches where the independence of the Baltic States and other countries is being supported and recognized. A barbed wire is carried to the stage, there is a black ribbon attached to the wire saying "Peace with Freedom".
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