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  • Life is a Flower
    Life is a Flower

    Original title: Elu on lill

    2010 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

    Two grand old masters, artists Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, are recording the beauty of a naked woman.

  • Man from the City of Masters
    Man from the City of Masters

    Original title: Mees meistrite linnast

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

    Documentary portrait by Peeter Brambat about Ants VIidalepp, an elderly painter and professor emeritus.

  • Still Life with Wife
    Still Life with Wife

    Original title: Vaikelu naisega

    2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

    Documentary on an aging couple amd the mundanity of their lives.

  • Kursi School
    Kursi School

    Original title: Kursi koolkond

    2005 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Rein Raamat, Peeter Brambat

    Documentary about an original artist grouping Kursi School that was founded in Tartu in 1988.

  • Spider Web
    Spider Web

    Original title: Ämblikulõng

    2000 | Feature film, Short | Director: Britt Urbla-Keller

    The only good deed that the Criminal has commited in his life can save him from the sufferings of the underworld: everything will be in his own and Lord's hands.

  • The Different Reality of Jaan Elken
    The Different Reality of Jaan Elken

    Original title: Jaan Elkeni teistmoodi tegelikkus

    2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    Portrait documentary by Rein Raamat introduces the creative world of artist Jaan Elken, one of the most interesting lyrical abstractionist painter in Estonia, through his artist's confessions and the analysis of an art historian.

  • Tallinn Pedagogical Institute
    Tallinn Pedagogical Institute

    Title in Estonian: Eduard Vilde nimeline Tallinna Pedagoogiline Instituut

    1984 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Uno Kukk

    Studying opportunities in Tallinn Pedagogical Institute.

  • Jaan Oad
    Jaan Oad

    1982 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

    The life and work of naivist artist Jaan Oad who was born in Kihnu island and now lives in Canada.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1947 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Saveli Savenko

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