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  • Dawn
    Dawn

    Original title (Latvian): Ausma

    2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Laila Pakalniņa

    Has betrayal in Soviet time become an act of heroism of modern times?

  • In the State of Limbo
    In the State of Limbo

    Title in Estonian: PMR

    2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Meelis Muhu, Kristina Norman

    Filmmakers Meelis Muhu and Kristina Norman observe life in Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, that is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova governed by the real Soviet order.

  • Arnold Rüütel. Unfinished sentence
    Arnold Rüütel. Unfinished sentence

    Original title: Arnold Rüütel. Lõpetamata lause

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

    The documentary was finished before the presidential election in 2007; it opposes the speeches and interviews held by Arnold Rüütel during the Soviet era with the ones held during the period of Estonia regaining its independence.

  • Kogu rahva pidu
    Kogu rahva pidu

    1985 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Tallinn, Toomas Lepp

  • Üleliiduline mälestusvalve Tallinnas
    Üleliiduline mälestusvalve Tallinnas

    1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Leo Ilves

  • Tallinna 31. Keskkooli Ernst Thälmanni nim. Klubi IV sõprusfestival
    Tallinna 31. Keskkooli Ernst Thälmanni nim. Klubi IV sõprusfestival

    1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vitali Gorbunov

  • NSV Liidu 50. aastapäevale pühendatud kunstinäitus
    NSV Liidu 50. aastapäevale pühendatud kunstinäitus

    1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

  • Eesti NSV 30. aastapäev
    Eesti NSV 30. aastapäev

    1970 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel

  • Seagulls above the sea of peace
    Seagulls above the sea of peace

    Title in Estonian: Kajakad rahumere kohal

    1968 | Documentary | Director: Ants Kivirähk

    Celebrations of the 750th anniversary of the City of Rostock and the peace week of the Baltic Sea.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

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