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Time Quartet: Kissing Your Tongue

Original title: Ajakvartett: Suudle mind oma keelega

2022 | Other categories, Experimental | Director: Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash

Kisses that get lost in translation leave a trace on our skin.

Two lovers, separated by their nationalities, confess to each other things that they have never dared to share before, in their own native tongues.
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Ceramic artist Leo Rohlin

Original title: Keraamik Leo Rohlin

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Igor Ruus

Portrait documentary by Igor Ruus about Estonian ceramic artist and art teacher Leo Rohlin.

Reo Rohlin (b. 1939), professor emeritus at the Estonian Academy of Arts, is an acknowledged Estonian ceramic artist and teacher. He has been awarded several art prizes, including Kristjan Raud Art Award in 1979. Rohlin has been teaching at the Estonian Academy of Arts for more than 50 years. He has written books on practical skills and professional information based on personal experience during a long period of creative and pedagogical activity.
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Palusalu

Original title: Palusalu

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

Documentary by Kristiina Davidjants about the destiny of Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestling legend who won the Olympic Gold Medal twice.

Biographical documentary about Kristjan Palusalu (Trossmann, 1908-1987), Estonian national hero and legend of Estonian sports history. The documentary tells the story of a boy coming from a rural area in Estonia who becomes the best wrestler in Europe and wins two olympic gold medals in Berlin Olympic Games in 1936. Recollections by Palusalu's relatives, friends and colleagues; archival materials; radio reportages and staged episodes recreate the story of Palusalu's life and profession.
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The Kings of the Time

Original title: Aja meistrid

2008 | Documentary, Portrait, Animation, Puppet | Director: Mait Laas

Documentary with the elements of animation directed by Mait Laas about the founders of Eesti Nukufilm, film directors Elbert Tuganov and Heino Pars.

The fast-paced humorous story has recorded the two grand masters of Estonian puppet cartoon - Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007) and Heino Pars (1925). The story of their life and work has been brought us through the excerpts of newsreels, old photographs, puppet animations and recollections of their contemporaries. Having played with puppets for about 30 years, Tuganov and Pars are being animated as puppets themselves - only by the new generations of animation filmmakers.
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Private life

1998 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Dorian Supin
The story of Moon

Title in Estonian: Kuulugu

1984 | Documentary, Other categories | Director: Elo Tust

The Moon and the folk wisdom and beliefs related to it.

The ancient monthly calendar of old Estonians and the related beliefs and traditions. The documentary combines archival film episodes and the staged episodes where one can see the peasants working and in their everyday life. Old wisdom and teachings about what kind of work to do during the waning Moon and the increscent Moon.
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Eesti NSV filmikunst

1971 | Advertising | Director: Jüri Müür

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