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  • Johannes Pääsukese tegelik elu
    Johannes Pääsukese tegelik elu

    2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Hardi Volmer

  • Timeless
    Timeless

    Original title: Aegumatu

    2011 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    According to director Andres Sööt the film has not been made for those who know nothing or don't want to know about the deportation that took place in June 1941. The film has been dedicated to those who can never again talk about this event, those who passed away because of the unjustness.

  • A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner
    A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner

    Original title: Uus päev luuakse idakaares

    2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Brambat

    In this film, we look at the Setos – a European ethnic group who are wedged between two different cultures – the Orthodox East and the Catholic-Lutheran West. This is the story of a people who make do, living on the Eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world. One way or another, they are involved in the dawning of a new day for themselves and Europe.

  • Our name will be forgotten in the course of time
    Our name will be forgotten in the course of time

    Original title: Ajapikku unustatakse meie nimi

    2008 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary by Andres Sööt about the deportation that took place in June 1941 in Estonia. The film has been dedicated to all victims of this event.

  • Estonia-Filmist Tallinnfilmini
    Estonia-Filmist Tallinnfilmini

    1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ants Looman

  • 50 years of living pictures in Estonia
    50 years of living pictures in Estonia

    Original title: 50 aastat elavaid pilte Eestis

    1962 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek

    Overview of the history of Estonian newsreels.

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