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Art and the Cold War. Esthetic Resistance

Original title: Kunst ja külm sõda

2024 | Documentary | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West. It recalls a time when art was larger and more important than life itself. But also a time, the like of which Estonian art has never seen and most likely will never see again. On one side, there are independent Soviet artists who lack not only the output but also the finances to complete their works. On the other side, there is the tempting West whose ambassadors (in the literal sense) take active interest in the Soviet underground art market. Selling one’s works to the West is a ...
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Long Live the Scandals!

Original title: Elagu skandaalid ja kollased sandaalid

2018 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary about Estonian contemporary artist Leonhard Lapin.

Leonhard Lapin is the classic and the enfant terrible of Estonian contemporary art, constantly followed by scandals, lewd legends and envious grumbling. Lapin confidently steps on the cornea of mediocrity, enjoying the situation to the fullest. Loved by his muses, the artist is not ashamed of his dalliances. He still has plenty at the grand old age of 70. The new Estonian film opens the doors to a disappearing Bohemianism, in which racy vocabulary reigns instead of political correctness.
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The Sacred In The Secular

2014 | Students film, Produced in foreign university | Director: Karin Leivategija

Toomas is an Estonian Orthodox clergyman who is deeply commited to music. He expresses that commitment through his job as an ethno and reggae music DJ in clubs and radio.

Toomas is an Estonian Orthodox clergyman who is deeply commited to music. He expresses that commitment through his job as an ethno and reggae music DJ in clubs and radio. A clergyman and a DJ – it is a combination that comes across as surprising and raises questions even in a largely secular country like Estonia. But is the gap between religious and secular life really as wide as it is typically assumed to be?
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Heino Eller - Quinta Essentia

Original title: Heino Eller. Quinta Essentia

2013 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

The biographical documentary about the renowned composer and lecturer Heino Eller also serves as a part of cultural history of Estonia. While following the story, we experience the most dramatic and cheerful moments of his life and Estonian history.

The biographical documentary about the renowned composer and lecturer Heino Eller also serves as a part of cultural history of Estonia. While following the story, we experience the most dramatic and cheerful moments of his life and Estonian history.
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The Kaplinski System

Original title: Kaplinski süsteem

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano

The documentary co-directed by Estonian and French filmmakers portray Jaan Kaplinski - a man behind words.

What kind of a man, husband and father is Jaan Kaplinski, one of the most known and productive Estonian writers, poets and thinkers? What lies behind his poetry and writings? A close insight into Kaplinski's world describes one day in the writer's life, from dusk till down, full of daily activities in Mutiku farm, including discussions about poetry, language and freedom of creation during the Soviet era and today. There are pivotal times in Kaplinski's life right now since he is looking for inner freedom while following the example of Taoism. His thoughts and flashbacks of the past including simple ...
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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.

Documentary about the meeting between two grand masters, artist Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, during which they portrait a young model and have a discussion about life and art. 94-year-old Okas and 82-year old Suur are full of life and creative artists who get still inspired from the beauty of a woman. The two old artists run around the young naked woman as representing a philosophical vignette about the flourishing and withering of life, an existential etude with erotic attachments.
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Filmipidu Kinolodjal

2007 | Newsreels, Newsreels beyond 1992 | Director: Mikk Rand
Discover The Rich Space Around The Corner

Original title: Avasta rikas nurgatagune kosmoses

2005 | Documentary | Director: Jaan Tootsen

Mooste Artists's Guest Studio in Põlva county provides free accommodation for artists around the world - the only requirement for staying artists is to leave behind an artist's trace.

Artists around the world can stay for free in Mooste International Guest Studio in Põlva county, Estonia, on condition that the artist staying in the old manor will leave a creative trace in the local village life. Two different worlds meet in a small rural area: there are decayed buildings that once belonged to a collective farm next to the ensemble of manor buildings that have been preserved well and houses the well-equipped artist studio. The idealistic, bizarre world of artists is opposed by the rigidly conventional world view of the local people who prefer folk culture. Yet, the essence ...
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Cinema to Your Doorsteps

Original title: Kinobuss - kino koju kätte

2004 | Documentary, Making of | Director: Mikk Rand

In summers, filmmakers together with film students travel around Estonia by an old bus called "Kinobuss" with the purpose of restoring cinema traditions in Estonia.

Kinobuss is a revived form of mobile cinema. Young filmmakers and film students travel around Estonia in order to promote Estonian film and introduce contemporary means of the "moving picture" with the help of technological innovations. Through the protagonists' enthusiastic attitude towards life and sharing their knowledge on cinematography, the documentary observes the traveling of Kinobuss, the road-movie-ish story about the possibilities of cinema in a small territory such as Estonia where the importance of culture, and cinema culture, outweighs the one of economy.
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Röövel ööbik

2003 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ralf Siig