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Women on the Frontline

Original title: Naised rindejoonel

2021 | Documentary | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

A documentary film about the war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine in spring 2014 through the eyes of women.

Oksana, Anna, Tatjana and Marina are at war, each with their own motive and destiny. They are women whose lives, among many others, were changed by the civil unrest that began in 2014 on Maidan Square in Kiev. The film follows their battles through several years and seasons and covers both everyday activities as well as perilous situations under gunfire. What motivates women to go to war? What do they believe in and hope for? What is the price they pay for withstanding life on the frontline? This is a documentary about the war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine ...
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Together, yet Apart

Title in Estonian: Koos, aga eraldi

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aile Ellmann

Documentary about the humanitarian aid for Ukraine and about the people living in Luhansk Oblast during the war.

Ukraine is at war. Estonia has sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine since 2014, a year later also development aid was added. How will the aid reach those in need and whose condition will improve due to the aid? How do the local people live in Luhansk Oblast? How do the national refugees live?
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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 Last Soldiers

Original title: Jätkusõja viimased sõdurid

2002 | Documentary | Director: Enn Säde

Documentary narrative about the destinies of five Estonian men, FInnish Boys who fought in the infantry regiment in Finland that had lost the war but preserved its independence in 1957 and 1948.

Documentary about five protagonists, Estonian men who fought in the ranks of Finnish army against the Soviet Union, and whom Finland gave out to Russia after the war. They suffered under the repressions of NKVD, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs. The former so-called Finnish Boys and the Finnish prison guards of that time recall their dramatic adventures. The main character of the film is an old minister of a village church, a former Finnish Boy Paul Saar. In order to forward the political picture of that time, the filmmakers have used plenty of authentic film materials from Estonian and ...
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Eesti mees sõdades

1990 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves
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Estonians. That's the Way it Was.

Original title: Eestlased. Nii see oli

1984 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Film for the children of expatriate Estonians in Canada introduces the history of the Republic of Estonia, events of WW2 and the destiny of refugees.

Lesson of the expatriate Estonian pupils in Canada, singing class. Film's director Arved Viirlaid with his wife explains the reasons of making the film. Chronicle frames: Tallinn before World War I, Nicholas II of Russia, battle scenes from World War I. Revolution of 1917 in St. Petersburg, Kerenski, Lenin, manifesto of declaration of the Republic of Estonia; German forces in 1918, the Red Army, Danish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence, armoured trains and armoured vehicles; the original document of the Treaty of Tartu. Chronicle scenes about the restructuring of the Republic of Estonia after the War of Independence: ...
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Võidu hind

1970 | Documentary | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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Sõjapäevade laulud

1969 | Musical film | Director: Evald Hermaküla
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Twenty pages

Title in Estonian: Kakskümmend lehekülge

1965 | Documentary | Director: Elvi Koppel

The story of Estonian schoolboy Harry Esop who died in the siege of Leningrad, excerpts from his diary.

The story of Estonian schoolboy Harry Esop who died in the siege of Leningrad, excerpts from his diary, documentary episodes during the times of the siege in Leningrad in 1941-1942.
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Kalevi-Liiva tragöödia

1964 | Other categories, Film footage | Director: Tõnis Kask, Ants Kivirähk
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