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Estonian Funeral

Original title: Eesti matus

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

Andres, a young man who sells retirement insurances in shopping centres, meets a dark-skinned girl and falls in love.Lee, the newfound girl of his dreams called, is an open-minded world traveler who does not understand the „workaholism“ of Estonians nor the need to own land at all costs. With naive dreams, the young lovers want to go travel the world in search of happiness, but they have to take an unexpected small detour first. Andres has to go to his grandfather's funeral and unsuspectingly takes Lee with him. At the funeral, a colorful company of friends, family and neighbours have gathered ...
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Whitsunday At Tammealuse

Original title: Suvisted Tammealusel

2015 | Documentary, Nature, Anthropological | Director: Rein Maran

Every year local people and their guests gather at Grove of Tammealuse in Samma Village, Viru County, for Whitsunday festivities to celebrate the beginning of summer.

Every year local people and their guests gather at Grove of Tammealuse in Samma Village, Viru County, for Whitsunday festivities to celebrate the beginning of summer. Whitsunday is known in folk memory as an important holiday for country folk and merry spring holiday that has been celebrated in Estonia through the ages to greet the arriving summer. Whitsunday (or Whitsun, Whit) involved many traditional preparatory activities - tidying the home and its surroundings, decorating with birches, going to the sauna. The celebration itself took place at the nearest sacred Grove, where a swing was set up and a bonfire made. ...
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Seal Siberis Baikali taga

1991 | Popular Sciences | Director: Dietmar Buchmann
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa", mai 1991

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Eesti laul

1990 | Popular Sciences | Director: Vallo Kepp
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ESTO-80 in Sweden

Title in Estonian: ESTO 1980 Rootsis

1980 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Festivities of ESTO in Stockholm in 1980.

Events of the worldwide Estonian days (ESTO) held in Stockholm on June 6-13, 1980. Estonian symbols around the city; delegations of Estonians from Sweden together with German, Argentinian, Canadian and American expatriate Estonians delegations in ESTO procession. The slogans express insisting on freedom and independence for Estonia. The film has recorded festive speeches, various female gymnasts, folk dancers and choirs.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1957 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Nikolai Dolinski
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