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TATTERED RAGS

Original title in Estonian: VANAQ NARDSOQ

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Rain Järv

Rain Järve's documentary about the thoughts and actions of a master craftsman.

Short documentary about craftsman Reet Pettai.
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Rauaniit

2020 | Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy.

To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy. An observational documentary by Maria Aua is about the reconstruction of the former textile factory into the Academy of Arts. The process of transformation is the result of the selfless and hard physical work of the builders. A glamorous opening party takes place in the newly completed modern house, the rooms are filled with new kind of people, there are no builders ...
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Estonian village in Ghana

Title in Estonian: Eesti küla Ghanas

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kalle Käesel

Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA.

Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut, also called the gold of African women, growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA. It depends on the continuity of the volunteers as well as the local villagers' contribution to the world of business whether the activities started in a small Ghanaian village would thrive and thus offer ...
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In memoriam Eesti kroon

Original title: In memoriam Eesti kroon

2011 | Amateur films, Documentary | Director: Eve Ester

Textile artist Elna Kaasik creates the death cloths of Estonian kroon for the applied arts exhibition "Ragulka" ("Slingshot").

Textile artist Elna Kaasik is inspired by the history of Estonian kroon in her work based on banknotes. The artist weaves carpets out of newspaper and banknote strips for the exhibition "Estonian Applied Art Slingshot 2011" - she calls her work as death cloths of the first Estonian currency. Estonian kroon was effective in the Republic of Estonia in 1924-1941 and was again taken into use in 1992 when Estonia regained its independence. This lasted to December 31st, 2010 since Estonia switched to Euro on January 1st, 2011. On the front side of the banknotes there is some important person ...
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Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea

Original title: Regilaul - laulud õhust

2011 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ulrike Koch

This richly shot film explores an ancient singing tradition in modern Estonia, weaving together people and nature through song.

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, they produce a haunting sound able to connect the fleeting present with the eternal circle of life. Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores how Regi songs still fire the imagination today, weaving together people and nature through song.
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The Measure of Man

Original title: Inimese mõõt

2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marianne Kõrver

Is the global environmental crisis concerning just our environment or is it also the crisis of our habits, expectations and values?

The relations between urbanizing people and natural environment become more and more problematic. Maybe the global environmental crisis is the crisis of the increasing process of urbanizing and the crisis of our habits, expectations and values? The documentary reflects the fear that our habitual world is going to end - the ever-pulsating streets of New York City; the ancient Hsasnkeyf in Turkey, with the history reaching back to the beginning of urban culture in old Mesopotamia; the fishermen villages in Tonle Sap Lake in the heart of Cambodia; and in an ultramodern urban district in Freiburg, South-Germany. Four places in ...
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Smiling Women

Original title: Naeratavad naised

2003 | Documentary | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Kihnu is an island of women since they have always maintained optimism and households in that island.

There is hardly any other place like Kihnu island where the women in national costumes ride motorbikes while running their daily chores. Life together with fishermen who are always away at sea has made the women of the island to become independent. Despite their men are absent the women still hold a dance festival - the women of Kihnu island dance with themselves.
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Nõmme

1999 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Rein Raamat, Helvi Raamat

Documentary commissioned by Nõmme city district government about the former independent garden suburb - Nõmme.

The documentary introduces the history of Nõmme district in Tallinn, its important buildings of great architectural and culture historical value, its humane and friendly natural environment, residents' activities and opportunities for working, pastime and hobbies in late 1990s.
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Man of Kihnu

Original title: Kihnu mees

1986 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

Documentary directed by Mark Soosaar about the island of Kihnu, its residents and the social problems of the local society.

Twelve years after making the documentary "Woman of Kihnu" (1973), director Mark Soosaar films another documentary where the focus is on the male residents of Kihnu island. The right to organize their life has been taken away from Kihnu people: important decisions are made in the mainland, local culture is vanishing, social problems are getting worse. Local men are drinking vodka, become alcoholics, or die at sea. The filmmakers ruthlessly record situations that normally would not see any strangers as witnesses. The documentary has followed the actions of sincere people; the stories told by Mark Soosaar are both colourful and ...
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Pillikeel

1983 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Georg Jegorov
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