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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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The Grove

Original title in Estonian: Hiis

2014 | Students film, Short | Director: Nele Kirsipuu

The main character Mikk is a 16 year old boy who finds comfort in nature photography capturing beautiful moments on pictures. One morning before the sunrise he goes out in the woods to take a picture of the rising sun. He finds a tree with a perfect view from the top to the sunrise. Without considering the trees old age he climbs to the top of it and wrecklessly falls down breaking the tree and its branches. After the fall Mikk meets a mysterious forest creature who teaches him to really see and listen the trees. With this experience Mikk’s ...
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Charm of Sacred Groves

Original title: Hiite lummus

2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

Documentary by Rein Maran about oak groves in Estonia - local holy places of nature and cultural heritage.

There are more than 800 known grove sites in Estonia, the ancient holy places of nature. Groves were protected by the religious customs of rural people and its natural environment stayed intact. This way, every grove formed into an original ecosystem due to local conditions of climate, water and soil. Many groves are well-preserved today, some of them, however, are completely gone except a few landscape marks left behind of its existence. The main value of Estonian nature gradually opens up - the variety of the nature surrounding us. Unfortunately, we are not always able to understand the value as ...
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Tamm

1997 | Documentary | Director: Laila Pakalniņa
Agricultural industry cooperative

Original title: Agrotööstuskoondis

1985 | Documentary, Commissioned, Other categories | Director: Heli Speek

Study film commissioned by the Ministry of Education of the Estonian SSR about the activities in the field of agriculture and Agrotööstuskoondis (agricultural industry cooperative).

Study film commissioned by the Ministry of Education of the Estonian SSR gives an overview about the activities in the field of agriculture and explains the leading role of Agrotööstuskoondis (agricultural industry cooperative) in organizing our agricultural production. Both the images and the text in film describe the work flow in different fields as well as the results. A quick overview about various fields of agriculture: crop farming, livestock farming and milk production.
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Beautiful is the land

Title in Estonian: Ilus on maa

1984 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Rein Maran

Poetic documentary directed by Rein Maran about Estonian nature, history and the present day.

How far can one travel in Estonia during half an hour? And to perform everything one has seen in a flowing poetic language? The essence of the times, places, nature and people taken from the summer of 1984 when Lasnamäe district in Tallinn was young, rural life in Estonia was blooming and people mainly drove cars made in Soviet Union. Were these truly the best years of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Estonia or did it only seem so? The red roofs of the Old Town of Tallinn have always been red; Tartu will always greet the Midsummer Day with ...
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The Herd Boy is the King

Title in Estonian: Karjapoiss on kuningas

1982 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vello Kallaste

Karl Aru, retired General Major of artillery, celebrates his 80th birthday with a festive yet official reception and introduces his home village.

Retrospective documentary about Karl Aru who was born in the beginning of 20th century in a farm and became a General Major of the Soviet Army. On his 80th birthday, he criticizes the degradation of rural life. Reportage about his official birthday party held in the Tallinn Officers' House, mingled by the journeys in his former home village.
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Vacuum Cleaner

Original title: Tolmuimeja

1978 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik
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RAM

1970 | Musical film | Director: Mark Soosaar, Leo Karpin
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Jäägid, põhiliselt VII osa jätkuks, uudne materjal

1959-1962 | Amateur films | Director: