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Leonhard Lapin. Process

Original title: Leonhard Lapin. Protsess

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director:

This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.

This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. In the second half of the 1960s, deep in the middle of the Soviet era, Lapin went to the capital to study architecture at the Art Institute. Lapin is especially inspired by pre-war Estonian funk architecture and Russian constructivists. In contrast, the bleak mass production on the actual building arena provokes protest and anger. He finds many like-minded people, and his artistic circle of friends ...
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Family Lies

Original title: Perekonnavaled

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik, Manfred Vainokivi

“Family Lies” by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.

The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald (Roman Baskin), who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei (Tambet Tuisk) must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. “Family ...
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Brave New World

Original title: Hea uus ilm

2006 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Jaan Tootsen

It's a film about consumerism, about people, who have lost themselves in a world of things.

It's a film about consumerism, about people, who have lost themselves in a world of things. Artur Tavere, who graduated from Oxford University couple of years ago, launched Tallinn Recycling Center, which is one of the strongest opposing poles to various shopping centers of the city. How to gather things that people have used? How to be happy with little?
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Kulla hind

1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peeter Tooming
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Oksjon

1988 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden
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Mahtra pillimehed

1981 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Georg Jegorov
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Juurikaru 8-kl kooli muuseumi looja K.Kontus

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peep Puks
A.Tamm

1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Julia Guteva
Lahemaa rahvuspark

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt
Nõukogude Eesti

1968 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

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