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  • At The Water's Edge
    At The Water's Edge

    Original title: Vete piiril

    2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

    A portrait of a remarkable woman who lives alone in the remote part of Estonia, in Soomaa National Park. Every Spring, the area gets badly flooded for weeks at times, but still, she has no plans of leaving.

  • Landscape patterns
    Landscape patterns

    Original title: Maastiku mustrid

    2014 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Riho Västrik

    The diversity of Estonian landscapes is like a unique patchwork quilt. It is loved by local fauna and is a part of the Estonian genetic code.

  • Uppsala River Rally, Celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Sigtuna, 1989
    Uppsala River Rally, Celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Sigtuna, 1989

    Title in Estonian: Uppsala jõeralli, volbri tähistamine Sigtunas 1989

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Watching forsränning or rafting in Uppsala with coopers. Putting on white hats in Sigtuna on May 1, 1989. Literary critics Rutt Hinrikus and Toomas Liiv in Sweden.

  • Kalakaitseinspektor
    Kalakaitseinspektor

    1978 | Documentary | Director: Valentin Kuik

  • Odes to the Spring
    Odes to the Spring

    Original title: Laulud kevadele

    1975 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Heino Pars

    It is film fairytale about birds living in Estonian forests.

  • Lepo Mikko
    Lepo Mikko

    1973 | Documentary | Director: Kaupo Klooren

    Lepo Mikko, lecturer of the Estonian State Art Institute.

  • Film Chronicle by Valter Kotsar
    Film Chronicle by Valter Kotsar

    Title in Estonian: Valter Kotsari kroonika

    1972 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Film chronicle about the culture life of expatriate Estonians in Sweden in 1967-1972.

  • Kevad 1968
    Kevad 1968

    1968 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Semjon Školnikov

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1968 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1966 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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