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  • Taevas, tule appi
    Taevas, tule appi

    2020 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director:

  • The Sacred In The Secular
    The Sacred In The Secular

    2014 | Students film, Produced in foreign university | Director: Karin Leivategija

    Toomas is an Estonian Orthodox clergyman who is deeply commited to music. He expresses that commitment through his job as an ethno and reggae music DJ in clubs and radio.

  • Guardian of the soul
    Guardian of the soul

    Original title: Hingevalvur

    2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Meelis Süld

    One woman with two controversial professions - a criminal investigator and a religious minister.

  • Etude of a Prayer
    Etude of a Prayer

    Original title: Etüüd palvest

    2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Siiri Timmerman, Jaan Kolberg

    This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth.

  • Islam Eestis
    Islam Eestis

    2006 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve

  • The Vicar of Halliste
    The Vicar of Halliste

    Original title: Halliste kirikuõpetaja

    2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    During his unfair imprisonment in the Soviet Estonia a head of sovkhoz gets a divine revelation and he will enter a deal with God in order to set himself free.

  • Gathering after Inaugurating Archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri in 1964
    Gathering after Inaugurating Archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri in 1964

    TItle in Estonian: Peapiiskop Johannes Oskar Lauri ametisse pühitsemise koosviibimine 1964

    1964 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Inaugurating the new archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri in St. Jacob's Church, Stockholm after which a festive gathering is held on November 29, 1964.

  • Inauguration of Archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri
    Inauguration of Archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri

    Title in Estonian: Peapiiskop Johannes Oskar Lauri ametisse pühitsemine

    1964 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Festive gathering following the inauguration ceremony of the new archbishop Johannes Oskar Lauri at Saint James's Church in Stockholm on November 29, 1964.

  • Johannes Oskae Lauri - 70
    Johannes Oskae Lauri - 70

    1961 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

  • Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church's bible translation committee in Stockholm 1958
    Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church's bible translation committee in Stockholm 1958

    Original title: EELK piiblitõlke komisjon Stockholmis

    1958 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Richard Koolmeister

    Gathering of the bible translation committee of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stockholm, family Koolmeister's home in Västerås.

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