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Virago

2019 | Feature film, Short | Director: Kerli Kirch Schneider

In the village of Virago, where no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tõnu is about to turn forty.

A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the widows as they cross themselves somberly. This is the life and the death of the men in Virago — a village where for centuries no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday. Until today.
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So long, Dracula!

Title in Estonian: Isake Dracula Eesti variant

1993 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves

Anatomy of totalitarism. Sarcastic retrospect to the darkest era in Estonian history during 20th century.

Occupied Estonia. Stalin and his era when poets wrote him odes and poems but the bushwhackers sang: " ... and our aim is to kill Stalin". From the tribunes, Stalin was addressed as "the great friend of Estonian nation", nevertheless, for the majority of Estonian Stalin's name embodied the violence and lies that hit Estonia. This influenced all areas of life and no-one was left untouched by the terror. The documentary breakrs the myth about the joint resistance of Estonian nation to the foreign power and gives the warning that there is the possibility that similar things could happen again.
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... and Women

Title in Estonian: .... ja naised

1989 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary about the problematic issues of the Soviet woman and her situation in the present day as well as the hopes for the better future.

Documentary directed by male cinematographers Heini Drui and Edvard Oja about the Soviet woman who might not gain her so-called bonus points in sexual life while being working and diligent.
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Haapsalu 700

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Elo Tust
S.Õunapuu ja M.Koplimets

1978 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Harri Martinson
Woman today

Title in Estonian: Naine täna

1974 | Documentary | Director: Reet Kasesalu

Publicistic documentary about woman and her role in society in 1970s.

The filmmakers try to define the role of a woman in Estonian society in 1970s. They compare the activities of men and women in various fields of life, observe woman as mother, as caretaker for family and as worker. But also, the film is about woman's efforts towards beauty and goodness. The situation is commented by Jüri Kraft, deputy to the minister of light industry; psychologist Ilmar Ebber and social scientist Klara Hallik.
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Saida sovhoosi naistraktoristid

1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Semjon Školnikov
Tehas Normamänguasjad

1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Semjon Školnikov
A tiny piece of homeland

Original title: Killuke kodumaad

1963 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vitali Gorbunov

Heartfelt documentary about the island of Vaindloo and its six residents.

Vaindloo island is the northernmost island in Estonia, located in Finnish Bay. Two married couples with children, the lighthouse keepers, live in the island, together six people. Filmmakers observe the daily life of the island residents, their work and other activities.
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Kaevurite päev Kohtla-Järvel;Kaševarov

1951 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Nikolai Dolinski

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