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  • Leonhard Lapin. Process
    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.

  • Heldur
    Heldur

    2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Karol Ansip

    Shortly before Estonia regained its independence, a painting studio came into being, a studio that was guided by principles of painting that dated back to the First Republic. Heldur Viires, the leader and teacher of the school, has been passing on his knowledge of colour and light for thirty meaningful years.

  • Voldemar Väli
    Voldemar Väli

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

  • Tartu sõpruskond - kunsti saab igal ajal teha
  • Episodes from the lives of artists in Tartu in 1985-1989
    Episodes from the lives of artists in Tartu in 1985-1989

    Original title: Episoode Tartu kunstnike ja kunsti elust 1985-1989

    1989 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary by Andres Sööt about the artists and art life in Tartu at the end of 1980s.

  • Tartu 1989 - Library of the University of Tartu and Laine Peep, Tartu Art School
    Tartu 1989 - Library of the University of Tartu and Laine Peep, Tartu Art School

    Title in Estonian: Tartu 1989 - TÜ raamatukogu ja Laine Peep, Tartu Kunstikool

    1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

    Helga and Enn Nõu in Tartu on March 30, 1989. Visiting the library of the University of Tartu and in the office of library manager Laine Peep. At the exhibition of young artists of the Tartu Art School.

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

    1971 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

  • Nõukogude Eesti
    Nõukogude Eesti

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

  • Noored kunstnikud
    Noored kunstnikud

    1941 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:

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