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Goodbye Soviet Union

Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL

2020 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Lauri Randla

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union. Johannes is born into an eccentric family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, snappy Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished… all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take ...
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Soviet Friendsbook

Original title: Ankeet

2020 | Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

It has been several decades since graduating from school when Aljona Suržikova decides to find her classmates in different parts of the world. Her goal is to compare the friendsbook what was created in their youth with today's reality.

The unifier of the common past of the perestroika generation is the school. Classmates who once lived in very similar conditions, played the same games and shared the most personal thoughts have been able to create very different and varied lives today. It is several decades since graduating from school when Aljona Suržikova decides to look for her classmates in different parts of the world. Her goal is to compare the friendsbook created in their youth with today's reality. The friendsbook is serving a written historical memory function, preserving the beautiful moments and big dreams that were written down during school ...
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Taagepera

2019 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Peeter Simm
Mihkel

Original title (in Icelandic): Undir Halastjörnu

2018 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Ari Alexander Magnusson

In the film, Mihkel and Veera dream of moving from their home in Estonia to Iceland. Events take an unexpected turn and Mihkel dies a painful death in Iceland, betrayed by his oldest friend, Igor.

Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces Mihkel to smuggle two bottles of liquid amphetamine and then seek payment from an  Estonian priest, who is a business partner of Igor’s in Saint Petersburg. The priest is then to set him up in his new home and bring Vera over to join him. Rather than getting paid, he is instead coerced into ...
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Alone and Together

Original title of the film "Üksinda ja koos"

2002 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt
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Baltic uprising, interviews

Original title: Balti riikide iseseisvuse saavutamise teemalised intervjuud 1991

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Interviews in English for TV news. Interview with Tõnu Parming, newspaper editor and politician.

Interviews in English held for TV news. The revolt of 1956 in Hungary is being compared with the fight for freedom in the Baltic States in 1991. After the interview the TV reporter talks about the importance of reflecting political events on TV with the interviewee. Interview with Tõnu Parming, a newspaper journalist and a politician. Again, parallels are made with the revolt in Hungary, at the same time, essential differences are being emphasized.
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Interview with Küllo Arjakas in Toronto

Original title: Küllo Arjakase intervjuu Torontos

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Interview with Küllo Arjakas on the events taken place on January 13th, 1991 in Vilnius.

Küllo Arjakas spends a longer period of time in Canada and USA. He is being interviewed by a TV reporter, they discuss the events that took place on January 13, 1991 in Vilnius. The interviewer wonders why the conflict has increased, whether Estonian people are afraid of the situation and how Estonia will defend itself. Arjakas responds even three times to the question how Canada could help the Baltic states. After the interview the reporter and Küllo Arjakas talk about visiting Russia. Representative of Latvian press room faxes a special announcement to newspapers from Latvian National Federation in Canada.
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Mourning Meeting of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto

Original title: Toronto lätlaste kogukonna leinamiiting

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Mourning day on Nathan Philips Square in Toronto in memory of those killed in Riga. Representatives of Latvian and Lithuanian communities are holding speeches.

Leinapäev Toronto raekoja ees. Leinamiitingul räägitakse traagilistest sündmustest Riias, kus eriüksuse rünnakutes hukkus viis inimest. Kõneleb Läti Vabariigi konsul Torontos Guntis Silinš. Ta tänab Kanada kogukonda toetusavalduste eest ja Toronto linnavalitsust. Silinš meenutab Nõukogude režiimi poolt oma rahvale põhjustatud kannatusi ja tõdeb, et kahetsusväärselt uputatakse inimeste vabaduspüüe tänaselgi päeval verre. Guntis Silinš asetab lilled lipumasti jalamile. Järgneb leinaminut. Miitingulised hoiavad leinalintidega Eesti, Leedu ja Läti rahvuslippe. Leedu esindaja räägib sõjalistest konfliktidest maailmas, Kuveidi kriisist. Baltimaad on aga 50 aastat sõjas olnud, nüüd taotletakse iseseisvust. Lauldakse Läti hümni. Leinalipp jääb masti terveks nädalaks.
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Mourning meeting at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto in January 1991

Original title: Baltlaste leinapäev Torontos

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Commemoration day at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto where Guntis Silinš, the Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto holds his speech.

Commemoration day at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. People exit the new city hall of Toronto and gather in front of the building; they are carrying the national flags of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with black ribbons. The commemoration meeting includes speeches about the tragic events in Riga where people were killed in attacks by special forces of militia. Guntis Silinš, the Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto, holds a speech. He recollects the sufferings caused by the Soviet regime and confesses that the desire for freedom is being still suffocated at the present day. Guntis Silinš places ...
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Press Service of Latviansʹ Community in Toronto

Original title: Toronto Läti kogukonna pressiteenistus

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

January 14, 1991 in the press service of Toronto Latvian community. Representative gives interview to the TV channel CBC News about the situation in Riga.

January 14, 1991 in the press service of Toronto Latvian community. Representative gives interview to the TV channel CBC News about the situation in Riga. A big demonstration is being organized. For organizing of Latvian people's front Tautas Fronte the plan is to hold a support endorsement to the Latvian and Lithuanian government with 600 000 participants. About 8000 people supporting the empire took part in the Intermovement's demonstration on January 9th. Since the fear of military intervention is in the air, barricades are being built in Riga. Interview with reporter Regina from CBC News tackles several aspects of the ...
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