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Art and the Cold War. Esthetic Resistance

Original title: Kunst ja külm sõda

2024 | Documentary | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West. It recalls a time when art was larger and more important than life itself. But also a time, the like of which Estonian art has never seen and most likely will never see again. On one side, there are independent Soviet artists who lack not only the output but also the finances to complete their works. On the other side, there is the tempting West whose ambassadors (in the literal sense) take active interest in the Soviet underground art market. Selling one’s works to the West is a ...
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Bigger Than Sports

Original title: Suurem kui sport

2019 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Kerttu Soans

Uncompromising "Crazy Coach" Arvi Aavik is creating the Estonian women's wrestling team out of a few capable girls.

Former Olympic athlete and female wrestler Epp Mäe's coach Arvi Aavik starts forming the first Estonian female national team where the athletes and coaches are working according to his training plan. Uncompromised and passionate Aavik, once called "A Crazy Coach", does not stop there - he wants to create something bigger than sports. He wants to erase the line between the coach and the athlete, trying to create a human touch.
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Mountains That Were Not There

Original title: Mäed, mida polnud

2018 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Ivar Jurtšenko

A documentary film that takes the viewer to the great stages of the sport of cycling. Estonians Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe are the same age and both from the small village of Vändra. They are under the microscope as they both cycle in the top-level Astana Pro Team.

Talent, diligence and willpower can take you to the world stage, even if you grow up in Vändra, on the periphery of Europe, and dream of becoming a professional cyclist. A pro who conquers famous mountaintops in the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Dolomites, and whose name is heard from week to week on the Eurosport channel when the Tour de France, the Giro d´Italia or the Vuelta are underway. One exceptional success story is understandable, but when there are two of them, and both at the same time… Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe grew up to become world-class champions ...
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Take It or Leave It

Original title: Võta või jäta

2018 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika whom he hasn’t even seen for the past six months is about to go into labour. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn’t want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption. Take it or leave it!
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Zoopark

2017 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

The discomfort that people feel when looking monkeys in a cage is a warning sign.

Visiting the zoo is a feast day. The zoo is a place where the lion and the hare live happily side by side and the children train makes daring circles. Many don’t know that the zoo is open 365 days a year and just like the animals, does not rest the people who take care of them. Film opens the hidden side of legendary Tallinn Zoo and speaks of the animals and humanity.
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Class Reunion

Original title: Klassikokkutulek

2016 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: René Vilbre

It’s been 25 years since graduation and three friends are headed to their big class reunion. On the night before the reunion, the guys go out to party and feel like they are 18 once again. But the world around them, as well as their physique, has changed drastically over the past 25 years...

The three buddies Mart (Mait Malmsten), Andres (Ago Anderson) and Toomas (Genka) are invited to the 25-year anniversary of their high school graduation. Actually, Mart and Andres are inclined to stay home, but Toomas talks them into going. He has organized a great weekend with drinks, ladies and sauna as a warm-up event to the class reunion. The question is whether they actually survive the Tallinn nightlife... and if they ever arrive to meet their old class-mates! The film takes a close look at the modern man at the very moment when he discovers that he is no longer 18, ...
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Refuse to Sink

Original title (in Estonian): "Keeldu uppumast"

2015 | Short, Students film | Director: Kristiina Tang

Three teenagers go to an abandoned summerhouse for the weekend. They are in their own world where they have no rules, but where Karl is still in the dominant position. Girls Elsa and Margaret go with Karls influence. Their evil games take another direction when Elsa decides to stand up to Karl and take control of her hereafter.
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Requiem to the Whooper Swan

Original title: Reekviem laululuigele

2003 | Nature, Documentary | Director: Rein Maran

The Whooper Swan does not usually breed in Estonia. But in spring and autumn the coastal shallow waters echo with its polyphonic cries. The Whooper Swan stays here for weeks to gain strength for long migration. In spring it is a winter visitor to the North, in autumn to the shores of the Mediterranean. Still there is one place in Estonia where the Whooper Swan breeds. The place is called Jäneda and local people have childhood recollections of the swans. The relations between nature and people are almost perfect there. But the life of swans in Jäneda still has its ...
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Mayor of Tallinn Hardo Aasmäeʹs interview in Toronto

Title in Estonian: Tallinna linnapea Hardo Aasmäe intervjuu Torontos

1990 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The visit of Hardo Aasmäe, Mayor of the City of Tallinn, to Toronto in February 1990.

The film shows Hardo Aasmäe's (the Mayor of the City of Tallinn in 1990-1992) visit to Toronto city council where he discusses the possibilities for Tallinn and Toronto to become sister cities. He gives a short introduction about the history and present day of the City of Tallinn. He is actively supported by William Boychuk (who is originally from Ukraine) in the city council. Aasmäe gives an interview to local media channels.
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Edgar Savisaar Arrives at Toronto Airport

Title in Estonian: Edgar Savisaare saabumine Toronto lennujaama

1989 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

The film depicts festive reception of Edgar Savisaars and Hardo Aasmäe's arrival at Toronto airport in 1989.

Edgar Savisaar and Hardo Aasmäe and Arvi Jürviste arrive at Toronto airport. At the airport there are waiting local foreign Estonians (incl. Lembit Soots, Eda Sepp, Toomas ja Anne Tamm, etc.) with flowers. Upon his arrival, Edgar Savisaar is speaking about travel impressions and flight by route Moskva-Montreal-Toronto. They are departing from the airport by white limousine ordered by the local recipients. At the end of the video there is a section about detention of a black man by the police. Lennujaamas ootavad väliseestlastest vastuvõtjad (sh Lembit Soots, Eda Sepp, Toomas ja Anne Tamm jt) lilledega. Saabumisel räägib Edgar Savisaar reisimuljetest ...
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