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Fast Eddy's Old News

Original title: Fast Eddy vanad uudised

2015 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?
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The State Elder, Part II

Original title: Riigivanem II

1991 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar
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Siberia has also been my homeland

Title in Estonian: Ka Siber on olnud mu kodumaa

1990 | Documentary | Director: Märt Müür

Documentary directed by Märt Müür about his family, deportation and meetings with people with similar destinies.

The author of the documentary is mainly recalling his personal experience, events, emotions and memories. Together with the film's author there are also his close relatives and people with similar destiny met during the times in Siberia. People recollect various events in a foreign country outside Matsimärdi farm. While being based on today's beliefs, Märt Müür attempts to form a collective portrait of thousands of people with tragic destinies, once deported from Estonia to Siberia.
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Mere sügavustes

1987 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov
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Why do the stars fall

Original title: Miks kukuvad tähed

1987 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märt Müür

Documentary on problematic issues directed by Märt Müür whose film tells a story about diligent and successful heads of collective farm and how the Soviet system has unjustly harassed them, found them guilty and punished them.

The sincere documentary about the heads of collective farms in Soviet Estonia who have worked hard without being afraid of risk and responsibility. However, due to the pressure by the Communist Party, its authorities envy and out-dated legislation they had to pay for it with their positions, health and often with their lives. Vello Tire, head of Viiratsi pig farm, died at the age of 51; Tomas Sooaluste, the head of Gagarin Sovkhoz Tech School, died at the age of 43; Georg Suurmets, the head of Energia collective farm, became disabled. The author of the documentary, Märt Müür, discusses the ...
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Jaht

1985 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Veiko Paalma
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Estonia-Filmist Tallinnfilmini

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ants Looman
1000-des ringvaade Nõukogude Eesti

1971 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel
Eesti NSV filmikunst

1971 | Advertising | Director: Jüri Müür
Path of Impediments

Original title: Okkaline rada

1971 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vladimir Parvel

Portrait documentary by Vladimir Parvel about Konstantin Märska, the founder of Estonian film art and the first professional cinematographer in Estonia.

Documentary about Konstantin Märska, the founder of Estonian film art and the first professional cinematographer. The film tells about the film enthusiast's work and life full of impediments during the first Republic of Estonia. The excerpts from film chronicles and archival documents depict the story of a man who persistently fought for domestic feature film, even if due to the complicated circumstances he had to remain a documentary and film chronicle filmmaker. Märska as a talented cinematographer was able to document both public events as well as emotional scenes from daily life and poetical nature views about Estonia in 1930s ...
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