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Lydia

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hermes Brambat, Tarvo Mölder

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula.

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula. She has inspired the kids to love music for over five decades. However, her life's work is the Tallinn Boys' Choir. Besides vocal training, she has also raised generations of boys to be a gentleman. Thanks to her, many Estonian men are much better men. It's unbelievable that Lydia is in her seventies. She is extremely vital and full of energy. It is no problem for her even to have a football match with the boys. After all, age is nothing but a number, and she proves ...
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Tõnis Mägi

2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke

A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

The film is partly based on Tõnis Mägi’s life story but focuses more on his contemporary works and the new songs he’s created. It shows how each new story reflects his unique world through different moments from his own life and Estonian cultural history.
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Family Lies

Original title: Perekonnavaled

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik, Manfred Vainokivi

“Family Lies” by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.

The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald (Roman Baskin), who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei (Tambet Tuisk) must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. “Family ...
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Partituur neuroni genotüübile

1999 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peep Puks
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Ed. Vilde nimeline kolhoos

1989 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden
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Everything I dreamed of

Title in Estonian: Kõik, millest unistasin

1977 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ly Pulk

Portrait documentary about long-term music educator Linda Saul.

Singing teacher Linda Saul – teacher, mother, musician. Next to her there are Voldemar Saul, Heli Lääts, Peeter Saul, several students and long-term concertmaster Therese Raide. Filmmakers visit the Saul family in their summer cottage, observe singing lessons in the music conservatory, go to the honouring night for Linda Saul in Raadioteater (radio drama), visit their home farm in Valga county and walk in Haapsalu where Linda and Voldemar Saul recall their youth days.
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Kaptenid

1977 | Documentary | Director: Heiki Roots
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Tõuaretajad

1977 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ülo Tambek

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