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Scandinavian Silence

Original title: Skandinaavia vaikus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Martti Helde

We never dreamt of a good life. We dreamt of a normal life.

Film in three parts, two characters and one obsession: to prevent the past from taking over... Psychological drama with the elements of thriller tells about the reuniting of two characters. Through the winter landscape, they take a journey together that open up the reasons of a violent event that happened years ago. Unsolved past leads the characters to make a choice that will define their future.
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The Last Prince

Original title: Viimane vürst

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

A documentary about Peeter Volkonski lets us take peek in the everyday life of a colorful cultural figure and explores how he manages to find balance between the household and the aristocracy.

A documentary about Peeter Volkonski lets us take peek in the everyday life of a colorful cultural figure and explores how he manages to find balance between the household and the aristocracy. Prince Volkonski with his respectable pedigree is an Estonian singer, actor, producer and translator. What is the price of public admiration and is there enough room for compromises when dedicating your life on creation? How to enjoy the flight of a free spirit when the problems of everyday life can strike at any moment? Besides the creational activity the documentary explores the role of the hero's always supporting wife Maria ...
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Damascus Steel

Original title: Damaskus

2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaan Kolberg, Jaanus Kulli

A blacksmith battling a severe disease begins the last great job of his life - the creation of a sword made of Damascus steel.

The film's main character is Taimo Kõrvermaa, a blacksmith nicknamed Sepa Tom (Tom Blacksmith), who is also called Damascus as he is one of few craftsmen in Estonia who has the skills for forging a sword made of Damascus steel. The foundation of the film is the blacksmith creating a sword, ordered by the Estonian Neopagans, from beginning to end. In parallel, we will explore the life of the smith, who grew from a thieving orphanage child into a craftsman.
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Amalimbo

2016 | Animation, Cartoon, Other types of animation | Director: Juan Pablo Libossart

Tipuana, a five year-old girl, experiences the limbo as she tries to pass to ‘the other side’ after the recent death of her beloved father.

Tipuana, a five year-old girl, experiences the limbo when she tries to pass to ‘the other side’ in her desperate urge to meet again with her recently dead father. A short story that happens in an undefined place in an also undefined future.
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Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 11

Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 11. film

1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

Estonian Consulate General in Sydney, activities of Estonian Houses and unions in Australia.

Women prepare for the evening gathering at the Estonian Consulate General in Sydney. Malle Rohver, the General Consul in Australia, talks about the consul's daily work and about Aldur Kaljo, the former General Consul. Those who are interested in Estonia will receive materials from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Estonian Institute; introducing Estonia is one of the main activities of the General Consul. Soloist of Sydney Opera, Ingrid Silvaeus, is singing while being accompanied by the song's author Inno Salasoo. Malle Rohver recalls the death of her father in the prison camp in Russia and escaping the island ...
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Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 2

Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 2. film

1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

The second part of the film introducing the life of expatriate Estonians in Australia. Estonians recall their arrival to Australia and their first impressions of the country.

Ten expatriate Estonians in Australia recall their first impressions when arriving at their new homeland Australia. Arnold Perendi, founder of the Association of Estonian Union in Australia, recalls Johannes Kaiv and Arved Millen, people who were related to the early years of the Estonian Consulate in Sydney. Loreida Nichols who lives in Sydney arrived at Australia in 1927 when she was 14. She recalls the scarce working possibilities and that married women were not allowed to work. Astrid Sisask from Brisbane came to Australia with her parents in 1930s. She recalls the difficult economic situation of that era and the ...
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Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 6. Part 1

Title in Estonian: Austraalia eestlased 6. film, I jagu

1995-1996 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Lembit Blauhut

Life of expatriate Estonians in Canberra, Australia - past times and at the present day. The life story of a famous scientist Armin Öpik.

Views of Canberra, capital of Australia - House of Parliament, War Memorial of Australia. Interior space of the House of Parliament - former Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Robert Hawk, QUeen Elizabeth II, Senator Dorothy Tangney, member of Parliament Enid Lyons, Senator of Queensland Neville Thomas Bonner have been depicted on paintings. Chamber of the Parliament. Order of Australia, designed by Vambola Veinberg born in Tallinn, is exhibited in the House of Parliament. Reet Bergman, chairwoman of the Estonian Association in Canberra, talks about the local Estonian community. She recalls the ride with a hot-air balloon on the Nations Day ...
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Peace for our homes

Title in Estonian: Rahu meie kodudele

1990 | Documentary | Director: Heli Speek

Documentary directed by Heli Speek about cleric Harald Meri and the murder story of his housemaid in April 1990.

Harald Meri (1917–1990) was the minister of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, dean of Järva deanery and reverend in Türi. Harald Meri and his housemaid Valve Klein were missing on April 5th, 1990. Their bodies were later found in the territory of Toravere quarry. The double murder is still unresolved. The documentary is based on the story told by Harald Meri's daughter Meeli Meri and on observations of the activities of the murder investigation committee.
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