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  • Blood
    Blood

    2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Jüri Muttika

    The course work of film master's student Jüri Muttika, who, together with screenwriter Piret Sammel, has directed a humorous, but at the same time set in real Estonian society, story about a conscript serving time in the Estonian Defense Forces and his Russian bride, who urgently needs a blood transfusion from her loved one to save the life of her brother injured in the riots, based on the events that became known as Bronze Night.

  • An Invitation to the Eternal City
    An Invitation to the Eternal City

    Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

    An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

  • Pictures from the XXth Century Estonia
    Pictures from the XXth Century Estonia

    Original title: Möödunud sajandi Eestist

    2000 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Documentary directed by Andres Sööt has recorded the years of 1996 and 1997 as a continuation to the earlier annual film chronicles "Year of the Dragon" and "Year of the Horse".

  • Noored sõdurid
    Noored sõdurid

    1994 | Newsreels, Newsreels beyond 1992 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin

  • Birth of the Statehood
    Birth of the Statehood

    Original title: Riigiks saamine

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Heikki Aasaru

  • Russian Metal and US $-Kiss
    Russian Metal and US $-Kiss

    Original title of the film "Vene metalli ja US $ suudlus"

    1993 | Documentary | Director: Rein Kotov, Artur Talvik

    Documentary about Russian metal smuggling via Estonia.

  • Tartu sõjakomissar Ants Laaneots
    Tartu sõjakomissar Ants Laaneots

    1991 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heli Speek

  • Path of Impediments
    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.

  • Vabadusristi Vendade XXI aastapäev
    Vabadusristi Vendade XXI aastapäev

    Original title: Vabadusristi Vendade XXI aastapäev

    1940 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1912-1940 I half | Director: Juhan Kuslap

    Parade of the army and National Defence League organized in honour of the 21st anniversary of the Cross of Liberty Brothers at Freedom Square.

  • 1. Jalaväerügemendi 20. Aastapäeva tähistamine Narvas 24.-25.04.1937
    1. Jalaväerügemendi 20. Aastapäeva tähistamine Narvas 24.-25.04.1937

    1937 | Newsreel 1912-1940 I half, Newsreels | Director:

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