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Foster Mothers

Title in Estonian: Kasuemad

2021 | Documentary, Nature, Problem oriented | Director: Meelis Muhu

The volunteers of the Wildlife Association rescue wild animals that have been involved in accidents as a result of human activities.

Wild animals are in trouble. In areas that have always been covered with forests, there are now new housing estates, highways and polygons. Because of human activity, more and more animals get into accidents. But the injured animals still have hope because volunteer foster mothers take care for them, heal them and let them go back to nature.
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Life of Ivanna

Original title in Russian: Жизнь Иванны Яптунэ

2021 | Documentary | Director: Renato Borrayo Serrano

From the harsh, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years in the life of a strong and charismatic woman as vital, physical film art.

Ivanna, a 26-year-old mother of five children, is living in the Arctic region in northwest Siberia. She lives a traditional nomadic life, driving her herd of reindeer at the tundra as her family did for centuries. But due to the environmental side effects of climate change most of her reindeers are dying and she knows that she will soon be ruined and forced to make a dramatic decision. Her husband, Gena, has already left the family. He moved to the city, hoping to find a job as an oil worker in the Russian oil fields but didn’t succeed and ...
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Baby On The Backseat

Original title (in Estonian): "Laps tagaistmel"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Epp Kubu

Film student Epp Kubu Master's thesis - a story about relationships, adolescence and integration.

A stranger might sometimes be your saviour and best friend. A young Estonian woman with an infant and a seasoned Russian driver meet in a taxi cab on a sunny summer’s day. On the winding road along the clint coast the young mother suddenly asks for a quick pee break. But the wait drags on longer than expected, testing the human bonds between two travellers who couldn’t be more different.
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Roots: Waiting For A Miracle

Original title: Juured: Oodates imet

2018 | Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.

A woman’s biggest joy is giving the gift of life to a new human being. The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.
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500 000-es tallinnlane

1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Andres Sööt
Taastamisaastad

1984 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov
E.Saar

1976 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Punase Koidu kangur Aasa Mäll

1973 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson
Saaremaa küla 1

1971 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Gunars Fride
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Nõukogude Eesti

1967 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valeria Anderson

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