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Raul Vaiksoo - Pätt või Pühak?

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mattias Veermets

Architect Raul Vaiksoo marches on the fringes of blindness and genius, twisting the rules, blessing the digital world and enjoying the hustle and bustle of life.

Raul still doesn't have a cell phone, he doesn't drive, and he refuses to hurry. However, renowned architect Raul Vaiksoo always comes to meet clients, give lectures and go on crazy trips with friends. Raul believes that the divine touch is only gained through work, and when inspiration comes, he works for several days in a row. The buildings he designed can be found all over Estonia and he has been awarded both the annual award of the Cultural Endowment and the Order of the Republic of Estonia for his works. However, the charismatic man does not always stand on the pedestal ...
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Koma

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško, Peeter Simm

Documentary about well known Estonian theatre director Kalju Komissarov.

Kalju Komissarov (08.03.1946-06.03.2017) was one of the greatest and most influential theatre and film director and theatrical pedagogue in Estonia. To this day most of the big names who work in Estonian theatre stages have been his students. He was in charge of Estonian Youth Theatre 1974 - 1986, Ugala Theater 1989 - 1991 and 1986 - 1995 Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Till his death in 2017 he was the professor of University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy. You can see his students remembering him and his last interviews in documentary “Koma”.
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The Little Comrade

Original title: Seltsimees laps

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

It is 1950 in the Soviet Estonia and the Stalinist terror machine works at full steam – 6-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. “If you’re a good kid, I’ll be back soon,” are her mother’s last words as she is taken away at gunpoint. So Leelo is on her very best behaviour, but yet her mother does not return. A fear creeps into the child’s soul that it is her fault her mother was taken. The confusion only grows as “good” and “bad” no longer seem to hold any meaning in these troubled times. Why ...
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Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad

2016 | Documentary | Director: Tarvo Mölder
Festive Opening of the Chair of Estonian Studies in Toronto University (2)

Title in Estonian: Toronto ülikooli Eesti õppetooli avaaktus 2/4

1986 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.

The ceremony continues. Professor Endel Tulving introduces Tõnu Parming, the visiting professor of the Chair of Estonian Studies. Parming holds a speech "Intelligence and society".
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Teine reaalsus

1984 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui
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Schoolmates

Title in Estonian: Koolivennad

1976 | Documentary | Director: Irene Lään

Present day at Jäneda Sovkhoz Technical School, recollections of the alumni.

The past and the present of Jäneda Sovkhoz Technical School. Harald Männik, minister of agriculture; Arnold Rüütel, former rector of Estonian Academy of Agriculture and Secretary of the Central Committee of Estonian Communist Party; and famous agronomist Ülo Läänemets express their thoughts in the documentary. All of them have formerly studied in Jäneda Technical School.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1966 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Vladimir Parvel
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Nõukogude Eesti

1964 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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