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My Father The Spy

2018 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grube

The story of daughter of a Cold War double agent.

As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a murky game she would be unable to quit, Ieva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of ...
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Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 1/3

Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 75. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 1/3

1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia held in the great hall of Toronto University in November 1993.

Moments of the ceremony and concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia in the great hall of Toronto University. Opening of the ceremony, performances by the women's choir and a violin soloist. When the concert ends, the audience sings a festive song together in the hall. Guntis Ulmanis, the president of the Republic of Latvia, with his wife and escort are sitting in the front row.
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Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 2/3

Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 75. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 2/3

1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The second part of the festive events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia.

Expatriate Latvians in Canada are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia with the special event in Toronto. Also, restoration of independence in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is being celebrated with the event. The gathering is opened by a Lutheran church minister, speeches in Latvian and Lithuanian are followed (simultaneous sound). The audience is sitting behind the tables; after the toasts follows clinking of champagne glasses. The speeches also address the theme of the fight for independence in the Baltic states. It is emphasized that Canada has never acknowledged annexing of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. ...
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Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 3/3

Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 75. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 3/3

1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The third part of the festive events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia.

Expatriate Latvians in Canada are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia with the special event in Toronto. Also, restoration of independence in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is being celebrated with the event. Speeches in Latvian and Lithuanian (simultaneous sound) express the joy for the restoration of independence in Baltic states and the process of becoming free is being recalled. The meeting will end with the speech by the representative of the Latvian community in Canada. Salutation for all three free Baltic states.
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Celebration of the 74th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Toronto

Original title: Eesti Vabariigi 74. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos

1992 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Festive celebration of the 74th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in Toronto.

At the festive gathering, Maimu Palumäe reads out the greetings by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Estonian Prime Minister Tiit Vähi. Speech by the representative of Latvian refugees. Ilmar Heinsoo, the honorary consul of the Republic of Estonia in Canada, talks about the situation in Estonia while quoting the Prime Minister Tiit Vähi. Transitional period is characterised by tension in domestic policy, food crisis. He forwards his gratitude to EERO (organization in Toronto) for their support and aid to Estonian healthcare. Ilmar Heinsoo reads out a patriotic poem "I declare" by Henrik Visnapuu. Baritone Avo Kittask performs "Greeting to ...
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Humanitarian Aid to Latvia

Title in Estonian: Humanitaarabi saatmine Läti Vabariiki

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Collecting the packages of humanitarian aid in the Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Canada.

The Toronto Latvian Centre looks very busy. Expatriate Latvians keep bringing more and more packages of humanitarian aid to be sent to their relatives and friends in their homeland. People fill in delivery forms and pay postal charges by the desk where volunteers help.
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Baltic uprising – Latvia Riga barricades

Title in Estonian: CBC News teleintervjuu: Läti jaanuarisündmuste 1991 vastukaja

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel, Other categories, Film footage | Director:

Dr Guntis Silinš, Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto, tells in the TV interview given to CBC News about the fight for independence in Latvia and Gorbachev's politics in the Baltic States.

Dr Guntis Silinš, Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto, tells in the TV interview given to CBC News about the fight for independence in Latvia and Gorbachev's politics in the Baltic States. Dr Silinš explains the era of awakening in the Baltic States at the second half of 1980s in his interview given in Riga, January 1991. Late 1980s was the time when Gorbachev's policy of "demokratizatsiya" gave the Baltic people new hopes for future. Recent violents events by Soviet authorities in Lithuania and Latvia disappointed people in Gorbachev's policy and caused a setback in the process of ...
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Celebration of the 73th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto

Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 73. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Expatriate Latvians in Canada celebrate the anniversary of the Republic of Latvia on November 17, 1991.

Festive ceremony for celebrating the 73rd anniversary of independence day pf the Republic of Latvia held in the great hall of Toronto University. Views of people wearing festive outfit, many of them wearing national costumes, listening to speeches held in Latvian (simultaneous translation). A young man and two girls in national costumes guarding the national flag on the stage.
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Food aid to Latvia

Title in Estonian: Toiduabi Läti elanikele

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Expatriate Latvians in Canada load the food aid packages to the shipping containers in order to send the aid to the Republic of Latvia that has recently regained its independence.

Expatriate Latvian men in Canada are busy loading humanitarian aid packages into the shipping containers in Toronto in order to send these to homeland. Organizer of the humanitarian aid for Latvians gives an interview where he comments that everything has succeeded. In three weeks, thousands of packages of humanitarian aid, including food, clothes etc., were collected that are now being sent to the relatives and acquaintances in Latvia.
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Interview with Küllo Arjakas in Toronto

Original title: Küllo Arjakase intervjuu Torontos

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Interview with Küllo Arjakas on the events taken place on January 13th, 1991 in Vilnius.

Küllo Arjakas spends a longer period of time in Canada and USA. He is being interviewed by a TV reporter, they discuss the events that took place on January 13, 1991 in Vilnius. The interviewer wonders why the conflict has increased, whether Estonian people are afraid of the situation and how Estonia will defend itself. Arjakas responds even three times to the question how Canada could help the Baltic states. After the interview the reporter and Küllo Arjakas talk about visiting Russia. Representative of Latvian press room faxes a special announcement to newspapers from Latvian National Federation in Canada.
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