funeral service
Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves Orenda and sings to it may receive its power.
When her son asks her to move out of the apartment due to the unveiling of Elna’s legacy, Elna must come to terms with where she truly belongs — to the world of the living or the realm of the dead.
Edmunds has gone through three different careers and is now a funeral director at the only crematory in Latvia. How did he get there and why?
A film about life surrounding death.
Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.
A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.
The sequel to one of the most loved Estonian comedy films sees the return of the three high-school friends Mart, Andres and Toomas. This time they are planning a memorable stag party for Toomas, but due to unexpected turn of events end up at a funeral instead.
A music critic Hugo, suffering from post-divorce depression, is just about to rebuild his life when his jazz musician father Raivo arrives at his door unexpectedly. When an attractive psychotherapist enters the men’s lives, the father and son duo begin to compete for her attention.
Short documentary about the journey one takes before leaving Earth. Film captures last moments here - between the moment of death and funeral. Who we meet, where we go, who writes our life stories on the only physical memory we leave - the urn.
Heart-warming documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea about his mother who is oppressed by the pain of loss and fear of loneliness.
Aino Lepp has studied the phenomenon of bushwhacking and has driven around Estonia for years while searching for the graves of bushwhackers. Every time she finds one, it will stay in the old woman's heart.
Documentary about folk singer Virve Järsumägi, also known as Virve of Kihnu, and about the passing of folklore heritage from one generation to another.
Portrait documentary directed by Jüri Sillart about filmmaker and photographer Peeter Tooming and his battle with serious disease.
Autobiographical documentary about Edvard Oja's fight with alcoholism.
Portrait documentary directed by Raivo Suviste about academician Andrey Sakharov, Nobel Prize laureate.
Documentary directed by Heli Speek about cleric Harald Meri and the murder story of his housemaid in April 1990.
Jaagup Leeman's funeral service in Toronto.
Boris Jakob Leeman's funeral service in Toronto.
Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov where ex-servicemen recall their days in war and the difficulties during the post-war years.
Funeral of writer, politician and church minister Jaan Lattik in the Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, on June 27, 1967.
Funeral of writer, policitian and church minister Jaan Lattik in Stockholm on June 27, 1967.
The drama directed by Veljo Käsper is based on the short story "The Girl in Black" by Lilli Promet. The visually enjoyable lyrical love story depicts human solitude and the way people relate themselves to religion. Starring Lithuanian film star Juozas Budraitis.
Documentary by Ülo Tambek about the Soviet soldiers who fought in Hiiumaa island in 1941 and about the life in the island in mid-1960s.
Film chronicles about the cultural and social events of expatriate Estonians in Uppsala in 1963-1964.
Funeral of politician and diplomatist August Rei held in Gustaf Vasa Church, Stockholm on April 20, 1963.
Politician and diplomatist August Rei's funeral held in Gustaf Vasa Church in Stockholm on April 20, 1963.
