Tushar Prakash is an Indian man who has come to live in Estonia because of love. In this documentary he is on a quest to learn from his partner's relatives, who live in the countryside of South Estonia, on how to become a real Estonian man.
A biographical documentary film by Kristin Raup and Madli Lääne about Merle Karusoo, the Estonian stage director and collector of local biographies.
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.
A modern man coming to grips with his own existence through the medium of tradition.
Meeting a swan may be an introspective experience, similarly to facing the nature of Iceland, its magnificent mountains, watery grasslands and powerful winds. For a nine-year-old girl Sól all this won't be a free choice since her family sends her away to the wild and lonely nature because of a theft.
Documentary about the daily life of mountain gorillas and the local forest guides who mediate the gorillas to tourists. There are both battles with poaching as well as extreme poverty common to Africa.
Director Arbo Tammiksaar together with his family moved to live in a Vissarions' village in Siberia for a year, in order to follow the daily life of the religious community.
Anatomy of totalitarism. Sarcastic retrospect to the darkest era in Estonian history during 20th century.
The film, banned for ideological reasons during the Soviet era, depicts the situation in an Estonian collective farm village.
This documentary is a critical analysis of the severe negative consequences of the centrally planned agricultural policy. A policy which imposes a new technology without taking into account the specific needs and conditions of the farming-land in Estonia.
Documentary on a problematic issue - namely the crop husbandry and land improvement in a non-chernozemic zone in the Soviet Estonia.
City people move to the countryside.
Documentary about spoiling the structure of ploughed soil and about the changes in arable ground.
The first year of activity of the agricultural enterprise of Viljandi district, Estonia.
The sequel to „The Waterfowl People“. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970.
Debut documentary by Märt Müür gives a bold and professional overview about the production of ploughing equipment inappopriate for non-chernozemic fields.
Establishment of collective farms and the successful activities of three collective farms in the present day.
The film about the life of Estonian children and youth in the TV film series "Children of the Soviet Union".
Documentary directed by Jüri Müür about the daily problems in the field of agriculture - worries about its development and the future tasks.
Contemplation on how the new generation of farmers relate to work and home in the countryside.
Achievements of the Soviet Estonia in various fields of economy and science, in education and culture. Lifestyle characteristic of that era.
Founding member Julius Maripuu talks about the history of the Viktor Kingissepp collective farm, anniversary ceremony.