preservation of cultural heritage
An old filmmaker Peep Puks has directed 61 documentaries and created almost 40 programmes for television. In this film, he looks back on stories of the first post-war generation of Estonia and the birth of the Estonian documentary.
The story of Jorge from Ecuador, who teaches people to dance in Estonia.
Filmmaker Andres Sööt portrays poet Hando Runnel, his essential nature, mentality, people around him and the Estonian great intellectuals who are close to the poet.
Portrait documentary by Rein Raamat about Jaan Manitski, a well-off expatriate Estonian who returned to his fatherland and established an impressive cultural centre in his home village Viinistu.
A smart leader can keep the culture of his nation ingenous for a long time,but he is helpless against the interchange of genes.
Three-act documentary essay directed by Lennart Meri about memory and the historical cultural connections between the Finno-Ugric peoples.
Portrait documentary directed by Andres Sööt about Villem Raam, an art historian who introduces medieval churches (Karja, Pöide) in Saaremaa and Muhu St. Catherine's Church in Muhu Island.
Celebrating composer Mart Saar 100th birth anniversary in 1982.
Documentary directed by Arne Mikk about the 75-year-old Estonian National Opera Theatre.
The handcraft of the historical craftsmen of old Tallinn as seen around the city.
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.
Documentary follows the paths of organ music, history of organ and Estonian organs together with professor Hugo Lepnurm.
Political adventure film directed by Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" by Julian Semyonov. The film, based on true historical events, partly on real people and facts, became a cult film in Russia. Among others, the following Russian top actors play in the film: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolay Volkov and Vladimir Ivashov. Also, several famous Estonian actors perform in the film.
Political adventure film directed by Grigori Kromanov is based on the novel "Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" by Julian Semyonov. The film, based on true historical events, partly on real people and facts, became a cult film in Russia. Among others, the following Russian top actors play in the film: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Margarita Terekhova, Nikolay Volkov and Vladimir Ivashov. Also, several famous Estonian actors perform in the film.
Georg Ots and his opera roles.
Documentary about the past and present of Tartu and Tartu as a city of culture and science.
A documentary about the cultural and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in 1969 and 1970. The footage was shot in Nenetsia, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari El, Karelia and Estonia.
