39 Ethnology. Cultural anthropology. Traditions. Customs
Estonians of the millennial generation living across the globe speak openly and honestly about migration, love, and life between two homes, creating a generational portrait of a transnational identity that remains deeply connected to Estonia.
A documentary about the Mayan calendar, fire ceremonies, and the story of how building bridges between cultures can revive ancient wisdom and reconnect people with their ancestral knowledge.
First document about a Tibetan meditation that preserves the body from days to weeks after traditionally considered death.
Young wannabe seto boy does not know his mother tongue and gets into trouble ordering the food in a local restaurant.
From the harsh, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years in the life of a strong and charismatic woman as vital, physical film art.
A Mother and daughter, searching for an answer to what could be the fuel for life in a small country Estonia. One of them grows Nettle, the other one is a famous youtuber.
A car crash in slow motion, a love letter to a disappearing world.
An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.
An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.
We all come from our childhood.
For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.
Visual fairy tale for adults directed by Rainer Sarnet. The feature film combines black comedy and romance.
A young monk`s journey through Tibet in search of his path.
Every year local people and their guests gather at Grove of Tammealuse in Samma Village, Viru County, for Whitsunday festivities to celebrate the beginning of summer.
Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian co-production documentary about the residents of the coastal villages of Northern Estonia, the ancient coastal law and folklore related to the Latvian steamboat Rasma. The documentary has optimistic and funny undertone while introducing specific episodes from cultural history.
Filmmaker Manfred Vainokivi portrays physics teacher Mart Kuurme teaches physics and astronomy to children in Africa.
Besides his documentary "Charm of Sacred Groves", director Rein Maran also completed another film where representatives of different fields of life contemplate on the sacred sites in Estonian nature.
Documentary by Rein Maran about oak groves in Estonia - local holy places of nature and cultural heritage.
Linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso and the last Livonians.
Documentary by ethnologist Liivo Niglas about the reunion of relatives in an Estonian village in Siberia in summer 2010.
Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.
Two Itelmen hunters commence a long journey in order to restore the ancient hunting technique and to go back to their roots.
Elen, girl from Tallinn, moves from father's home in Tallinn to dorm in Tartu to study economy in the university. From day one she will start to learn real student life from her girlfriend Liis and roommate Kati: how to party, study for the exams, shop in second-hand stores and handle one's love-life.
Engagement according to the traditions and customs of Kihnu island, Estonia. The documentary introduces the engagement rites in their most natural environment.
Documentary about Igor Tõnurist, activist of Estonian folklore movement.
The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.
Portrait documentary about Igor Tõnurist, the activist of Estonian folklore movement.
Estonian filmmakers with the director of the documentary, Riho Västrik, repeated Alexander Theodor von Middendorff's expedition to the less known areas in Siberia.
Portrait documentary by Liivo Niglas about Julgī Stalte, a young Livonian woman who sings in Livonian and thus preserves the culture of her homeland.
Documentary about the cheerful journey of potters on horse carriages along the Seto region in Estonia to the Hanseatic Days in Tartu, South Estonia.
Liivo Niglas portrays Juri Vella, a Nenets of West Siberia, who has returned to reindeer herding in order to escape the expanding civilization.
Documentary by Peeter Urbla about Aare Hõrn, owner of Mihkli Farm, and about his activities as Seto King.
This film takes place in the West-Siberian Arctic; in the windy tundra of the Jamal Peninsula.
„The Shaman“ was filmed on July 16, 1977 in the northernmost coast of Eurasia, on the Taymyr Peninsula, at the Avam River, simultaneously with the shooting of the documentary „The Winds of the Milky Way“. The Nganasan shaman Demnime (1913 ̶1980) was 64 years old at the time. The documentary about Demnime's incantation ritual was completed 20 years later.
