repressions
The film tells the story of helplessness in the face of a repressive state, departure from which becomes a surreal nightmare.
Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This documentary follows the journey of a dedicated teacher who stands up for the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Estonia.
Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.
Documentary film sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities - Betti Alver.
A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.
Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.
Tragicomical short film directed by Lauri Randla about pathologist Alexei Abrikosov who embalmed Lenin's body and gained victory over death.
UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances.
Documentary about Estonian rock music as a birth-story of a fresh thought in the contradictional Soviet cultural space.
January 14, 1991 in the press service of Toronto Latvian community. Representative gives interview to the TV channel CBC News about the situation in Riga.
Linda Lippert, resident of Tartu, recalls of the March deportation that took place 40 years ago.
The 40th anniversary of the March deportation will be celebrated with a commemorative event at Ülemiste train station in Tallinn.
Establishment of the Association of the Repressed "Memento" in Tallinn Linnahall on March 25, 1989 on the 40th anniversary of the March deportation.
Commemoration of the victims of the deportation in March, 1949.
Interview with politician Helmut Maandi in his home in Högdalen, Stockholm on May 16, 1983.
Freedom fighter Sergei Soldatov talks about his past, actions against the Soviet power, imprisonment, co-fighters and the situation in the Soviet Estonia in "Eesti Kodu" in Uppsala on November 13, 1981.