Soviet time
An interview with Jaanus Nõgisto talks about the interviewee's journey into the world of television, film music, and his proudest achievements in the world of film.
Where have the Estonian forests gone?
In an episode of the TV series, a married couple has a heated argument that turns violent. Antoni leaves the room after hitting Larissa. The maid Agnieszka, who overheard the altercation, takes a moment and decides to enter the room.
Several Estonians rally crews raced in the USSR team in the 80s. Every driver's dream was to make it to the team because it was the door behind the Iron Curtain. The rally legends have many untold stories about life as top rally drivers in the absurd Soviet system and on the world's rally stages.
A story about the time of the Soviet occupation.
The short film is made by second year film students. It is based on a Lilli Luuk's novella “Kolhoosi miss” following a story of two young girls, their friendship and growing up in a 1988 Soviet smalltown in Estonia.
The focus of the short film is on people struggling with their darker side, hiding their lies from others and themselves.
A short film by Alesja Suzdaltseva tells a story about relationships, a spiritual awakening and one pretty hot summer day in Soviet Estonia.
The film depicts an fictive interrogation scene in Estonia during the 1940s.
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.
Media student Vladislav Mukovnin's short film based on the novel by Ilmar Taska and speaks of a little boy and his parents in the post-war Soviet era.
Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival.
Thrilled by rock music, inspired by the cult of peace and love, the young long-haired drop-outs craved for freedom and created their own System in the Soviet Union despite the strict regime of the 1970s.
Documentary about city of Narva.
Urmas Eero Liiv’s feature film Ghost Mountaineer is a youth adventure film with elements of horror which is based on real life events which took place during the Soviet era.
Elo is a stubborn kindergarten child whose sole purpose is to escape the repression of her evil teacher. One day a new teacher Helena appears and Elo’s life changes completely.
Has betrayal in Soviet time become an act of heroism of modern times?
“A Dozen Questions about Estonia“ introducing Estonia and the nature of Estonians through the 12 short films.
The historical drama directed by Hardi Volmer is a love story combining the elements of epopee and comedy, the grotesque of early silent film and the melodrama of the golden era of cinema.
The protagonist of the documentary is Rein Mets, an extremely controversial man known as an evangelist and founder of the Living Word religious movement in Estonia. He is also a father of five children, a bisexual and has been living together with a man for more than 20 years.
Documentary about Estonian rock music as a birth-story of a fresh thought in the contradictional Soviet cultural space.
The documentary produced in collaboration between Estonia and Finland tells about Sillamäe, a former strictly classified mining town in East-Viru county. The town "inherited" the depository of radioactive waste during the Soviet time.
Documentary by Peeter Brambat about architect Toomas Rein.
Valentin Silvestrov is an internationally acknowledged contemporary Ukrainian composer of classical music and regarded as one of finest composers of his generation.
History documentary by Hannes and Renita Lintrop about the 100th anniversary of Estonia Theatre and its building where the stories of Estonian nationhood and culture are intertwined.
American film directors James Trusty and Maureen Castle Tusty regard Estonian Singing Revolution as the turning point of European history.
The documentary was finished before the presidential election in 2007; it opposes the speeches and interviews held by Arnold Rüütel during the Soviet era with the ones held during the period of Estonia regaining its independence.
Portrait documentary about Jaan Klysheiko, a legendary photo artist, book and magazine designer.
An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.
Portrait documentary about cameraman Semyon Shkolnikov and the Soviet era that he filmed.
Documentary by Andres Sööt about Soviet architecture and buildings in Tallinn, equipped with the commentaries by former top architects.
This is a film about the last red vicegerent of Estonia - the secretary of the Estonian Communist Party Central Comittee.
Recollective portrait documentary directed by Peep Puks about Betti Alver, Estonian writer, poetess and translator.
Documentary directed by Andres Sööt about doctor of technology Johannes Hint, his scientific research, his "guilt" and posthumous rehabilitation.
Portrait documentary about freedom fighter Mart Niklus, his "guilt", years of imprisonment and beliefs.
Documentary by Andres Sööt about the artists and art life in Tartu at the end of 1980s.
The film, banned for ideological reasons during the Soviet era, depicts the situation in an Estonian collective farm village.
Documentary directed by Peeter Tooming about the biggest environmental protest in 1988, a youth bike trip through the desolate areas in Viru county, Estonia.