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Disco and Atomic War

Original title: Disko ja tuumasõda

2009 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Playful documentary by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma about the development of their generation during the Soviet era where the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture and the Finnish Television was the window to the world of dreams.

The playful documentary tells the story about a strange war of information in Estonian SSR during the 1980s when the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture. And the heroes won. Western pop culture played extremely important part in developing the world view of the Soviet youth - today this may seem rather weird. Finnish Television, that was visible only for people living in Northern Estonia, was the only window to the world of dreams and that was out of reach for the authorities to be banned. The documentary combines political action with fictional stories based on the memories ...
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Engagement in Kihnu island

Original title: Kihnu kosjad

2009 | Documentary, Observation, Anthropological | Director: Meelis Muhu

Engagement according to the traditions and customs of Kihnu island, Estonia. The documentary introduces the engagement rites in their most natural environment.

Kihnu is a very small island in the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Meelis and Raili will get married soon. They decide to follow their ancestors' traditions, customs and rites and plan their wedding party accordingly. All traditional wedding-related activities and rites are accompanied by music, dancing and colourful jokes common to the islanders.
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From Side to Side

Original title: Teisel pool teed

2009 | Documentary, Observation, Students film | Director: Jaanis Valk

We do not want to be sick. We do not want to be forgotten. That, however, is what the people in this film are. Seven percent of the population of the Republic of Estonia does not have health insurance. There is only one ward with 25 beds in the entire country for their treatment. And the women who care for the seriously ill.Day after day, they have to manage with difficulties, the existence of which nobody want to hear about and even less to see. Yet this film tries to do all this. To see and hear people's cries for ...
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Return of Jaan Manitski

Original title: Jaan Manitski tagasitulek

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

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.

This is a film about a man who returned from exile, to his home village Viinistu. As a wealthy man, it took him only a couple of years to establish a big art and culture centre there. He did not do it to make money, but to be a role model and art patron in Estonia, this country that only recently regained its independence. The position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia made him into an indisputable leader who was also nominated as a candidate for the presidency of Estonia.
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Strangers at Home

Original title: Võõras omade seas

2009 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Karin Reinberg, Aleksandr Heifets
A New Day Dawns in the Eastern Corner

Original title: Uus päev luuakse idakaares

2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Brambat

In this film, we look at the Setos – a European ethnic group who are wedged between two different cultures – the Orthodox East and the Catholic-Lutheran West. This is the story of a people who make do, living on the Eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world. One way or another, they are involved in the dawning of a new day for themselves and Europe.

Setomaa – the land of the setos is located in the south-eastern corner of the Republic of Estonia, bordering on Lake Pskov to the north, Russia to the east, and Latvia to the south. It has been a battleground for all manner of wars throughout history. This is the story of people who make do, lliving on the eastern border of the European Union, between two powers and two ways of seeing the world.
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Fish On!

Original title: Kalarahvas

2008 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas, Diane Perlov, Frode Storaas

The Klamath River of Oregon and California is one of the most important salmon runs in the United States.

The Klamath River of Oregon and California is one of the most important salmon runs in the United States. While diminished over the past 100 years, it still supports an abundance of life and diverse economies struggling over its future course. This is a film about the Indian tribes of the river ecosystem – what the Klamath means to them and how they draw on traditional and modern resources to restore its strength, beauty and balance. The film focuses on the Klamath River and the Indian tribes of the lower basin - the Yurok, Hoopa, and Karuk. Yet this story ...
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How to Dance with Bears

Original title: Kuin karhut lähtevät

2008 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Paul-Anders Simma

Documentary about the transforming relationship between human beings and bears in Lapland.

A creative documentary by Paul-Anders Simma about the transforming relationship between human beings and bears in Lapland. For many Fenno-Ugrian peoples the bear was a sacred being. The Sami of Scandinavia still regard the bear as the great grandfather and as the original source of their people. In the old times the most powerful shamans where seen as bears. Today the reality is different. The economy of the Sami`s is under stiff competitions from big businesses. To make a living in the rural areasi s hard. Under circumstances like this, how is it possible to co-exist, with a brother that sometimes ...
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Jackpot

Original title: Jackpot

2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Eva-Katariina Taimre

Cinéma vérité documentary about two lottery winners and their lives before and after the big victory.

Only two people of the 76 lottery winners in Estonia (who are afraid of publicity) agree talking about their life and lottery victory - Urve and Rudolf. Fortunately they have not had to experience envy; instead, they have been congratulated for their luck. Urve is a beginner in lottery playing - she bought her ticket because she trusted her strong gut feeling: as if something told her to buy it. The victory sum of 8,6 million Estonian kroons provided new life for Urve, a production line operator, and her family. Rudolf, however, had played lottery for years and finally the ...
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Our Estonian House

Original title: Meie Eesti Maja

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Andrus Mets

Young men dream about Estonian House in Ireland and try to get local Estonians involved in their plans.

Estonian House has always been a perfect place for getting together and for preserving Estonian nationality for those who have migrated abroad from Estonia. How is the situation today when Estonians are in "exhile" from capitalism? Young enterprising Estonian men Andrus Mets and Sven Puks work in Ireland, yet they have not forgot about their homeland, mother tongue and national culture. They attempt to unite the local Estonian people in Ireland and their common aim is to found an Estonian House in Ireland.
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