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  • Kadri like an orchestra
    Kadri like an orchestra

    Original title in Estonian: Kadri nagu orkester

    2024 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Desiree Talv, Karmen Mai Karus

    The first documentary created by Karmen Mai Karus examines the real Estonian wonder woman - Kadri Giannakaina Laube, a tireless single woman with five children. This is a woman who has been active in the field of Estonian folk music for 25 years, has taught more than a thousand children in different countries, and consistently stands for the preservation of Estonian traditions.

  • Onu Arvo
    Onu Arvo

    2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

    Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?

  • Singing Nadezhda
    Singing Nadezhda

    Original title: Laulev Nadežda

    2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aljona Suržikova

    Portrait about Nadezhda, a street musician and a mother of nine, whose songs are full of love.

  • Miina
    Miina

    2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Õnne Luha

    Documentary depicts one day in a schoolgirl Miina's life: we see her in her home farm near the forest, at her school and at a party.

  • Ma tahaksin kodus olla …
    Ma tahaksin kodus olla …

    1992 | Documentary | Director: Irene Lään

  • Ed. Vilde nimeline kolhoos
    Ed. Vilde nimeline kolhoos

    1989 | Documentary, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

  • Kes küll ütleks…
    Kes küll ütleks…

    1987 | Documentary | Director: Tõnis Kask

  • Daily life of Anna Aaver
    Daily life of Anna Aaver

    Original title: Anna Aaveri argipäev

    1981 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Semjon Školnikov

    Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov about Anna Aaver, an hard-working milkwoman of Energia collective farm in Rakvere district, Soviet Estonia, who has been selected as a delegate for the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

  • Sakkoolide perekond R.Pälsoni nim sovhoosist
    Sakkoolide perekond R.Pälsoni nim sovhoosist

    1981 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

  • A.Suvi
    A.Suvi

    1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu

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