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Bad Ass Merike

Original title: Vinge mutt

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Keil

She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

Between the Southern Estonian hills, there is a Tobra stable where trainer Merike Markus has 27 riding horses and 70 children to look after. Merike has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses. On the surface, life in the Tobra stable ticks like a peaceful everyday cycle, but it's not like that. Every day brings something new. Through Merike, who herself lives through the lives of all his students, trainees, every meeting in training begins with what has happened in the ...
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At The Water's Edge

Original title: Vete piiril

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

A portrait of a remarkable woman who lives alone in the remote part of Estonia, in Soomaa National Park. Every Spring, the area gets badly flooded for weeks at times, but still, she has no plans of leaving.

Ulvi lives in the backcountry of central Estonia, in Soomaa National Park. Every Spring the surrounding area gets flooded due to the nearby river. Still, she has no plans of leaving her home. What keeps her in Soomaa and how does she deal with the extreme living conditions?
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Married to horses

Original title: Laulatatud hobustega

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ago Ruus

Ute Wohlrab is a fragile German woman living in Valga county, Estonia, who wants to save the Old-Tori horse, an endangered species originated from Estonia.

German woman Ute Wohlrab lives in Hargo farm, Valga county, and raises horses. Ute is a heroine in German newspapers and television - she is viewed as somebody who lives in a foreign country and tries to save foreign culture, namely the Old-Tori horse breed. Today, Estonian horsebreeders keep up with the times and the Tori breed has been developed into a lighter sports horse which has left the destiny of the Old-Tori horse open. Ute namely likes the Old-Tori breed the best. She finds kindred spirits rather in her homeland than in Estonia; however, this won't stop her. She ...
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The Sanctuary

Original title: Varjupaik

1999 | Documentary | Director: Ago Ruus
In Tori Horse Breeding Farm on June 27, 1990

Title in Estonian: Tori hobusekasvanduses 27.06.1990

1990 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The Nõu family in Tori horse breeding farm on June 27, 1990. Tori horses in stalls, yards and in a paddock.

In Tori horse breeding farm on June 27, 1990. A horse breeder talks about the Estonian bred Tori horse, breeding and future plans. Horses in stalls, yards and in a paddock. Ride with a horse carriage. Laine Nõu is taking photos of horses. Gravestone for stallion Hetman in the pasture. Memorial statue for Mihkel Ilmjärve in the centre of horse breeding. Ilmjärve developed Estonian horse breeding, especially developing Tori horse breeding.
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Horse Gates

Original title: Hobuväravad

1982 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Observational documentary about the present situation of horse breeding and its future perspectives in 1980s.

Film studio Tallinnfilm reacts to the regulation by the Ministers' Council of the Soviet Union about promoting horse breeding in the Soviet Union. The documentary gives an overview about the present situation of horse breeding and the future persectives in the field. Filmmakers intervew people who work with horses. There are arguments for and against protecting the animals. However, the fact is that catering programme favors both small-scale industry and big industry - and especially gardening and agriculture requires horse keeping. Horse breeding is expanding in Estonia.
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M.Vaal

1977 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Karl Kello
J.Tali

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Kuzmin
Nõukogude Eesti

1958 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
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100 years of horse breeding in Tori

Original title: 100 aastat Tori hobusekasvatust

1956 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Nikolai Dolinski

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of horse breeding in Tori, Estonia.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of horse breeding in Tori, Estonia. The stablemen bring the horses out through the farm gate. There's a long hitching post in the yard where the horses can be tied. Many visitors have come to the anniversary event. The favorites are the foals, which can be petted. In the exhibition, the horses are led in a large circle. Demonstration of purebred horses, with horse breeder Haili Erm riding her horse. Besides draft horses, Tori has also bred riding horses. There's a horse riding competition, won by the young Heino Kroonberg. Versatility is a valuable characteristic of ...
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