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Take It or Leave It

Original title: Võta või jäta

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika whom he hasn’t even seen for the past six months is about to go into labour. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn’t want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption. Take it or leave it!
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Charm of Sacred Groves

Original title: Hiite lummus

2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

Documentary by Rein Maran about oak groves in Estonia - local holy places of nature and cultural heritage.

There are more than 800 known grove sites in Estonia, the ancient holy places of nature. Groves were protected by the religious customs of rural people and its natural environment stayed intact. This way, every grove formed into an original ecosystem due to local conditions of climate, water and soil. Many groves are well-preserved today, some of them, however, are completely gone except a few landscape marks left behind of its existence. The main value of Estonian nature gradually opens up - the variety of the nature surrounding us. Unfortunately, we are not always able to understand the value as ...
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Love remains, love returns

Original title: Armud jäänud, armud tulnud

2012 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve

Vahur Linnuste, an expatriate Estonian living in Paris, has promoted Estonian spirit, nation and culture abroad for many decades. He tells his colourful story of life and expresses his opionion about the backgrounds of politics in Europe and the whole world that have influenced the development of the Republic of Estonia.

Vahur Linnuste (born in 1925, in Tallinn, Estonia), son of a military man, studied economy related issues already as a schoolboy. The documentary introduces his childhood memories when he was living in the borderstate between two different cultural spaces - Europe and Russia - and the collapse of the Republic of Estonia in the summer of 1940 when the small independent country of Estonia was united with the empire of Soviet Union. World War II breaks European cultural space into two zones - the capitalist West and the Soviet East. The film opens up a unique and not well-known story ...
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No Finish Line

Original title: Ultra Vennikased

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kullar Viimne
Saa vabaks, Eesti meri

1991 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kusmin
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 2, jaanuar 1989

1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr 5, mai 1989

1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Call by the sea

Title in Estonian: Mere kutse

1985 | Documentary | Director: Toivo Kusmin

Documentary directed by Toivo Kuzmin about the problems of Estonian shipping, preparing and educating the young marines.

"Call by the sea" is the last film of the trilogy of sea-related films directed by Toivo Kuzmin. The documentary talks about the problems in the field of Estonian shipping, preparing and educating the young marines. The filmmakers observe the entrance exams at the Estonian Nautical School, life at the school and at sea. The question of marine education is discussed by the headmaster of the nautical school, head of Estonian Shipping, head of fish industry, ship captains, marines and students of the nautical school.
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Aastakümned

1979 | Documentary | Director: Vitali Gorbunov
From Paljassaare to Pirita

Title in Estonian: Paljassaarelt Piritale

1978 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Harri Martinson

Documentary about the process of preparing for the olympic regatta held in Tallinn.

Documentary gives an overview about the construction of the premises for olympic games, yachting regatta in Tallinn. For the sailing regatta of Moscow Summer Olympic Games in 1980, numerous buildings were constructed in Tallinn: Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Linnahall, Hotel "Olümpia", Tallinn Airport, TV Tower, restaurant "Pirita" among others. Also, the old town of Tallinn was renovated and the streets were reconstructed. People worked on various objects more than 1,2 million working hours without pay. The documentary follows the construction of olympic buildings.
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