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My Father The Spy

2018 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grube

The story of daughter of a Cold War double agent.

As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a murky game she would be unable to quit, Ieva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of ...
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India - On its Way Up

Title in Estonian: India - teel tippu

2016 | Documentary, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Gert Kark

Documentary introducing the accomplishments of the development activities of information technology in India through which the country attempts to get rid of poverty.

India is still a home country for one-third poorest people in the world. However, through the development of information technology the country attempts to get rid of this status. The upheaval that has taken place during the past twenty years is explained to the viewers by the famous IT-gurus in India. These guys have founded businesses in India such as Infosys and Genpact. According to the author Eeva Esse, the main message of the film is that contributing to the development of information technology is always a good idea and information technology can largely improve the lives of those who ...
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The Story of the Baltic University

Title in Estonian: Balti Ülikooli lugu

2015 | Documentary | Director: Helga Merits

Documentary about the activities of the Baltic University in post-war Hamburg.

The lecturers of Baltic origin founded the Baltic University in the post-war desolated Hamburg in 1946. The idea to establish a university for refugees was proposed by professor Fricis Gulbis, a former vice-rector of the University of Riga. In Hamburg he met with representatives from other Baltic states and together they tried to get the approval for starting with the academic courses. The university had a successful beginning, yet soon various issues emerged. One could not use the word "Baltic" any more. Lecturers were fired, the number of students was decreased and there was a strong suggestion to emigrate. It ...
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Student Musical

Original title: Tudengimuusikal

2009 | Musical film, Dance, Students film, Short | Director: Richard Meitern, Martin Liira

Elen, girl from Tallinn, moves from father's home in Tallinn to dorm in Tartu to study economy in the university. From day one she will start to learn real student life from her girlfriend Liis and roommate Kati: how to party, study for the exams, shop in second-hand stores and handle one's love-life.

Elen (Adeele Sepp), girl from Tallinn, starts a new life in September. She moves from father's home in Tallinn to dorm in Tartu to study economy in the university. From day one she will start to learn real student life from her girlfriend Liis (Merli Plink) and roommate Kati (Katre Luik): how to party, study for the exams, shop in second-hand stores and handle one's love-life. She will have to deal with two very different guys: Dima (Dimitri Kurilov) and Kaarel (Kaarel Targo). "Student musical" is the biggest Estonian student film, filled with singing, dancing, love and young energy.
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Interview with Joosep and Alide Nõu about Old Times, 1989

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Joosep ja Alide Nõuga vanadest aegadest 1989

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Interview with Enn Nõu's father Joosep Nõu and mother Alide about the old times in their summer cottage in Tuna, August 1989.

Interview with Enn Nõu's father Joosep Nõu and mother Alide about the old times in their summer cottage in Tuna, August 1989. When reading the notebook of the events recorded in 1933-1934, that he has brought from Estonia to Sweden, Joosep Nõu recalls the years of marriage and the birth of their son Enn. He is browsing through an old photo album and recalls his childhood, school years and studies in Tartu, agricultural field work in Raadi experimental station, land improvement field work in Tooma swamp experimental station, and professor Leo Rinne. Alide Nõu tells about her ancestors and her ...
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Aksel Mark Giving an Interview on July 17, 1986

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu annab Aksel Mark 17.07.1986

1986 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Interview with politician and editor Aksel Mark in his home in Uppsala on July 17, 1986: among other things, he recalls the War of Independence, university studies, working experience in the field of agronomy, fraternity "Veljesto", political life in the Republic of Estonia, the beginning of the Second World War, escape to Finland.

Interview with policitian and editor Aksel Mark in his home in Uppsala on July 17, 1986. He shortly recalls of his home and father, completing two years of elementary school instead of four in Karaski. When he talks about the War of Independence, he remembers the refugees and his father's imprisonment. Mark served in the artillery of the defence forces. He studied agronomy at the University of Tartu and recalls his lecturers. Memories of the fraternity "Veljesto". He started to work as an agricultural adviser in Rakvere in 1937 and continued in Viru-Jaagupi. Aksel Mark points out the positive aspects ...
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Interview with Joosep Nõu on August 7, 1983

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu Joosep Nõuga 7.08.1983

1983 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn Nõu interviews his father Joosep Nõu, asking about the pivotal events that took place in Estonia during 20th century.

Enn Nõu interviews his father Joosep Nõu, dean of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala and former chief inspector of the pre-war agricultural schools in Estonia, on August 7, 1983. The main theme of the interview includes the pivotal events in Estonia during the 20th century from Joosep Nõu's perspective. Childhood memories from the czarist era, the World War I and the War of Independence. Memories of his school years in Lihula and Haapsalu during the first Republic of Estonia. Memories of university studies in Tartu. Lecturers, jobs and colleagues. Political situation in Estonia during the summer of 1940. ...
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Intervjuu peaministriga presidendi ülesannetes Tõnis Kindiga 28.08.1983

Title in Estonian: Intervjuu peaministriga presidendi ülesannetes Tõnis Kindiga 28.08.1983

1983 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn Nõu interviews Tõnis Kint, Prime MInister performing the duties of the President, in Uppsala.

Tõnis Kint was the Prime Minister performing the duties of the President in 1970-1990. He is talking about his education: as a boy from the countryside, he was lucky to get to study at Tartu Secondary Science School (Realschule), continued his studies in Riga but was soon mobilized into the Russian army. The future studies were interrupted due to the wars. Kint was in Moscow in the historical year of 1917 during the revolutions, in Krasnoye Selo and Petrograd defending the Winter Palace. He made it to Estonia in December 1917. Manifesto of the Peoples of Estonia was proclaimed in ...
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Alma Tomingas - first Estonian female professor at the State University of Tartu

Original title: Alma Tomingas - esimene naisprofessor Tartu Riiklikus Ülikoolis

1941 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:

Alma Tomingas, head of the pharmacognosy faculty and university lecturer, leading the practice with students in February 1941.

Alma Tomingas, head of the pharmacognosy faculty and university lecturer, leading the practice with students in February 1941. Alma Tomingas was the first Estonian femal professor at the State University of Tartu who studied medicinal herbs and initiated wider use of medicinal herbs in Estonia. Students in white coats examining plant cells with the microscope. Alma Tomingas walking between the desks and tutoring the students. Everyone is busy with working with the microscopes. The lecturer goes in front of the classroom by the study boards with botanical data. She explains the materials, students take notes, some of the students take ...
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Paul Keres eksamil Tartu Riiklikus Ülikoolis

1941 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
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