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Traces of Empire: Mechanical Pollution

Original title: Impeeriumi jäljed: Mehhaaniline reostus

1994 | Documentary, Problem oriented, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Mati Talvik

Documentary introduces the abandoned buildings constructed in Estonia by the Soviet army - the buildings took about one tenth of the territory of Estonia.

The opening scene of the documentary marks the territories in Estonia where the military objects dating back to the era of Soviet occupation were located. Usually these were built in beautiful natural places near lakes and rivers. According to 1991, about 1565 military objects (covering the area of about 871 km2) were used by the Soviet army in Estonia that makes 2% of the whole territory of the state. Today most buildings have been destructed by accidental looters and natural forces.
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On the Border of Two Worlds

Title in Estonian: Katõ ilma veere pääl

1990 | Documentary | Director: Karl Kello

Documentary directed by Karl Kello, Kuldar Sink and Aare Hõrn about the Seto people living on the border of two worlds, two cultures and two religions, the East and the West.

Mighty kings and seven hundred years of great wars could not destroy the small Seto nation, even if the fifty years of the Soviet regime has been extremely hard. After World War 2, the ancient habitat of Setu peoples - Pechorsky district that had belonged to the first Republic of Estonia – was annexed to Russia. Half of the Seto population of five thousand people remained in Estonia and the other half in Russia. The life of both halves has been very different. And despite that the small nation attemps to preserve their mentality and language, religious traditions, to cherish ...
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See olemine

1990 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Sirge
Valuvesi

1990 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Tooming
Breeding of the Estonian black-and white cow

Original title: Eesti mustakirju karja aretus

1989 | Documentary, Commissioned, Other categories | Director: Leo Ilves

Documentary about the history and present day of breeding Estonian black-and-white cattle.

The documentary was commissioned by the Committee of State Agrocultural Industry of Estonian SSR and tells about the history of breeding of Estonian black-and-white cow, illustrated by archival film materials and photographs. Aarne Pung, agricultural scientist; Manivald Metsaalt, scientist of animal breeding; Paul Brothe, German animal breeder and Peeter Kibe, chief zootechnician of Estonian collective farm, discuss about the recent developments in the field.
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Edgar Savisaar Arrives at Toronto Airport

Title in Estonian: Edgar Savisaare saabumine Toronto lennujaama

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The film depicts festive reception of Edgar Savisaars and Hardo Aasmäe's arrival at Toronto airport in 1989.

Edgar Savisaar and Hardo Aasmäe and Arvi Jürviste arrive at Toronto airport. At the airport there are waiting local foreign Estonians (incl. Lembit Soots, Eda Sepp, Toomas ja Anne Tamm, etc.) with flowers. Upon his arrival, Edgar Savisaar is speaking about travel impressions and flight by route Moskva-Montreal-Toronto. They are departing from the airport by white limousine ordered by the local recipients. At the end of the video there is a section about detention of a black man by the police. Lennujaamas ootavad väliseestlastest vastuvõtjad (sh Lembit Soots, Eda Sepp, Toomas ja Anne Tamm jt) lilledega. Saabumisel räägib Edgar Savisaar reisimuljetest ...
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Farewell to Borodin

Original title: Lahkumine Borodinist

1988 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Tooming

Documentary by Peeter Tooming about the possibility of life in Kunda, the town of cement.

Kunda is a small industrial town in Northern Estonia. The daily life of the town is both literally and metaphorically influenced by the cement factory. Director Peeter Tooming wonders what the future of the town in an ecological and social sense will be.
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The War

Original title: Sõda

1987 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt, Hardi Volmer

The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows.

The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows. It’s the war fought by disproportioned forces, where the battle is won by cleverness, skill and cunning. Somewhere outside the mill another war is fought.
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Us, the residents of Piirissaare

Original title: Meie, piirissaarlased

1987 | Documentary | Director: Semjon Školnikov

Documentary directed by Semyon Shkolnikov about the life and vanishing population of Piirissaare island.

The documentary tells the story of Piirissaare island and its residents though Georgi Pankruhhin's point of view - he is a local medical assistant and a resident of Piirissaare who has lived there for about fifty years. Georgi thinks back to the times when there were ten times more residents, more children and even a school for them in Piirissaare. Currently, in the year of 1987, there are only elderly women and men living there who are still successfully growing onions.
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Man of Kihnu

Original title: Kihnu mees

1986 | Documentary | Director: Mark Soosaar

Documentary directed by Mark Soosaar about the island of Kihnu, its residents and the social problems of the local society.

Twelve years after making the documentary "Woman of Kihnu" (1973), director Mark Soosaar films another documentary where the focus is on the male residents of Kihnu island. The right to organize their life has been taken away from Kihnu people: important decisions are made in the mainland, local culture is vanishing, social problems are getting worse. Local men are drinking vodka, become alcoholics, or die at sea. The filmmakers ruthlessly record situations that normally would not see any strangers as witnesses. The documentary has followed the actions of sincere people; the stories told by Mark Soosaar are both colourful and ...
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