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Rough Stage

Original title: Karmil pinnal

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Toomas Järvet

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, a man who starts a quest against the society, cultural norms and his family in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history.

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history. But to do so he must overcome several obstacles – time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cultural norms. Set in today’s most contested location, Maher’s story is at once a parable about a society in conflict, and a modern take on — and inversion of — "The Jazz Singer," where the real war is between dreams and tradition.
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The Fencer

Original title: Miekkailija

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1952 a young fencing champion Endel arrives in a small town Haapsalu to work as a physical training teacher. In spite of the opposition of the principal of the school, Endel manages to get a permit to teach fencing for children. Slowly it becomes a therapy for the children as well as the teacher himself – a way to deal with everyday grim. The defeated principal is holding a grudge and starts to investigate, why did the champion of the Soviet Union really come to a small town. “The Fencer” is partly based on true life events of an Estonian sportsman ...
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What if the grass was greener

Original title: Kui seda metsa ees ei oleks...

2007 | Documentary | Director: Ergo Kuld

Does the list of schools based on formal results prove anything after all? The documentary tells about a small school - Misso Secondary School - that is the last one in the list.

According to the results of the final exams, Misso Secondary School has been losing the competition among Estonian high schools for years. Tallinn French Lyceum, Secondary School No 21, Tallinn English College and other elite schools have had the leading positions. How adequate are these results after all? What do the little „straw-heads“ (so were the pupils of Misso Secondary School called in a respectable publication) think of it? What do their teachers and tutors think? The film searches for the answers through the everyday life of a province school and philosophy. Are we ready to look inside ourselves and ...
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Laste ja koolinoorte kehaline kasvatus ja sporditegevus

1984 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peeter Tooming
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Kehaline kasvatus Tallinna 35. Lastepäevakodus

1975 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
Nõukogude Eesti

1964 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu, Valeria Anderson
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Estonian Youth, Estonia's Future

Title in Estonian: Eesti algkool Stockholmis

1948 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director: Harald Perten

Estonian Primary School in Stockholm.

Views taken outside of the school. Schoolchildren wear festive outfits for filming, lots of girls wear national costumes. The first grade - making Estonian flag in class, teacher Miss Paulus. The second grade - math class, weight and capacity, teacher Leini Mälk. The third grade - natural history class, rodents, teacher Marie Susi. Fourth grade - geography class, Estonian towns. The fifth grade - drawing class, perspective, teacher Udo Juuno. The schoolkids go to the canteen for lunch. They say grace before their meal. The kids are eating, the head of the school Eduard Karma eating at a separate table ...
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Rough Stage

The Fencer

What if the grass was greener

Laste ja koolinoorte kehaline kasvatus ja sporditegevus

Kehaline kasvatus Tallinna 35. Lastepäevakodus

Nõukogude Eesti

Estonian Youth, Estonia's Future