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Summertime

Original title: Veel üks peatus

2022 | Documentary | Director: Marje Tõemäe

This is a film about opportunities and choices, about fears and loneliness, about freedom and love. This is a story of one generation; a film about growing up. It is a sequel to a documentary "The Time Is Now" made 12 years ago, when we watched Karit, Doris, Fred and Joonas during their first year in school.

Karit, Doris, Joonas and Fred are graduating from high school and making their first steps towards independent life. There are so many opportunities and sometimes making choices can be difficult. The situation in the world is setting various challenges. There are many ongoing conflicts and the Covid situation is only magnifying them. But even in this situation one should stay young and enjoy being alive. This is a film about opportunities and choices, about fears and loneliness, about freedom and love. This is a story of one generation; a film about growing up. The film is a sequel to a documentary ...
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Volunteering hot women

Original title: Kuumad naised vabast tahtest

2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aivo Spitsonok

The daily life of female volunteer rescuers in Aegviidu is characterized by frequent readiness to defend their families, children and community.

There are many men in Aegviidu, however they all work in Tallinn, Finland, Norway ... Reet's husband takes the first train to work in the morning and never knows when he will get back home. Lilja's husband, father and brother work in Finland. This had led to the situation that there is more women than men in the home village in working days. The housewives of Aegviidu must take the responsibility for coping with life both at home and in public sphere. Reet and Lilja have become volunteer rescuers and consider their duty to fill the void left by their ...
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Three springs of Total Immersion Method

Original title: Keelekümblejate kolm kevadet

2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Russian children study Estonian language with the Total Immersion Method in a Tallinn school in 2001-2012.

In 2001, the first language class using the Total Immersion Method started in Tallinn Läänemere Grammar School where Russian children were specialised in Estonian language. The documentary series "Total Immersion Method users" was filmed in the spring of 2003 that introduced the life of those graduating from the third grade. In 2007 the filmmakers returned to the students. The documentary "Two springs of the Total Immersion Method" was born. In the spring of 2012, the filmmakers are back again - they follow the activities of the same youngsters who are graduating from the grammar school. Kokku saab film ühe põlvkonna ...
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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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Whatever, Aleksander!

Original title: Misiganes, Aleksander!

2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Maiju Ingman

The road film for young audiences is the graduation thesis by Maiju Ingman (Tallinn University), telling the story of Aleksander, a young man graduating from the high school, of his weltschmerz and his self-discovery.

Aleksander is a talented young man who has no idea what to do with his life after graduating from the high school. Choosing a career, a family, a university degree, or joining the army seem out of question. It is like he had no interest in anything. Unfortunately, neither Aleksander's parents nor his friends can give him advice. For years, Aleksander has observed the way other people live their lives. This has led him to an understanding that he does not want to become one of them. He wants a different life. Only that he does not know what kind ...
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Punk and the Family

Title in Estonian: Punk ja perekond

2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaspar Kaljas

Daughter of the pioneers of Estonian punk rock Anu and Tõnu, 15-year-old Reginleif tells about her parents and punk.

Reginleif is an intelligent teenager girl whose parents have been separated for years. Her parents are not the most common people: both of them are the pioneers of Estonian punk rock - Anu and Tõnu Trubetsky. While moving between two homes and being often alone, Reginleif has become a young woman with strong and healthy self-consciousness.
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Flying Free

Original title: Elluastujad

2004 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

An intimate and fast-paced documentary-journal of two 18-year old girls.

Nele and Anneli are inseparable friends. One of them is a bit radical punk-girl, another above the average looking heart-breaker. Their different social backgrounds don’t interfere with their relationship. These girls feel the forming stratification and upheavals of Estonia’s changing society. They are smart, but they do not obey the rules. They are energetic, open-minded and eager to express their thoughts loudly. They take life at its fullest, living for the present day, not for one to come. The film follows their last spring in high school together combining girls’ intimate and immediate video journal with precise, stylistically professional camerawork.
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35 Years Since Enn Nõu's Graduation from Upper Secondary School

Title in Estonian: Enn Nõu gümnaasiumi lõpetamisest 35 aastat

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

In May 1988, Enn Nõu recollects his studies as 35 years have passed since he graduated frmo the upper secondary school in Uppsala. Preparational meeting of the party, materials related to the former days at school.

Enn Nõu studied at Högre Allmänna Läroverket in 1946-1953. In order to prepare the celebrations for 35th anniversary since graduating from the upper secondary school, a few former classmates have gathered at Bo Ekström's place. People are discussing things at the coffee table. Enn Nõu has diligently documented materials from the era of his studies at the upper secondary school. Photographs, documents and cutouts from newspapers with Enn Nõu's commentaries and diary entries. Materials from the years 1951-1953. Enn Nõu's drawings and sketches from the days of upper secondary school.
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35th Anniversary of Enn Nõu's Graduation from Upper Secondary School

Title in Estonian: Enn Nõu gümnaasiumi lõpetamise 35. aastapäeva film

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

In May 1988, Enn Nõu recollects his studies. 35 years have passed since he graduated from the upper secondary school in Uppsala.

In May 1988, Enn Nõu recollects his studies. 35 years have passed since he graduated from the upper secondary school in Uppsala. Enn Nõu studied in Högre Allmänna Läroverket, Uppsala in 1946-1953. There are photographs of his classmates in 1948 and of an outing to Lake Ekoln in 1951 in his photo album. Photos about the happy graduates of the year 1953, soon to be students. Video films from 1964 where Enn's wife Helga Nõu walks with two small children in Uppsala, Olev Nõu graduates from the upper secondary school. In 1973, 20 years have passed since Enn Nõu graduated ...
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Party for 35th Anniversary of Enn Nõu's Graduation from Upper Secondary School, 1988

Title in Estonian: Enn Nõu gümnaasiumi lõpetamise 35. aastapäeva pidu 1988

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Party to celebrate Enn Nõu's 35th anniversary of graduating from the upper secondary school. The party is held in Söderby gård on June 11, 1988.

Party to celebrate Enn Nõu's 35th anniversary of graduating from the upper secondary school. The party is held in Söderby gård on June 11, 1988. The guests are lively chatting in front of the house. When everyone has arrived, a group photo is taken of the former graduates and of men with their wives. The conversation continues at the party table.
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