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Goodbye Soviet Union

Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Lauri Randla

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union. Johannes is born into an eccentric family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, snappy Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished… all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take ...
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Gurt Vös - Village Prayer Ceremony

Original title: Gurt vös - külapalvus

2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.

In the 17th-18th century, the Udmurts, to escape Christianization and social pressure moved massively eastwards from the Kama River. They found refuge among the Bashkirs who were moslem and allowed them to follow the ways of their ancestors. Soviet anti-religious campaigns failed to root out the Udmurts' religious traditions although in some villages public prayers were cancelled for a while. Today amidst the Eastern Udmurts the traditional Udmurt faith is reborn, in almost all villages prayer ceremonies are carried out. The main aim of the ceremonies is to guarantee the favour of the gods, to pray for the health of ...
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Taagepera

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm
Tol mör vös - Joint Winter Ceremony

Original title: Tol mör vös - talvine ühispalvus

2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.

In the 17th-18th century, the Udmurts, to escape Christianization and social pressure moved massively eastwards from the Kama River. They found refuge among the Bashkirs who were moslem and allowed them to follow the ways of their ancestors. Soviet anti-religious campaigns failed to root out the Udmurts' religious traditions although in some villages public prayers were cancelled for a while. Today amidst the Eastern Udmurts the traditional Udmurt faith is reborn, in almost all villages prayer ceremonies are carried out. The main aim of the ceremonies is to guarantee the favour of the gods, to pray for the health of ...
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Three Jewels

Original title in Estonian: Kolm juveeli

2016 | Documentary, Anthropological, Students film, TV Show, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Gerli Nõmm

Documentary tells the story of three women from different generations who all have dedicated their lives to the most ancient and endangered Cambodian art forms – Smot chanting.

Documentary film „Three Jewels“ tells the story about hopes and dreams of three Cambodian women of different generations. They are all connected by the same passion – the passion for traditional Khmer dharma chanting/Smot chanting. Our main character Srey Oun is a 35-year-old woman who has stayed single, and given up her dream of studying traditional music in Phnom Penh, to stay with her old parents and help them with backbreaking household works. 25 year-old Srey Pov, on the other hand, has it all – she is a famous Smot chanter and owns a business that enables her to support ...
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Kalevipoeg

2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Jürgen Moor

Three musicians accompany the Estonian folk hero Kalevipoeg on his legendary journeys. Paul and his fellow musicians need to get to the stone haul competition so Kalevipoeg could become king. But the journey is full of obstacles the four of them must face in order to move forward.
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Making Rain

Original title: Vihma tegemine

2007 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas, Frode Storaas

The Vumba Hills in central Mozambique, close to the Zimbabwe border, are the kingdom of Mambo (Chief) Chirara. The Mambo’s leading position is acknowledged by the government, and in addition to being the region's most important spiritual leader, the Mambo has the right to hold court cases that deal with minor crimes, problems involving spirits and domestic affairs. He is assisted by several subchiefs and ritual leaders. In the northernmost corner of the Mambo’s kingdom, Mbuya Gondo, an over 70-years-old woman, is a spiritual medium. She often holds ceremonies at a well-known rock drawing site. Mambo Chirara is not pleased ...
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Akvaarium

1998 | Documentary | Director: Laine-Astrid Bils
Protocol

Title in Estonian: Protokoll

1996 | Documentary | Director: Valentin Kuik

Young flutist Irina has plenty of both personal and state rituals to complete during her busy day.

Everyone has numerous simple and complicated rituals and protocol rules - both personal and national ones – in their lives. The documentary blends the rituals – personal ones become the state rituals and the other way round so that the viewers perhaps will have a reason to contemplate on their lives. The heroine of the documentary, young flutist Irina, has plenty of personal and state rituals to complete during her busy day.
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And the Estonians Became Happy

Original title: Ja eestlased said rõõmsaks

1990 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

Battle around the re-opening of the memorial column "Lembit" in Suure-Jaani, dedicated to the war of independence. The column has been created by Amandus Adamson.

Battle around the re-opening of the memorial column "Lembit" in Suure-Jaani, dedicated to the war of independence. The column has been created by Amandus Adamson. Contemporaries recall the demolishing of the statue in 1941 and 1949 as well as discovering the column "Lembit" again in a warehouse in 1950s. Representative of the Estonian Communist Party is against the statue in the meeting of restoration of the monument. The importance of heritage protection and the church when restoring the sculpture. Photographs about the festive opening of the memorial stone. The title of the film has been borrowed from the description of ...
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