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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Kodumaa karjed

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

Who's the man waving the flag?

Most powerful speeches and thoughts from demonstrations gathered into one essay to inspect – what troubles people and do they have a say?
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War on Boring Walls

Original title: Sõda igavatele seintele

2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

An inventor, a street artist and an entrepreneur are making the world a better place, one wall at a time.

A small Tartu start-up applies technology to win back the urban space polluted by advertising. SprayPrinter is not an ordinary start-up. It’s motley crew resembles a wild rock-n-roll band. They don’t play by the rules and this has been key to their success in Estonia and in Silicon Valley. But splitting their life between two continents isn’t easy, and their dreams and ambitions soon collide with the reality of everyday life.
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New Neighbours

Original title: Uued naabrid

2018 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.

In this new short documentary of Riho Västrik the political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa. Tapa is a railway junction 90 km from Tallinn. During the Soviet occupation it housed a Red Army training centre and airport. The population then was 12000 people, now it is half the size and half are Russian-speaking people. The neglected Soviet training centre is a stone’s throw from the NATO base where in spring 2017 allied forces moved in.
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The Little Comrade

Original title: Seltsimees laps

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

It is 1950 in the Soviet Estonia and the Stalinist terror machine works at full steam – 6-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. “If you’re a good kid, I’ll be back soon,” are her mother’s last words as she is taken away at gunpoint. So Leelo is on her very best behaviour, but yet her mother does not return. A fear creeps into the child’s soul that it is her fault her mother was taken. The confusion only grows as “good” and “bad” no longer seem to hold any meaning in these troubled times. Why ...
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Celebration of the 75th Independence Day of Latvia in Toronto 1/3

Title in Estonian: Läti Vabariigi 75. aastapäeva tähistamine Torontos 1/3

1993 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia held in the great hall of Toronto University in November 1993.

Moments of the ceremony and concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia in the great hall of Toronto University. Opening of the ceremony, performances by the women's choir and a violin soloist. When the concert ends, the audience sings a festive song together in the hall. Guntis Ulmanis, the president of the Republic of Latvia, with his wife and escort are sitting in the front row.
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Baltic Evening 1/8 - Michael Wilsonʹs speech

1991 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Festive dinner in Toronto held in honor of the restoration of independence of the Baltic states.

In September 1991 Canada Baltic Union held a festive dinner in Westin Harbor Castle Hotel in Toronto in order to celebrate the restoration of independence of the Baltic states. More than 800 participants were present, including Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, members of Canadian government and parliament, city advisers of Toronto. Bob Rae, Prime Minister of Ontario and Michael Wilson, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Foreign Trade hold their speeches (the film shows the speeches in full length). A few days ago they have signed the documents of restoring diplomatic relations between Canada, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Estonian Independence Day

Title in Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi 71. aastapäev

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Festive celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Republic of Estonia in 1989 in the hall of Toronto University in Canada, prayer is said by the archbishop of the EELC Udo Petersoo and greetings are passed by the Latvian and Lithuanian representatives.

In 1989, the 71st anniversary of the Republic of Estonia was held with festive ceremony in the hall of Toronto University in Canada. This anniversary event has been recorded in video by Edgar Väär, it consist of different cuts. In this part prayer is said by the archbshop of the EELC Udo Petersoo and candles are lit in commemoration of the casualties. Greetings are passed by the Vice-President of the Latvian National Committe in Canada Alberts Upeslācis, the President of the Lithuanian community in Canada Vytautas Bireta who reads out greeting of the Lithuanian independence movement Sąjūdis and at the ...
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Boys Choir Arrival (3)

The title in FA IS: Estonian Choirs in Toronto

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Amateur video recorded by Edgar Väär where the arrival of the Boy's Choir of the Estonian National Male Choir to Toronto has been shown in the autumn of 1989. The film depicts the reception and greeting by the local community.

Amateur video recorded by Edgar Väär where the arrival of the Boy's Choir of the Estonian National Male Choir to Toronto has been shown in the autumn of 1989. The film depicts the reception and greeting by the local community. Welcoming speeches by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia Ilmar Heinsoo; Torono Male Choir is singing and the Boys' Choir is singing the song of Mihkel Lüdig "The Dawn" and the Estonian national anthem.
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Trivimi Velliste press conference (2)

Title in Estonian: Trivimi Velliste pressikonverents (2)

1988 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Press conference held by Trivimi Velliste in september 1988 in Toronto. This video is the second part of the press conference.

The colour video recorded by Edgar Väär depicts the press conference held by Trivimi Velliste in autumn 1988 in Canada. The press conference continues where Trivimi Velliste speaks about Members of Parliament and proposals for electing them, about transfer of power in the ECP, restoration of monuments, commemoration of memory of Jakob Hurt, necessity of collecting memoirs and general risks and future fears, etc. The press conference is held in English.
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