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Folk you!

Original title: Folk juu!

2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Andres Keil

Colourful characters and moments from the 20th Viljandi Folk Music Festival.

Twenty years ago a bunch of folk musicians met in Viljandi and this meeting led to the first folk music festival in Viljandi. Today when the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary there are young people in their early twenties, wearing some instrument and having music in their hearts.They have a different world view and their values are valuable.Jaak Johanson, the leading figure of Estonian folk music, walks and mingles with them. Folk is the new punk.
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Old Clown

Original title: Vana kloun

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.
Meetings in Galway

Original title: Hääl maa ja taeva vahel

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mark Soosaar

Portrait documentary by Mark Soosaar about singer Siiri Sisask.

Mongolian mountains echo back the way it invites the gods down to Earth. Shepherds ride by on their horses and their songs also echo back. Singer Siiri Sisask is looking for the truth in the East. Church of the Holy Mother of God in Paris. Flickering sea of candles for those who have passed away. Siiri is looking for the truth in the West. The sun is going down above Estonia, the sea is turning crimson. Siiri is in Vääna beach with a little Italian song. The singer is seeking truth in her childhood land. Film director Mark Soosaar is ...
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My Estonia

Original title: Minu Eestimaa

2005 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Riina Hein

Documentary about Estonia where its beautiful nature and locations are enriched by interesting facts, connections, beliefs and legends.

Estonia can be cursorily viewed in several ways - either as a tiny periphery state or a border country. But there is also another way - to go deeper into the country while truly perceiving it. Here a totally different layer opens up. This documentary is an inventory of an Estonian spirit before heading towards the superficial Postmodernism era. This is the story of our country, the way it actually is, the way we see it. A sensitive and an intelligent place with its stories and facts. Sometimes familiar, sometimes strange. Not gone yet. It is a country designed by ...
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An Invitation to the Eternal City

Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

Einar Laigna (1937) is a multifaceted man with an aristocratic attitude. He can be called a philosopher, a cultural historian, a theologian, a military historian, a soldier and a blacksmith. Laigna sincerely talks about himself and his development as a personality. His comprehensive monologue expresses self-confidence and total self-assurance. As the chief inspector of Estonian defence army, Laigna positions himself between the attitudes of a soldier, a priest, a philosopher, a wizard, a king and an artisan while defining the world and himself.
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Suite for Two

Original title: Sviit kahele

2003 | Feature film, Short | Director: Marko Raat

Short film by Marko Raat about the power games between two women in a hotel suite.

A maid comes to clean a hotel room and becomes enchanted by the possessions and life of its resident. She visualizes herself to be in the world of that unknown woman while putting on an elegant evening gown and becoming that other lady in order to enjoy the moment of having the taste of upper class life. When the resident returns her room, she finds a sleeping young woman in her bathroom. Things take a cruel turn where the hotel maid plays the part of Cinderella and the game rules will be set by the middle-aged lady disappointed in life.
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From eternity's point of view

Original title: Igaviku seisukohalt

2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Igor Ruus, Heli Speek

Portrait documentary about cameraman Semyon Shkolnikov and the Soviet era that he filmed.

Semyon Shkolnikov (b. 1918), cameraman of film chronicles and documentaries, started his career in the field of filmmaking as a war front cameraman. In 1948 he started to work for Tallinn Kinostuudio (later known as Tallinnfilm), Estonia. He was a member of crew working with 377 cinema newsreels "Soviet Estonia"; as a director he has completed 60 documentaries. Semjon Školnikovi meenutuste vahele on pikitud rohkelt arhiivikaadreid, mis annavad pildi operaatorist endast kui ka nõukogude ajastust, mida ta filmis.
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Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

Original title: Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

Sculptor Maire Männik started her sculpture studies in Estonia but during the war she moved to France and her artwork was mostly created in Paris.

Estonian sculptor Maire Männik (1922-2003) started her art studies in Estonia; however, during the war she had to move to France and her artwork was created mainly abroad, in Paris. Filmmaker Rein Raamat has followed the artist working in her studio in Paris and sharing her thoughts. Commentaries by Harri Liivrand, Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar and French art historian Emmanuelle Corcellet-Prévost. The film also serves as a farewell to Marie Männik who passed away in 2003.
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Vanalinnapäevad

1986 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Heini Drui
Väljak

1985 | Documentary | Director: Leo Ilves
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