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Language Rebel. Mati Hint

Original title: Keelemässaja. Mati Hint

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Annika Koppel

The documentary focuses on the life and creative path of Mati Hint, a linguist, essayist, and lecturer who played an important role in politics during the restoration of Estonian independence.

In the revolutionary nineties, it was extremely important that the Estonian language became the state language, and for this a language law had to be adopted. Mati Hint was the ideologue of the Language Act, and thanks to his courage, attempts to change it at the last moment failed. That's how his rebellion benefited the Estonian state. The film investigates what was the role of fertile landscapes and harsh history of South Estonia in the formation of his uncompromising nature and rebel mentality
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To Save A Language

Original title: Keelepäästja

2020 | Documentary, Portrait, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

The documentary “Saving a Language” tells the story of the endeavour to save an endangered Plains Indian language with the help of a language programme led by an Estonian linguist. The film follows the protagonist in his efforts to revive the language, including the difficult decisions he has to make along the way. It also highlights the role of language in shaping one’s identity.

Indrek Park, a linguist originally from Estonia, has been working with Native American languages for over ten years. The film sees him recording the language of the Mandan tribe, who live in the prairies of North Dakota, on the banks of the Missouri River. The job involves a lot of responsibility, and he is running out of time – his language guide, the 84-year-old Edwin Benson, is the last native speaker of Mandan. Also, Indrek’s plans with Mandan are much bigger than just recording the language for future generations – it has become his mission to revive Mandan, so that ...
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Verba Dierum: a year with Marju Lepajõe

Original title: Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Toomla

This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant.

People wander around looking for their lives that will always remain unattainable. This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant. Even universities, temples of erudition and culture, are losing their intellectual aspect. Where can a scholar find their place in these unfavourable circumstances? The viewers get a chance to follow Marju on her path towards ...
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EINASTO 11577

Original title: EINASTO 11577

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Helle Karis

The film project "EINASTO 11577" is dedicated to one of the famous "stars" in Estonia, the academician Jaan Einasto.

The film project "EINASTO 11577" is dedicated to one of the famous "stars" in Estonia, the academician Jaan Einasto. The minor planet of our galaxy, bearing the number 11 577 and discovered on February 8, 1994 by Eric W. Elst, astronomer of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, was named Einasto by the Minor Planet Centre of the International Astronomical Union. Einasto, together with other minor planets linked with Estonia, orbits around the Sun, taking 3.84 years or 1400 days to complete its path. The main goal of the film is to bring science closer to common people by showing the ...
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When I Start ... Part Two

Title in Estonian: Kui mina hakkan...II

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mati Viiul

Documentary about Igor Tõnurist, activist of Estonian folklore movement.

Igor Tõnurist, folklorist and researcher of folk music, introduces folk instruments and tells about this publications on folklore. He explains the principles of wearing national costume and of folk music. Interviewed by film director Mati Viiul.
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Lotman's World

Original title: Lotmani maailm

2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Agne Nelk

Portrait documentary with humorous touch tells about Juri Lotman, a world famous semiotician. The film is based on archival materials.

How to portrait a man whose world is as big as a galaxy? A man whose head houses a whole semiosphere? The fragments of Lotman's heritage have been documented in photographs, books, video recordings. One possibility in order to reflect all this would gather different lives, to visualise them and to weave them into a whole. In the film, Juri Lotman as an insect, a communicator, a man with a mustache, a jew, a cosmopolitan, a semiotician, a thinker, a father, a lecturer and a cosmonaut meets Einstein, Stalin, Gagarin, Belka and Strelka, Pushkin and Knights of the Round Table. ...
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Masing`s Landscape. Part IV

Original title: Masingu maastikud: Tõuseb tume puu täis kollaseid tiibu

2008 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Kepp

Film director Vallo Kepp has gathered original materials of his film trilogy "Masing's Landscapes".

The compilation introduces interviews, letters, texsts, videos and audio recordings before the editing process of the film trilogy "Masing's Landscape". This audiovisual collection created by the filmmakers made it possible to create the trilogy.
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When I Start ... Part One

Title in Estonian: Kui mina hakkan...I

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mati Viiul

Portrait documentary about Igor Tõnurist, the activist of Estonian folklore movement.

Igor Tõnurist, folklorist and researcher of folk music, tells about his research activities. He is characterized by Ingrid Rüütel, Anne Ojalo, Aivar Jürgenson and others. Igor Tõnurist's extensive knowledge about folk instrument music, folk songs and folk dance is awe-inspiring. Folk costumes and the wearing traditions serve as a special place in Tõnurist's research. It is his life's work to study Estonian heritage, to preserve it and pass it to the future generations.
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Masing`s Landscape. Part III. Death is Lodging in the Field

Original title: Masingu maastikud: Surm on öömaja põllul

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

The third part of the film trilogy "Masing's Landscape" directed by Vallo Kepp focuses on the inner migration of a creative personality through the Soviet ideology.

The documentary reflects Uku Masing's life as an inner migrant during the restricted conditions in the Soviet era, including the repressions by KGB and keeping quiet about the writer. The main channel for distributing Masing's work was manual copying. As the last part of the film trilogy, the film follows the scope and influence of such activity while combining the subjects of KGB, Masing's wife and manual copying of Masing's work based on recollections by about thirty people touched by the great man.
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Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat

Original title: Masingu maastikud: Inimesepoeg valgel laeval

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

The second part of the biographical film trilogy "Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat" by Vallo Kepp. The documentary focuses on the period when Uku Masing, a poet, theologian and teacher, lived in Tartu, Estonia.

People who got acquainted with Uku Masing in 1950s and grew stronger in time, either in Tallinn Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Estonian Museum of Literature in Tartu, or in Masing's apartment in Vilde (now Hurda) Street help to recollect memories about the acknowledged poet, theologian and teacher. Among others, Jaan Kaplinski, Vello Salo, Kalle Kasemaa, Hando Runnel, Andres Ehin, Ave Alavainu, Viivi Luik, Jaan Kiivit, Toomas Paul and Jaan Tooming share their memories and contemplate.
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