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Porcelain Madness

Original title: Nõudehullud

2022 | Documentary | Director: Eik Erik Sikk

At the same time with corona, an illness started to spread that has no cure – porcelain madness

At the same time with corona, an illness started to spread that has no cure – porcelain madness. In one and a half years, tens of thousands of people have been infected with a disease that makes them tirelessly hunt for nostalgic cups and dishes, soviet-era glassware and antique tureens. At the centre of documentary is desirable tableware that triggers the lust for hunt in otherwise normal, educated people, taking their money and sleep. Through carefully selected, colourful characters, we delve deep into the phenomenon. Porcelain aficionados range from the mortally ill Helena, who proclaims herself “mad for porcelain until death ...
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New Rise, Old Ebb

Original title: Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn

2018 | Documentary | Director: Enrico Barone, Carlo Cubero, Kristiina Pilvet

In 2016 several fires destroyed several buildings on the island of Piirissaare, among the also the Old Believers prayer house. Praskovja, the 84-year- old choir singer and important member of the community, lost her childhood´s house in one the fires and she is trying to get on her feet down again and continue living.

From May to September 2016, several fires took place on the island of Piirissaare, destroying many houses and the most important building of the community: the Old Believers' prayer house. These events caused insecurity and disagreement among the members within the community. 84-year-old Praskovja is the key figure of the community and used to sing in the prayer house´s choir. Her childhood house burnt down in one of the fires, and now she has been forced to move to her old summer cottage and strives to rise again on her feet. The documentary shows through Praskovja's eyes how the community of ...
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Lowlifer

2015 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Rauno Viltrop

Estonia has a diverse car culture and it is divided into several communities. One of them is Lowlifer which puts accent on cars appearance and its owners. The film is following one of the car owners who is facing difficult challenges.
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Etude of a Prayer

Original title: Etüüd palvest

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Siiri Timmerman, Jaan Kolberg

This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth.

Generally, if people speak about convent in Pirita, they mean the ruins and many of them are surprised to discover that right there in Pirita, next to the old ruins, has been over ten years a fully operating Bridgettine convent. This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth. If during medieval the convent was an understandable part of social life then later, after the reformation, the tradition of a convent as an institution disappeared from Estonia and from our neighborhood. Today this ...
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Meie maailma nurk. Lossi dekonstruktsioon nr 3

2008 | Documentary, Overviews | Director: Märten Vaher
Nikolai Kormashov and Russian Icon

Original title: Nikolai Kormashov ja vene ikoon

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sergei Ledenjov

For artist Nikolai Kormashov restoring icons forms a deep, enriching and happy part of his life.

Nikolai Kormashov makes preparations for restoring the icon of the original altar of St Nicolas Church - an activity that the artist finds indispensable in his life. He describes the icon restoring process; together with his younger son Orest they begin the complicated journey of restoring another icon. Kormashov is by profession a carpenter and a tinsmith; however, he is the founder of the restoration school in Estonia as well as a great artist. He modestly considers painting only as a hobby. Kormashov regards icons and restoration process with respect and awe; he believes that an artist is responsible for ...
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Kalamaja-Possibility of a Wooden Town

Original title: Kalamaja-puitlinna võimalus

2001 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Rasmus Bullerby

Documentary by Marko Raat about the wooden architecture of a city and about the possibility of preservation of such heritage in contemporary living environment.

Documentary about the possibilities to preserve the wooden architecture of a city in contemporary urban environment with the examples from Baltic states and Scandinavia. Filmmakers follow the renovation works of an old wooden house in Väike-Patarei Street, Kalamaja district in Tallinn. During one year, the house will be restored into the condition of a contemporary residential house. Both experts and city residents from Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia etc. share their opionions about the future and sustainability of the subject of restoring wooden architecture. For decades, renovating wooden architecture was considered something unimportant.
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Kadrioru loss

2000 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Suurevälja
Our Russians

Original title: Meie venelased

1991 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Peeter Simm

Documentary by Peeter Simm about Russians - the biggest national minorities in Estonia.

Documentary about people who live next to us, Estonians. Some of them have moved to Estonia only a few years ago; however, ancestors of other immigrants have lived here for several generations. Estonia has become their native country. What do the Russians - both academicians and workers, old and young, atheists and religious people - actually think about life in Estonia in early 1990s. Old Believers located by Peipsi Lake, former marine Anatoli Filippov, doctor Yuri Zabalevich, artist Igor Balashov, restorer Yuri Kostin, sociologist Dimitri Mikhailov and others share their thoughts about local life and relations to local people.
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Sagadi

1991 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden
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