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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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Grass

Original title: Murust

2021 | Documentary | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

Film about grass.

The Estonian documentary by Kaupo Kruusiauk is about two families with opposing views on mowing grass and gardening. Larissa and Arvo Pajo live near Rapla. They value caring for your grass and garden and spend an average of two hours on their yard every day. Yardwork is central to their lives and seems to be the guardian of their relationship. Anne Roolaht and Harvi Varkki are jewelry designers who live in Merivälja. Their philosophy is to care for their grass as little as possible. Nature should be allowed to sprawl and develop on its own. Not mowing their grass also means that ...
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Not Funny

2020 | Students film, Animation | Director: Helo Irik

Two moviegoers see a violent film and react very differently.

Two moviegoers see a violent film and react very differently.
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Vseviov

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Elen Lotman

It's David Vseviov's birthday - a day that becomes a journey through stories of time

Documentary about Estonian media personality David Vseviov. He is one of the most well-known Estonian radio voices whose fascinating stories about cultural history have captivated radio listeners for generations. The film opens up the person behind the mythical radio voice and it does it through the protagonist's big seventieth birthday party.
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The Overcoat

Original title in Estonian: Talvelugu

2017 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Meelis Arulepp, Sean Mullen

A lonely office worker saves up to buy a new coat at Christmas in an effort to make new friends, only for fate take a ghostly hand.

It’s Christmas eve in New York, 1932. Alexi, a large old Russian man, arrives home to find that his young granddaughter has decided to stay up late in the hopes of getting her present early from Santa. Feeling a bit homesick, he sits down with her in front of the open fire and they begin to talk. When she asks about Santa, Alexi gets her to close her eyes and gives her his big old coat as a “present”. But when she complains about the smell he starts telling a story… The story brings us back to the beautiful city ...
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Visiting Aunt Helga in Merivälja, 1989

Title in Estonian: Tädi Helga juures Meriväljal 1989

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Enn Nõu visiting his aunt Helga in Merivälja district, Tallinn on April 1st, 1989. At Helga's place there are also Reet Vasar with her husband Jüri and their children.

Enn Nõu visiting his aunt Helga in Merivälja district, Tallinn on April 1st, 1989. At Helga's place there are also Reet Vasar with her husband Jüri and their children. They celebrate the meeting while clinking glasses filled with sparkling wine. Enn Nõu documents aunt Helga's message to Joosep Nõu that after fifty years they could also hold a reunion in their homeland.
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Alvi and Aino's Wedding

Original title: Alvi ja Aino pulmad

1985 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Aino and Alvi's wedding party. Young Estonians sing to the bride and groom.

Aino and Alvi are already an elderly couple. There are lots of wedding guests who are sitting behind tables in small groups. The guests are singing "Long live!" to the bride and groom, then clinking their glasses together. As it is also the bride's birthday, she is being greeted with a song. Younger Estonians sing three songs connected to Estonia. The performance is so beautiful and touching that it brings tears into eyes to some of the people in the crowd. Close-up of the people's faces, including the ones of linguist Eduard Vääri's sister and mother. Guests are in a ...
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10 minutes in Estonia

Title in Estonia: 10 minutit Eestis

1965 | Documentary | Director: Igor Jeltsov

Documentary about the industries and the industrial products of the Estonian SSR.

Documentary with an optimistic undertone about the industries and the products in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Estonia that has been commissioned by the coordination committee of the scientic researches of the Council of Ministers of Estonian SSR. The material from the newsreels of "Soviet Estonia" has been used in the documentary. Voiceover in Russian.
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10 minutes in Estonia

Original title: 10 минут в Эстонии

1964 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Eugen Rozental

Documentary about the industries and the production in Estonian SSR.

The optimistic documentary introduces Estonian industry and its production, commissioned by the committee for co-ordinating scientific research of the Council of Ministers of Estonian SSR. The materials from the newsreel "Soviet Estonia" have been used in the documentary with Russian voiceover.
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Nõukogude Eesti

1961 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Igor Jeltsov
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