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  • Who am I Smiling For?
    Who am I Smiling For?

    Original title: Kellele ma naeratan?

    2023 | , Documentary | Director: Eeva Mägi

    Sometimes you need to be reborn to understand that death is not the end of life. A film about the love of a mother and her children - nothing can separate them, not even death.

  • 50 years from home
    50 years from home

    Original title: Kaugel kodumaast - 50 aastat

    1994 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Exhibition of history and art "50 Years From Home" of the community of expatriate Estonians in Canada.

  • Humanitarian Aid to Latvia
    Humanitarian Aid to Latvia

    Title in Estonian: Humanitaarabi saatmine Läti Vabariiki

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Collecting the packages of humanitarian aid in the Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Canada.

  • Annual Meeting of Estonian Writers' Cooperative in Sköndal in 1991
    Annual Meeting of Estonian Writers' Cooperative in Sköndal in 1991

    Title in Estonian: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiivi aastakoosolek Sköndalis 1991

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    The annual exhibition of Estonian Writers' Cooperative in Liidia Tuulse's apartment in Sköndal, on May 25, 1991.

  • Baltic Evening 3/8
    Baltic Evening 3/8

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

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

  • Escape
    Escape

    Title in Estonian: Põgenemine

    1991 | Documentary | Director: Andres Sööt

    Historical documentary by Andres Sööt and Jaak Lõhmus about Estonians and Estonian Swedes who fled from the Soviet Red Army to Sweden and Germany in 1943-1944.

  • Food aid to Latvia
    Food aid to Latvia

    Title in Estonian: Toiduabi Läti elanikele

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Expatriate Latvians in Canada load the food aid packages to the shipping containers in order to send the aid to the Republic of Latvia that has recently regained its independence.

  • Painting Exhibition by Kersti Rattus in Rodney Bradbury's Private Gallery in Uppsala in 1991
    Painting Exhibition by Kersti Rattus in Rodney Bradbury's Private Gallery in Uppsala in 1991

    Title in Estonian: Kersti Rattuse maalinäitus Rodney Bradbury eragaleriis Uppsalas 1991

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Exhibition of Kersti Rattus' paintings in Rodney Bradbury's (British artist and estophile) private gallery in central Uppsala on April 4, 1991.

  • Printmaking Exhibition by Meeli Ottis at Rodney Bradbury's Studio Apartment „Kransen“ on May 25, 1991
    Printmaking Exhibition by Meeli Ottis at Rodney Bradbury's Studio Apartment „Kransen“ on May 25, 1991

    Title in Estonian: Meeli Ottise graafikanäitus Rodney Bradbury ateljeekorteris „Kransen“ 25.05.1991

    1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

    Printmaking exhibition by Meeli Ottis held in estophile and art patron Rodney Bradbury's studio apartment Kransen, Uppsala on May 25, 1991.

  • Turumajandus Eesti moodi
    Turumajandus Eesti moodi

    1991 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Heli Speek

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