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Horticulture in Lasnamägi

Title in Estonian: Lasnamäe kõplajad

2019 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

Cabbages, beetroots and pumpkins – these are both food and a connecting element for people.

Anton, Maria, Liina and Liis founded a community garden in Lasnamäe district in Tallinn. Together the residents of multistored panel apartment buildings grow themselves herbs, vegetables and develop green thinking. Cabbage, beetroot and pumpkin are the things that make people closer and also provide food.
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Our Home

Original title (in Finnish): "Meite Kodo"

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Daniel Picón, Meelika Lehola

The film follows three female characters from the tiny island of Kihnu with only 346 inhabitants, struggling not to lose their faith in their homeland, which is dying out.

Kihnu is a well-known island among Estonians, partly for its odd yet very interesting traditions, the inhabitants’ sense of strong community, their own dialect which is called Kihnu Keel among other things. A problem that many people are probably not aware of is that Kihnu is facing a situation of very fast decreasing population, which can be a factor of many things like lack of job opportunities or centralization to the bigger cities. This story concentrates on the lives of three women of 3 different generations all affected by the present problem but who still dream of staying in Kihnu. ...
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Nõmme

1988 | Documentary | Director: Virve Koppel

Documentary about Nõmme district in Tallinn, discussions about the feeling of home and being a homeowner.

A little walk around Nõmme district, accompanied by an old resident and a town boy about lifestyle, feeling of home and being a homeowner.
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Kotermann

1980 | Documentary | Director: Hans Malmstein
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Vana paat

1979 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Raivo Pikner
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Family 25

Title in Estonian: Perekond 25

1970 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The married writers' couple Enn ja Helga Nõu spend time with their children in their hometown Uppsala and in near surroundings from the Midsummer Day 1969 to Walpurgis Night 1970.

Children bathing in the Lake Ekoln. Midsummer's Night in Hammarskog recreation centre - round dances, performances by folk musicians, folk dancing, beautiful views of nature. Laine Nõu is horseback riding in Vaksala. The Nõu family is walking on Sunnersta mountain and near the Lake Ekoln in the autumn. Their dog Betti has visitors. Askvägen is getting heavy snow at the end of November, Betti in deep snow. Heino is shoveling snow. Christmas in their new home. Laine is playing the piano, Heino and father Enn are reading. Children in their rooms. The living room with books, fireplace and TV set. ...
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Boston Estonian Society Picnic in Warwick in 1939

1939 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Boston Estonian Society's summer festival in Warwick (1939) and life in the farm of the Kuusik family (1950).

John Baltsar, an amateur cameraman of Estonian origin, has filmed the summer festival of the Boston Estonian Society in the summer of 1939 in Warwick (USA). The gathering is starting with taking a group picture, people are in formal clothes and happy, children are sitting on the lawn. Sports games are being held, starting with a sack race contest. A lot of old-fashioned cars are parked on the edge of the site. People are sunbathing on the boat bridge and bathing in the lake. The second part of the film reflects life in farm of the Kuusk family in September ...
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Garden scenes; Tulip time in Holland Elizabeth park

1938 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The family Baltsar's home garden full of blooms.

The American Estonian John Baltsar has filmed his home in Connecticutis in 1937 and in 1938. Missis Baltsar is walking in the blooming home garden, shows the flowers and herself at this background. Their cat keeps close to them. At the end of the film we can also see John Baltsar himself.
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Garden scenes, Oliver's Thanksgiving

1931 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Family Baltsar's home garden in Hartford, USA.

The American Estonian John Baltsar has filmed his home in Connecticut in the summer of 1931 and in the winter of 1932. There are plenty of frames about his blooming home garden and about Mrs Baltsar whose inseparable companion is her cat. The guests in the garden of the Baltsars and typical activities about stepping into and out of the car. There is also some snow clearing in winter and traffic on snowy Farmington avenue.
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Davis film

Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Old couple visiting the Baltsars.

The film depicts family Baltsar's home in Connecticut, USA in 1930s. The guests are walking together with Mrs. Baltsar in the summer garden full of blossoms.
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