Mark-Toomas Soosaar

5.8

Laika tilti

Jul 01, 2018

Laika tilti

2018 80 min 4 vues

At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.

Documentary

1

Ülgepüüdäjäd

Feb 01, 1965

Ülgepüüdäjäd

1965 15 min 1 vues

Documentary about seal hunters off the coast of Estonia.

Documentary

1

Vabatahtlikud

Mar 31, 2006

Vabatahtlikud

2006 34 min 1 vues

Documentary film about Nordic volunteers fighting the Estonian War of Independence

Documentary

6

Kihnu Naine

Mar 08, 1974

Kihnu Naine

1974 48 min 1 vues

Kihnu is a small island in the Gulf of Riga. Soosaar looks at the islanders from the point of view of an explorer, just like his filmmaking hero Robert Flaherty once did. Their traditional lifestyle unfolds in front of his camera: customary songs and rituals, and heartfelt images of people’s daily lives.

Documentary

1

Ühepuulootsik

Oct 20, 1986

Ühepuulootsik

1986 14 min 1 vues

Jaan Rahumaa, an old boat master living in Soomaa, makes a dugout canoe from an aspen tree, an irreplaceable vehicle during the spring high water.

Documentary

1

Ühepuulootsik

Oct 20, 1986

Ühepuulootsik

1986 14 min 1 vues

Jaan Rahumaa, an old boat master living in Soomaa, makes a dugout canoe from an aspen tree, an irreplaceable vehicle during the spring high water.

Documentary

1

Ühepuulootsik

Oct 20, 1986

Ühepuulootsik

1986 14 min 1 vues

Jaan Rahumaa, an old boat master living in Soomaa, makes a dugout canoe from an aspen tree, an irreplaceable vehicle during the spring high water.

Documentary

1

Härra Vene maailm

Dec 18, 1981

Härra Vene maailm

1981 29 min 1 vues

Filmmaker Mark Soosaar talks to a remarkable gentleman Leonhard Vene (1902 - 1994), a self-educated antiquity collector thirsty for knowledge. For his whole life Leonhard has lived in a manor where he has all his life collected. Beautiful old pieces of furniture fill the hall of the manor - the old man himself puts up with puritan conditions and lives in a small kitchen. He is always smiling and looks like he comes from the previous century.

Documentary

1

Härra Vene maailm

Dec 18, 1981

Härra Vene maailm

1981 29 min 1 vues

Filmmaker Mark Soosaar talks to a remarkable gentleman Leonhard Vene (1902 - 1994), a self-educated antiquity collector thirsty for knowledge. For his whole life Leonhard has lived in a manor where he has all his life collected. Beautiful old pieces of furniture fill the hall of the manor - the old man himself puts up with puritan conditions and lives in a small kitchen. He is always smiling and looks like he comes from the previous century.

Documentary

1

Härra Vene maailm

Dec 18, 1981

Härra Vene maailm

1981 29 min 1 vues

Filmmaker Mark Soosaar talks to a remarkable gentleman Leonhard Vene (1902 - 1994), a self-educated antiquity collector thirsty for knowledge. For his whole life Leonhard has lived in a manor where he has all his life collected. Beautiful old pieces of furniture fill the hall of the manor - the old man himself puts up with puritan conditions and lives in a small kitchen. He is always smiling and looks like he comes from the previous century.

Documentary

1

Maised ihad

Mar 20, 1978

Maised ihad

1978 95 min 1 vues

Mark Soosaar's documentary essay on Eduard Wiiralt - a satanic clairvoyant and angelic artist, as he was described in Le Courrier Graphique magazine in 1937 by critic Pierre Mornand. It's a portrait of Eduard Wiiralt through the eyes of his female models. The camera travels around Estonia, Lapland, Paris and Morocco. Not all models can be found, but the thoughts and spirituality that accompanied the artist can be found.

Documentary

1

Maised ihad

Mar 20, 1978

Maised ihad

1978 95 min 1 vues

Mark Soosaar's documentary essay on Eduard Wiiralt - a satanic clairvoyant and angelic artist, as he was described in Le Courrier Graphique magazine in 1937 by critic Pierre Mornand. It's a portrait of Eduard Wiiralt through the eyes of his female models. The camera travels around Estonia, Lapland, Paris and Morocco. Not all models can be found, but the thoughts and spirituality that accompanied the artist can be found.

Documentary

1

Maised ihad

Mar 20, 1978

Maised ihad

1978 95 min 1 vues

Mark Soosaar's documentary essay on Eduard Wiiralt - a satanic clairvoyant and angelic artist, as he was described in Le Courrier Graphique magazine in 1937 by critic Pierre Mornand. It's a portrait of Eduard Wiiralt through the eyes of his female models. The camera travels around Estonia, Lapland, Paris and Morocco. Not all models can be found, but the thoughts and spirituality that accompanied the artist can be found.

Documentary

1

Kuldrannake

Jan 01, 1972

Kuldrannake

1972 25 min 1 vues

Boris Lehtlaan performs popular tunes of the time at an open-air concert.

Documentary

1

Kuldrannake

Jan 01, 1972

Kuldrannake

1972 25 min 1 vues

Boris Lehtlaan performs popular tunes of the time at an open-air concert.

Documentary

1

Elu ilma…

Apr 25, 1988

Elu ilma…

1988 29 min 1 vues

Estonia's suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. The author tries to trace the social causes of the tragic cases in the footsteps of one schoolboy's suicide.

Documentary

1

Elu ilma…

Apr 25, 1988

Elu ilma…

1988 29 min 1 vues

Estonia's suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. The author tries to trace the social causes of the tragic cases in the footsteps of one schoolboy's suicide.

Documentary

1

Elu ilma…

Apr 25, 1988

Elu ilma…

1988 29 min 1 vues

Estonia's suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. The author tries to trace the social causes of the tragic cases in the footsteps of one schoolboy's suicide.

Documentary

1

Aeg

Jun 20, 1983

Aeg

1983 11 min 1 vues

Filmic study of time by Estonian director Mark Soosaar.

Documentary

1

Kihnu Mees

Oct 03, 1986

Kihnu Mees

1986 49 min 1 vues

In 1986, twelve years after his film Kihnu Naine (The women of Kishnou), Mark Soosaar made this complementary documentary at the centre of which are the male inhabitants of the island. With a bitter undertone to it, Soosaar shows how, to this view, a lack of possibilities for self-government and the conceited attitude of the mainland towards the islanders have caused great problems to this society. The island has been negligently placed under far too large a kolkhoz. Enormous alcoholism is prevalent among the male population and, increasingly, among the women. Sheer possession of money has become a standard of regard. If a family cannot spare 4,000 roubles for the marriage of their children, they are ignored by the other islanders. In this dramatic as well as poetic documentary we see how the social awareness of a society has gone by the board. Merely concrete and strict reformations can improve the situation the island is in.

Documentary

1

Kihnu Mees

Oct 03, 1986

Kihnu Mees

1986 49 min 1 vues

In 1986, twelve years after his film Kihnu Naine (The women of Kishnou), Mark Soosaar made this complementary documentary at the centre of which are the male inhabitants of the island. With a bitter undertone to it, Soosaar shows how, to this view, a lack of possibilities for self-government and the conceited attitude of the mainland towards the islanders have caused great problems to this society. The island has been negligently placed under far too large a kolkhoz. Enormous alcoholism is prevalent among the male population and, increasingly, among the women. Sheer possession of money has become a standard of regard. If a family cannot spare 4,000 roubles for the marriage of their children, they are ignored by the other islanders. In this dramatic as well as poetic documentary we see how the social awareness of a society has gone by the board. Merely concrete and strict reformations can improve the situation the island is in.

Documentary

1

Kihnu Mees

Oct 03, 1986

Kihnu Mees

1986 49 min 1 vues

In 1986, twelve years after his film Kihnu Naine (The women of Kishnou), Mark Soosaar made this complementary documentary at the centre of which are the male inhabitants of the island. With a bitter undertone to it, Soosaar shows how, to this view, a lack of possibilities for self-government and the conceited attitude of the mainland towards the islanders have caused great problems to this society. The island has been negligently placed under far too large a kolkhoz. Enormous alcoholism is prevalent among the male population and, increasingly, among the women. Sheer possession of money has become a standard of regard. If a family cannot spare 4,000 roubles for the marriage of their children, they are ignored by the other islanders. In this dramatic as well as poetic documentary we see how the social awareness of a society has gone by the board. Merely concrete and strict reformations can improve the situation the island is in.

Documentary

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Eesti Talufilm

Jan 01, 1973

Eesti Talufilm

1973 137 min 1 vues

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Eesti Talufilm

Jan 01, 1973

Eesti Talufilm

1973 137 min 1 vues

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Eesti Talufilm

Jan 01, 1973

Eesti Talufilm

1973 137 min 1 vues

1

Liblikate kodu

Mar 13, 2004

Liblikate kodu

2004 137 min 1 vues

Documentary

1

Mees ja naine

Jan 01, 1972

Mees ja naine

1972 13 min 1 vues

A parody of several popular movies such as A Man and Woman (1966) and The Last Relic (1969).

Comedy

1

Isa, poeg ja püha Toorum

Apr 20, 1998

Isa, poeg ja püha Toorum

1998 90 min 1 vues

Father, Son and Holy Torum, by Estonian director Mark Soosaar, recounts a particularly ghastly episode in the history of the "new Russia." The film examines the fate of the Khanty people in western Siberia who have been more or less swindled out of their ancestral lands by Russian oil and gas companies.

5.5

Jõulud Vigalas

Jan 23, 1981

Jõulud Vigalas

1981 86 min 2 vues

The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.

Drama

1

Aeg

Jun 20, 1983

Aeg

1983 11 min 1 vues

Filmic study of time by Estonian director Mark Soosaar.

Documentary

1

Aeg

Jun 20, 1983

Aeg

1983 11 min 1 vues

Filmic study of time by Estonian director Mark Soosaar.

Documentary

1

Mees ja naine

Jan 01, 1972

Mees ja naine

1972 13 min 1 vues

A parody of several popular movies such as A Man and Woman (1966) and The Last Relic (1969).

Comedy

6

Kihnu Naine

Mar 08, 1974

Kihnu Naine

1974 48 min 1 vues

Kihnu is a small island in the Gulf of Riga. Soosaar looks at the islanders from the point of view of an explorer, just like his filmmaking hero Robert Flaherty once did. Their traditional lifestyle unfolds in front of his camera: customary songs and rituals, and heartfelt images of people’s daily lives.

Documentary

1

Vilsandi, mu kodu

Jan 01, 1980

Vilsandi, mu kodu

1980 19 min 1 vues

A film about a wildlife preserve Vilsandi that used to be the oldest in the former Soviet Union.

Documentary

5.5

Jõulud Vigalas

Jan 23, 1981

Jõulud Vigalas

1981 86 min 2 vues

The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.

Drama

5.5

Jõulud Vigalas

Jan 23, 1981

Jõulud Vigalas

1981 86 min 2 vues

The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.

Drama

1

Lasnamäe

Apr 28, 1986

Lasnamäe

1986 10 min 1 vues

The director asks straightforward questions in a phone call to the lead architect of the district of Lasnamäe, Malle Meelak. The topics include the bureaucracy, planning and living quality in the brutalist district of panel houses. He gets surprisingly straightforward answers because Meelak doesn't know that the call is being recorded. Later, in a public interview conducted in front of the camera, Meelak's answers are quite different.

Documentary

1

Lasnamäe

Apr 28, 1986

Lasnamäe

1986 10 min 1 vues

The director asks straightforward questions in a phone call to the lead architect of the district of Lasnamäe, Malle Meelak. The topics include the bureaucracy, planning and living quality in the brutalist district of panel houses. He gets surprisingly straightforward answers because Meelak doesn't know that the call is being recorded. Later, in a public interview conducted in front of the camera, Meelak's answers are quite different.

Documentary

1

Lasnamäe

Apr 28, 1986

Lasnamäe

1986 10 min 1 vues

The director asks straightforward questions in a phone call to the lead architect of the district of Lasnamäe, Malle Meelak. The topics include the bureaucracy, planning and living quality in the brutalist district of panel houses. He gets surprisingly straightforward answers because Meelak doesn't know that the call is being recorded. Later, in a public interview conducted in front of the camera, Meelak's answers are quite different.

Documentary

1

Mees ja naine

Jan 01, 1972

Mees ja naine

1972 13 min 1 vues

A parody of several popular movies such as A Man and Woman (1966) and The Last Relic (1969).

Comedy

1

Anu Raud - elumustrid

Feb 24, 2002

Anu Raud - elumustrid

2002 25 min 1 vues

Kääriku Farm in Viljandi County is home to one of the cornerstones of Estonian textile art. Together with her elderly mother Valda Rau, the esteemed textile artist and lecturer Anu Raud reflects on life and death.

Documentary

1

Anu Raud - elumustrid

Feb 24, 2002

Anu Raud - elumustrid

2002 25 min 1 vues

Kääriku Farm in Viljandi County is home to one of the cornerstones of Estonian textile art. Together with her elderly mother Valda Rau, the esteemed textile artist and lecturer Anu Raud reflects on life and death.

Documentary

1

Anu Raud - elumustrid

Feb 24, 2002

Anu Raud - elumustrid

2002 25 min 1 vues

Kääriku Farm in Viljandi County is home to one of the cornerstones of Estonian textile art. Together with her elderly mother Valda Rau, the esteemed textile artist and lecturer Anu Raud reflects on life and death.

Documentary

1

Anu Raud - elumustrid

Feb 24, 2002

Anu Raud - elumustrid

2002 25 min 1 vues

Kääriku Farm in Viljandi County is home to one of the cornerstones of Estonian textile art. Together with her elderly mother Valda Rau, the esteemed textile artist and lecturer Anu Raud reflects on life and death.

Documentary

1

Eesti esimene kodanik

Dec 25, 1992

Eesti esimene kodanik

1992 58 min 1 vues

It is September 17, 1991. Somewhere over Greenland, on a Finnair plane, Foreign Minister Lennart Meri is writing a speech for Arnold Rüütel, which the latter will deliver from the podium of the UN General Assembly in New York two days later. Mark Soosaar's documentary is a twin portrait of Arnold Rüütel and Lennart Meri.

Documentary

1

Eesti esimene kodanik

Dec 25, 1992

Eesti esimene kodanik

1992 58 min 1 vues

It is September 17, 1991. Somewhere over Greenland, on a Finnair plane, Foreign Minister Lennart Meri is writing a speech for Arnold Rüütel, which the latter will deliver from the podium of the UN General Assembly in New York two days later. Mark Soosaar's documentary is a twin portrait of Arnold Rüütel and Lennart Meri.

Documentary

1

Eesti esimene kodanik

Dec 25, 1992

Eesti esimene kodanik

1992 58 min 1 vues

It is September 17, 1991. Somewhere over Greenland, on a Finnair plane, Foreign Minister Lennart Meri is writing a speech for Arnold Rüütel, which the latter will deliver from the podium of the UN General Assembly in New York two days later. Mark Soosaar's documentary is a twin portrait of Arnold Rüütel and Lennart Meri.

Documentary

1

Eesti esimene kodanik

Dec 25, 1992

Eesti esimene kodanik

1992 58 min 1 vues

It is September 17, 1991. Somewhere over Greenland, on a Finnair plane, Foreign Minister Lennart Meri is writing a speech for Arnold Rüütel, which the latter will deliver from the podium of the UN General Assembly in New York two days later. Mark Soosaar's documentary is a twin portrait of Arnold Rüütel and Lennart Meri.

Documentary

1

Eesti esimene kodanik

Dec 25, 1992

Eesti esimene kodanik

1992 58 min 1 vues

It is September 17, 1991. Somewhere over Greenland, on a Finnair plane, Foreign Minister Lennart Meri is writing a speech for Arnold Rüütel, which the latter will deliver from the podium of the UN General Assembly in New York two days later. Mark Soosaar's documentary is a twin portrait of Arnold Rüütel and Lennart Meri.

Documentary