Vello Aruoja
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The love story of Liza Pesentak and the fearless patriot Melelave, who will go through a series of various trials before they find their happiness.
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf

Among Tooming's filmic works, Endless Day provides perhaps the most eloquent material for investigating the radical renewal of visual and narrative form, as well as the shifting registers of spatio-social portrayals and critiques in Estonian cinema. It was banned in 1971 and ordered to be destroyed. However, the film was retained and restored in the 1990s.
Endless Day
A film about Soviet Estonia.
Estonia

A film about the nighttime encounter between Sigrid and Jaan, a young couple living in the Estonian capital. Their romantic strolls through the streets, squares, and parks of Tallinn are accompanied by the glorious melodies of jazz.
From Three to Twelve

A gardener won't rest even when the snow covers the ground and there are frozen flowers on the window glass. Now it is time to take part in the meetings and lectures held by the gardening cooperative as well as purchase new tools for the upcoming season. And of course one has to keep checking the gardening patch. Winter is an important time for a gardener to prepare for spring. The film serves as a continuation to TV films "Gardener's Spring", "Gardener's Summer" and "Gardener's Autumn".
Aedniku talv

Documentary about the jazz festival held in Tallinn in the spring of 1967. Numerous musicians and music collectives from both Soviet Union and abroad took part in the festival. Arrival and reception of the festival guests. Concerts in Kalev Sports Hall, among the performers there are vocal instrumental group led by G. Zarh, G.Tšoheli, music group "Crescendo", dixieland jazz group from Leningrad and many others.
Jazz 67

Spring has turned into autumn, and the beauty and yield of the garden have changed.
Aedniku sügis

Gardener Arnold Treumuth's life in the summertime expresses the ups and downs of amateur gardeners during the 1970s in Estonia. The documentary is a continuation to Vello Aruoja's documentary "Gardener's Spring".
Aedniku suvi

At the beginning of every spring, thousands of city residents rush towards their gardens and summer cottages in order to complete the spring cleaning, sowing and planting. Estonians have always been farmers, and even when living in a city they cannot resist the call of nature. Documetary by Vello Aruoja gives a great overview about the gardening culture in Estonia in the 1970s.