Documentary

Kind Hometown Spirits

Kodulinna head vaimud
(1983)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Leida Laius
Cinematographer: Peeter Ülevain
Composer: Lepo Sumera
Editor: Kersti Miilen
Producer: Ivi Lüllmaa
Duration: 28 min
Language: Estonian
Available formats: mov
Colour: Black & white

Festivals:

  • Tallinn Polytechnic Institute Film Festival (Tallinn, USSR), 1984, Town Committee of Tallinn Award – Best Youth Film
  • Pääsuke – Award of the Estonian Filmmakers’ Union (USSR), 1984, together with “Dialogue”
  • Tallinnfilm Documentary Film Festival (USSR), 1984, 2nd Prize

As a result of the initiative of the youth programme of Estonian Television, a phenomenon such as “Hometown” was born in Estonia in October 1975. Tens, hundreds, even thousands of schoolboys and schoolgirls gathered in the old town of Tallinn on Sundays in order to get some easier jobs done, to explore the miracles in the old town, to edit their own newspaper, to organize meetings, excursions etc. and to get to know each other better. Leida Laius tries to find out how the young member of Kodulinn movement and their leader Tiina Mägi are doing at the beginning of 1980s. Tiina Mägi, Raivo E. Tamm, Hannes Astok, Epp Alatalu, Ulvi Pihel, Madis Jürgen, Mart Kalm and others talk about the acitivites of the movement.

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Head of Film Heritage Department
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Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
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