Documentary

Thirst by the Water

Janu vee ääres
(1975)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Madis Aruja, Veste Paas
Cinematographer: Viktor Školnikov, Ants Looman
Composer: Hannes Valdma
Producer: Liis Veltmann
Duration: 9 min
Language: Estonian
Subtitle language: English
Available formats: DCP, mov
Colour: Colour

Festivals:

  • Beast International Film Festival (Porto, Portugal), 2024 Retrospective programme

While bringing examples of water pollution, the documentary gives a publicistic approach towards the environmental protection issues. Views of landscape: rivers, waterfall, lakes, polluted body of water. The film also shows Kaarma spirit distillery; potato flour department of Paljusi collective farm in Jõgeva county; views of the cattle farm of Triigi sovkhoz in Rakvere county; designing of biological small cleaners in EKE Projekt.

Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute
Uus st 3, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia
tallinnfilm@filmi.ee
+372 627 60 04
Rain Põdra
Head of Film Heritage Department
rain@filmi.ee
Triinu Keedus
Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
triinu@filmi.ee

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