1. History of Estonian film
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History of Estonian film

2. The most-loved feature film of Estonian people is „Spring“ by Arvo Kruusement in 1969
The literary base of the film “Spring” is Oskar Luts`s samenamed book “Spring”. The films theme takes place in the last years of the 19th century in one village.
This story speaks about life of a village school from autumn to spring. In this book there are so many interesting occasions, colourful people types, deep human feelings and good humour. From all that grows out world outlook of honesty, friendship, first love, in one word – man`s spring of life.

3. Century`s women film star – Elle Kull Century`s man film star –
Lembit Ulfsak

4. Centuries film couple - Arno and Teele from the film „Spring“

5. Centuries film music - «The Last Relic» songs (Uno Naissoo and Paul-Eerik Rummo)
Century`s real life moment – Sights from Setumaa 1912 («A Trip through Setumaa», director Johannes Pääsuke)

6. Century`s animation star – Lotte (animated cartoons by Heiki Ernits and Janno Põldma)

7. The 4th of October 1896 – in Tallinn`s Stock market building films were first shown. With Edison`s ideal – cinematography films were demonstrated to the citizens of Tallinn for 12 days.
The 27th of April 1912 – his first newsreel „Utoškin`s flyings above Tartu“ made Johannes Pääsuke and its premiere was on the 30th of April at Tartu`s cinema Illusion.
The 26th of February 1914 – at Tartu`s cinema was a premiere of the first feature film, a political mock story „Bear hunt in Pärnumaa“. It was coloured by hand. The operator of the 14 minutes long short feature film was Johannes Pääsuke the producers were Tõnis Nõmmits and Aleksander Tippo.

8. 1924 – the first full-length feature film „Shadows of the Past“
1930 – the first full-length feature film in international cooperation, German-Estonian „The Waves of Passion“

9. 1930 – the first „song and sound film“, short feature film
„A Golden Spider“
1931 – the foundation Estonian Culture Film is created
1931 – the first animated cartoon „The adventures of Kutsu-Juku“

10. 1932 – the first Estonian-Finnish feature film, musical melodrama
„The children of the Sun“
1941 – Cinema Chronicle Estonian Studios was created which later on became Tallinnfilm in 1963
1947 – the first feature film in Soviet Estonia „Life in Citadel“

11. 1958 – the first puppet film „The Dream of Peetrike“
1987 – the first international film festival, the first Pärnu`s Visual antrophology festival
1997 – Estonian Film Foundation was created
2001 – a multiplex cinema was opened in Tallinn
2004 – the cinema Sõprus begins to show valuable films