There are over 8 000 film titles stored, 6 100 of which (in 20 910 cans) technically processed and registered (as of 01.01.2008.).
Newsreels, shots for TV programs, documentaries, musical and feature films, commercials, amateur films are stored. Additionally, there is the so-called film library material – what is left of partially destroyed films and the initial material of films that was not included in final versions. Also the documentation of films like montage sheets, scripts, synopses, producer’s scripts, have been registered.
67 archives contain such valuable material as the first Estonian feature film “Karujaht Pärnumaal” (“Bear-Hunt in Pärnu District”), by the first Estonian filmmaker Johannes Pääsuke, made in 1913 at Tartu Studio of Estonia Film established by him, and 7 more films from the years 1911-1917. 28 films by the brothers Johannes and Peeter Parikas and Konstantin and Theodor Märska as well as the first Estonian film society Estonia-Film, associated with them. There are examples of the production of studios from the beginning of Estonian film industry like Film-Klubi (1 title from 1927), Siirius Film (2 titles from 1927), Theodor Lutsu Filmiproduktsioon(21 titles from 1927-1939). Eesti Kultuurfilm has been represented with 318 films, while newsreels since 1935 have been stored.
The bigger archives of later years:
- Tallinnfilm – chronicles, documentaries, popular science films, feature films, puppet films and cartoons – 2 215 titles from 1946-1998
Eesti Reklaamfilm - commercials – 610 titles from 1969-1993
- Estonian Television + Eesti Telefilm – chronicles, concertprograms, shorts for TV programs, TV films – 748 titles from 1920-1988
- Tartu Ülikool (University of Tartu)- chronicles, educational films
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Video films
1908 – until the present day….
Contains 400 cassettes, storing about 800 items of original production (as of 01.01.2008.).
Film studios established at the end of the 20th century like Freyjafilm, Maurum, Eesti Joonisfilm, Vesilind OÜ etc. have started storing their production.
Major video archives:
- Eesti Video - 32 titles from 1988-1992
- TV-3 -23 titles from 1992-2001
- Faama Film - 14 titles from 1993-1999
- Läänemaa Telestuudio – 86 titles from 1991-1998
- Eesti Filmiarhiiv (Estonian Film Archives’ own shots) - 113 titles from 1990-2001
