There was "Siin me oleme!" (Here We Are!), a 1979 comedy. There was "Kallis härra Q" (Dear Mister Q). She found "Meeletu" (Mindless) and the full series of "Üks muhe tüüp" . But the classics? "Kevade" was listed but said "Video not available in your region" —she was in Estonia! How could it not be available?
She typed "Eesti filmid tasuta" into YouTube. The algorithm, confused, offered her a Latvian woodworking tutorial and a video of a moose crossing the Tallinn-Tartu highway. But then she clicked on a channel called "Eesti Filmi Instituut" .
Defeated, Marta walked to the Tartu Public Library. The librarian, a young man named Karl with a nose ring and a passion for archival media, grinned when she explained her problem.