Viru Film Fund special screening: 'Happiness Is Living in Our Land' (2025)

A special screening of the 2025 documentary 'Happiness Is Living in Our Land'. In the Soviet Union people waited for the 1980s, when the great leaders promised the arrival of a Communist paradise, but the reality was poverty, shortages, ideological control and the relentless production of missiles, with the threat of nuclear war growing. In the darkest years of Soviet stagnation, in late October 1982, Ivo 'Munk' Uukkivi, Allan Vainola, Peep Männil and Villu Tamme gather in a rehearsal room above a garage in Pääsküla and found the punk band Velikije Luki. The band members experience state repression, but carry on their own path.

The film's editing and sound director Taavi Aavik will attend. Duration 1 h 26 min. In Estonian with English subtitles.

The screening is organised by Viru Film Fund with the Integration Foundation and is FREE for participants. Registration is open while seats last, with some additional questions for each participant. Show the Fienta QR ticket on site. Co-financed by Switzerland.

Tuesday 17 November, 18:30, Apollo cinema, Puru tee 1, Jõhvi.