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In Search of Our Fathers: Suurpõgenemine/Great Baltic Escape 1944, a collaborative venture between Mae Productions Inc. &
VEMU/Estonian Museum Canada, a designated Charitable Organization.  Registered Charity number 80412 0020 RR0001

We are seeking post-production funding to complete the four short films we have been working on over this past year.

Your support funds this work and can be directed to the overall project, or to specific films. Donations can be made by clicking on the donation button or by cheque (make the cheque out to “VEMU/Estonian Museum Canada”). Please indicate ISOOF on your donation, to ensure it comes to this film project.
Cheques can be mailed to 310 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1W4.

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We currently have 4 short films in post-production.  Our thanks, to those who screened our pre-release Suurpõgenemine80/Great Baltic Escape 1944 three short films as part of the events commemorating the 80th year since the mass flight in 1944.  Your feedback was invaluable, in terms of our approach and the importance of including Ukraine in these stories.   We have added one short film, to explain why people fled.

 Suurpõgenemine/Great Baltic Escape 1944 Short film Triptych.

Escape, Extending Compassion, Examining the Context.

 Deportations and Disappearances:  Memories of the Soviet Occupation of the Baltic states, completes these films.  It serves as a prequel to the triptych.

 Once these films are completed, we will look for additional support to preserve our archive of interviews with Estonians of the Diaspora.

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We continue our work through the collaborative film venture previously established between Mae Productions Inc. and VEMU/Estonian Museum Canada, with the help of donors like you.

We continue our work through the collaborative film venture previously established between Mae Productions Inc. and The Estonian Studies Centre (Toronto), with the help of donors like you.

Over the years, we have recorded a number of powerful stories from Estonian men, who have shared their memories of life in Estonia, their experiences as soldiers during the Second World War, their flight to freedom, and the building of Estonian communities in exile around the globe. They were the creators of Estonian community resources, institutions that kept our culture alive over the years.  Our earlier film Vabaduse Mustrid/Patterns of Freedom, focused more on the women's stories. Together these elders built our culture in exile. Our next step is to preserve the project archives.

Over the years, we have recorded a number of powerful stories from Estonian men, who have shared their memories of life in Estonia, their experiences as soldiers during the Second World War, their flight to freedom, and the building of Estonian communities in exile around the globe. They were the creators of Estonian community resources, institutions that kept our culture alive over the years.

Our Art Installation, “Bound by Struggle/Ühises võitluses” was shown in “Baltic Unity”, the Society of Estonian Artists (EKKT) fall exhibit at the Latvian Centre Gallery, 2023. This display had QR codes for twelve clips of our work with images created for the films.

ISOOF-Roosman, is a unique collaborative work between Arne Roosman, artist, and Tom Mae, digital artist, where Arne created characters and background drawings for the animations. To view a short clip, please visit:

Art Installation Film #03
art installation wide
art installation vertical

Short clips of interviews on Baltic history under the Soviets and the current Russian war on  Ukraine, can be viewed at the links below.

Art Installation Film #08
Art Installation Film #10
Art Installation Film #12

ISOOF – Meri is a project in the planning stages. We have interviewed Jaan Meri, about his father Rein Meri’s story as a sailor trying to survive between two warring armies. We will share more details as we work on it.

"Pikk jalg"

"Raising the Flag 1941",
interactive 3D animation test

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Vysokopillya, Kherson Oblast

"Raising the Flag, 2022",
3D model animation documentary scene test

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Dr. August Mae (the father of Tom and Reet from Mae Productions Inc.) was a pilot in the Estonian Air Force before he decided to train as a doctor. He completed his medical training during the difficult years between 1938 1944, and like many young men of his generation, was impacted by the war, but rarely spoke of it.

Dr. August Mae (the father of Tom and Reet from Mae Productions Inc.) was a pilot in the Estonian Air Force before he decided to train as a doctor. He completed his medical training during the difficult years between 1938 1944, and like many young men of his generation, was impacted by the war, but rarely spoke of it.