''Disco and Atomic War'' (

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: ''Disko ja tuumasõda'') is a 2009 Estonian documentary film written by Jaak Kilmi. In the film, Kilmi talks about illegally watching

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in Communist Estonia as a boy. He describes, amongst others, how his father made special converters for Soviet television sets to watch Finnish TV, his mother made TV guides for Finnish television that he would then sell at school, and popularity of ''

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'' in 1980s Estonia.

Awards and nominations

* 2009

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Documentary Competition: Best Documentary * 2009

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: Silver Eye for Best Full-Length Documentary * 2009

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, full-length Baltic films: nomination,

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Best Baltic Film * 7th EBS International Documentary Festival: Spirit Award

External links

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, date=November 11, 2010 2009 films