As the representatives of Latvian Television emphasize, 2020 is a time of change, therefore the films document and reveal the current issues of both society and nature. Change is one of the themes of every film made this year.
“The film cycle demonstrates how diverse changes can be, how they create new conditions that we learn to live with. Today, we must be able to adapt to the new conditions and nature,” “Change is a process that affects each of us as an individual and as part of society as a whole, so it is important to capture and emphasize what is relevant in this process: re-migration, civic participation, ecological sustainability are just some of the topics discussed in 2020. Latvian code a selection of movies, “lists Zane.
This year, the films will have their premieres from Tuesday, November 17 at 22.00 LTV1 and Replay.lv.
The debut documentary of director Paul Ķester will be shown on November 17 Transfer (Mistrus Media). It will be a story about the Līgatne ferry, which brings locals, tourists, accidental passers-by and cars across the Gauja from early spring to autumn. The era of 12 wooden ferries reveals an era – tourists, locals, cars, animals, movers, habits, everyday life, traditions, holidays, unexpected events, cyclical nature. Life on a small ferry allows you to capture time. The story of one calendar year’s film traces life on a ferry in a remote part of Latvia, revealing it as a story about 21st century Latvia.
On November 24, a documentary film by director Ivars Zviedra will be premiered Misunderstood (Documentary). It will be an attempt, from the point of view of a documentary filmmaker, to understand those who chant the slogan DISMISS THE SAEIMA almost every year, and those who listen to this chanting in the Saeima building. The first shots of the film were taken on January 13, 2009, when riots took place in Old Riga, but the last ones – on October 14, 2020, when creative workers raised a wall of misunderstanding at the Saeima.
On December 1, the film by director Maris Maskalans will reach the audience Mr. Black Stork (Skuba TV Productions). The film will tell not only about one of the most mysterious birds in Latvia, which is not only on the list of protected species, but also chooses separate places in the forest and hidden from human eyes, but also as an ornithologist Māris Strazda. Maris “together” with the black stork is older than with his wife – he has been studying storks for 40 years now. Colleagues Māris called me Mr. Black Stark. The film will be an observation about the relationship between Mara and the black storks.
On December 8, another debut documentary – director Viesturs Meikšāns – will premiere Pa vidu (Amber Land Films). This will be a documentary about the reflections of a Latvian family living in Denmark on returning to life in Latvia. The head of the family, who has been working at Odense University Hospital for the ninth year, receives an invitation from a close friend and old colleague to develop his own back health department at Valmiera Hospital, but the conditions are unclear and do not become a reason to return immediately and return to Latvia. The issue of work is not the only thing that takes his mind – his parents are already of respectable age and it seems right to be close to them. He is also concerned that his daughters will become Danes while living in Denmark, and each of them has a position on this issue.
This year Latvian code The cycle will end with a film by Mārtiņš Grauds Dinar (Environmental Film Studio). Dinar is a musician with an integral value – his special hairstyle. In the colorful life of Dinar, there seems to be nothing missing – there are orders to play at balls, and women’s attention, he likes to do what he can – to entertain the audience with hit hits. The dinar shakes his mane and “catches another” until everything almost stops. In the new circumstances, he must be able to maintain his audience and joy of life.
Documentary film cycle Latvian code. Latvia today – from 22 November on Tuesdays at 22.00 LTV1 and Replay.lv.
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