November 23, 2020
The information was prepared by Zane Dzene.
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the historic leap that has thrilled the entire world and the premiere of the film “Leap”.
PREMIERE
The Latvian premiere of the film was scheduled for the film festival “ArtDocFest / Riga” organized by Vitalijs Mansks. Although the live festival has been moved to next spring, the documentaries are not giving up! November 26 at At 13:00, a press conference dedicated to the film “Leap” will take place, with the participation of Vitalijs Manskis, film director Giedre Žickīte and producer Uldis Cekulis.
As previously reported, “Leap” will premiere on November 27 on the streaming platforms Helio, Shortcut and Go3. In the evening of the film premiere at 19:00 On the TVNet portal, viewers will be able to ask questions online to the film’s director Giedre Žickīte and the team.
FESTIVAL MARATHON
On November 27, the Latvian premiere of the Cold War documentary thriller “The Jump”, which is a co-production of Lithuania, Latvia and France, will take place. Director Giedre Žickīte’s film premiered on October 9 at the Warsaw International Film Festival competition program, winning the Best Documentary Film Award. Warsaw is one of 15 Class A film festivals in the world, and the film qualifies for the European Film Academy Award.
Since its premiere, “Leaps” has been shown at nine major international festivals – including Rome, Jihlava, Lübeck and Tallinn. The film has been a great success not only in Europe – at the largest US documentary film festival “Doc NYC” “Leap” entered the top ten of the audience. https://www.docnyc.net/awards/audience-favorites/
FILM AND ANNIVERSARIES
Exactly 50 years ago – on November 23, 1970, on Thanksgiving Day – the US Coast Guard went to a meeting with the Soviet ship “Sovetskaya Litva”, which was anchored off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The aim was a bilateral meeting to discuss fishing rights in the Atlantic. While the talks were in full swing, Sims Kudirka jumped on the American ship “The Vigilant” (English – Modrais) in a desperate desire for freedom. To his horror, after seven hours of freedom, the Americans extradited the fugitive to the Soviet Union, causing outrage in the world media, as the fugitive was beaten unconscious and his future life promised no hope. And so it would have ended if an American ship’s sailor, a Latvian by descent, had not reported the incident to the US media the next day.
Eyewitness stories, unique archive footage and reconstructions of Sima Kudirka’s own dramatic events, which turned 90 this year, form the plot of the documentary thriller “Leap”, which will lead the viewer in an exciting cinematic adventure.
Movie Trailer: https://vimeo.com/481781238
Additional information:
Zane Dzene
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