“Filming Resumes for Historical Feature Film ‘Singing Earth’ in Riga, Latvia”

Last weekend, the filming of the historical feature film “Singing Earth” resumed, which will end on May 14 in the cinema town “Cinevilla”.

In the past days, the creative team of “Zeme kas dīd” was present in the streets of Old Riga, filming scenes from historical Riga, as well as in Jaunsātu parish, where scenes from the countryside were shot.

The last day of filming will be on May 14, when the largest mass viewings will take place in the cinema town “Cinevilla” during the shooting of the film – to depict the opening of the first Latvian singing festival in the hall of the Latvian Society of Riga, about 500 mass viewing participants will gather on the filming site.

After the shooting of this symbolic scene, the preparation of the film will move into the editing and post-production phase, so that the film about the First Latvian Singing Festival will hit the cinema screens already this November.

It has already been reported that the project “Dziesmusvētki. Untold stories” will be created alongside the film, which will allow the wider public to gain a wider understanding of Latvian life in the 19th century, when the Dziesmusvētki movement was established. It includes the historical novel “The Land That Sings. 1873” written jointly by the authors of the film script, Daiņas Īvānas and Māras Martinsons, about the emergence of the first singing festival, the educational platform www.zemekasdzied.lvin which popular scientific articles and podcasts are available in one place, as well as a virtual song festival choir website www.filmaibut.lv. At the end of May, an exhibition dedicated to the film will also be opened in the square near the Riga Central Railway Station.

Vilis Daudzis, Andris Bulis, Ainārs Ančevskis, Andris Keišs, Ęirts Ķesteris, Nauris Brikmanis, Marta Lovisa Jančevska, opera singer Marina Rebeka, as well as actors from Lithuania, Estonia and Poland live in the characters of the film “Zeme kas dīds”. The director of the film is Māris Martinsons, the cinematographer is Jānis Jurkovskis, the script was created by the director together with activist and journalist Daini Īvānus.

Composer – Jēkabs Jančevskis, artist Mārtiņš Kalseris, costumes are made by Katrīna Liepa, make-up artist – Beata Ryabovska. The film is made in the studio “K Films”, producer – Linda Krūkle.