July 4, 2022.
The information was prepared by Elva Lorenz.
Cinema tent “Kino Bize” Cinema tent will also delight guests at this year’s Positivus festival and give them the opportunity to take refuge in the world of cinema with a selection of bright, musical and crazy summer films. In eight film screenings on July 15 and 16 in Lucavsala, the latest domestic cinema, current foreign films, and cult classics will be shown. Screenings will be complemented by the visits of local filmmakers and conversations with the audience. Festival tickets can be purchased at www.positivusfestival.com and in the “Biļešu Servisa” network.
The unifying motif of the film program is personal freedom, accompanied by heady music and even headier parties – regardless of whether the films take place in the disco era of the 70s or to the accompaniment of electronic beats today. The film program was made in cooperation with the US Embassy in Latvia. Films will be shown in the original language with Latvian and/or English subtitles.
The program of Friday, July 15 will be opened by a selection of the newest and best films by students of the Latvian Academy of Culture. Sequel to the British film “Rave” (2019), which tells the story of the nineties in Scotland, where electronic music is outlawed, but does not stop freedom-hungry friends Spanner and Jono from going to a secret party. The theme of transgressors will be further carried by Spike Lee’s classic “Do The Right Thing” (1989) about the hottest day in Brooklyn and a fight caused by the unbearable heat, while at the end of the restless program – “Restless Minds” (2022) by the Abel brothers, where the bohemian lifestyle of the two artists has merged the boundaries between normality and madness.
The Saturday program will begin with the documentary “Tikmēr Lucavsala” (2022). Director Elza Gauja has humorously and easily captured the fabulous environment of the small gardens of Lucavsala, as the “Positivus” festival is also taking place nearby this year. Immediately after, the European Film Academy and Oscar-winning comedy-drama “Still in Measure” (2020) about four high school teachers who start coming to work every day under the influence of alcohol for research purposes, soon losing control over the intoxicating experiment. In the evening, Marta Elina Martinson’s comedy “Tizlenes” (2021), whose author received the national cinema award “Lielais Kristaps” for the best debut of the year, will be shown in the evening, along with the visit of the filmmakers. John Travolta in a white suit on the disco dance floor in the musical “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) will end the program inspired by spigots and humor.
This summer, on July 15 and 16, the Positivus festival will continue to delight thousands of people at a new venue – in Riga, Lucavsala. Tickets can be purchased at www.positivusfestival.com and in the “Biļešu Servisa” network.
Currently confirmed 2022 Positivus Festival artists: A$AP Rocky, Megan Thee Stallion, Jamie xx, The Avalanches (DJ Set), Asaf Avidan, Caribou, Thundercat, Yves Tumor & Its band, SoFaygo, Bas, black midi, Black Country , New Road, ansis, Citi Zēni, Arturs Skutelis, roland če, Boo, Edavārdi, Prusax, VIĆA, Sudden Lights, Sigma, Elizabete Gaile, MUUD, Ods, Zeļgis, Nova Koma, $ourJ, Wiesulis, Gram-Of-Fun , Tribes of the City, No, Chris Noah.
Additional information:
Elva Lorenz
tel. (+371) 26180117
www.positivusfestival.com
Facebook.com/PositivusFestival
Instagram.com/positivus
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