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The program includes several premieres, a tribute to the centenary Rolands Kalniņš, films about Ukraine, Latvian animated films and an open-air screening.
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After a break of two years of the pandemic, during which the Latvian film marathon moved online – on the NKC portal “filmas.lv” on May 4, this year the marathon will return to the cinema “Splendid Palace”, free live screenings in both cinemas without restrictions.
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Invitations to cinema screenings will be available from April 27 at the cinema “Splendid Palace” or registered electronically on the cinema’s website.
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The program of the Latvian film marathon will start in the cinema this year with the homage of the director Rolands Kalniņš – the Latvian cinema classic will turn 100 in May, and the old master promises to come to a screening of one “golden classic” film and several surprises – both musically and cinematically.
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The Great Hall of the Splendid Palace Cinema will also screen premieres of two feature films on this day. For the first time in Latvia, Laila Pakalniņa’s documentary “Home” will be shown, which has been screened at several European festivals since last autumn, while director Ivars Zviedris has just completed the documentary “Bach vs. Covid”, which began filming two years ago in the first days of the pandemic. At the beginning of the day, the traditional Latvian animation film screening for children is also planned in the Great Hall.
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In the Small Hall of the Cinema this year, the program is related to Ukraine and the ongoing war in this country – there will be a screening of the 2016 documentary “Mariupole”, directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius “, a heroic drama about the events of 2014 at the very beginning of the war in the Donetsk region.
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The Small Hall of the Cinema will also screen the documentary film “Valiant! – Journey to Free Latvia” in 2021, which is a story about the resistance of Latvians in exile in the 1980s, reminding the governments of the world that Latvia is occupied. At the end of the evening, with the onset of darkness, a screening is planned at the open-air cinema “Splendid Garden”, where the 2019 animated film “Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs” with Ukrainian subtitles will be shown.
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On May 4, NKC will also offer films for screenings in the vicinity of Riga – Mežaparks Grand Stage, Ilguciems and Imanta – but on the portal “filmas.lv” the festival program will be available worldwide on May 4 according to the local time of each country.
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