Liene Treiman
festival manager
The selection of Rainer Sarnet’s work for the opening night underlines the goal of RIGA IFF – to create a large-scale event for the city’s residents and guests, not only providing the opportunity to enjoy the latest film works from all over the world every year, but also to serve as a reference point for the achievements of local filmmakers, promoting the international circulation of the Latvian film industry. We are glad that an ever wider spectrum of foreign professionals is being accepted in Latvia, more and more strong co-productions are being created and ties between the Baltic countries are being strengthened.
Rainer Sarnett’s black-and-white laundry allegory “November” (2017) received the RIGA IFF 2017 main award, and also won a total of more than 20 international and national awards.
The representatives of the “White Picture” studio are pleased with the film “The Invisible Battle” and the opportunity to create such a special work in cooperation with the Baltic States. This is the first cooperation between White Picture studio and producer Alisa Gëlze with Estonia, which is now being successfully continued while working on the studio’s next films. Alice Gëlze says:
“There is no doubt that we feel great excitement when the film premieres in Latvia and right at the opening of the Riga International Film Festival, where we will be able to celebrate this wonderful event together with the Latvian team – an integral part of the production of “The Invisible Battle”!”
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The Invisible Struggle is satirical cinephile cinema with Baltic humor and signs: it contains references to Hong Kong martial arts inspired by Ang Lee’s The Tiger and the Dragon (2000), Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill (2003-2004) and Bruce Lee’s work films, as well as the connection with the so popular but undeniably absurd musical cinema of the 1970s during the Soviet era.
Through the film’s non-serious form, the Estonian director has managed to outline the caricature of the film-making practices typical of the Soviet era as well as the era. The film offers a series of scenes of oriental martial arts, peacocks running around in the yard, coquetry of colonialist codes, a broken arm, a fatal love line, potpourri elements and a deeply unserious contemplation of the absurdity of life.
The opening screening of RIGA IFF will take place on October 12 at 19.30 k/t “Splendid Palace”. Tickets are available at the festival Homepage.
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2023-09-01 12:19:29
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