The organizers of Plus Camerimage<\/b> are proud to announce that the 20th edition<\/b> of the festival will feature Latvian Cinema Review<\/b>. Latvian films, close to Poland both geographically and historically, are still relatively unknown in this part of Europe. Our intention was to provide the festival participants with a selection of films displaying the variety and the value of Latvian cinema. Latvian Cinema Review<\/b> will not only be a chance to learn more about the country’s history, mentality, and current situation, but also to get acquainted with the peculiar Latvian sense of humor, and the unique atmosphere of Latvia’s cinema. <\/p>\n
Still from “Defenders of Riga”<\/i>
Still from “The Hostage”<\/i>
We will screen films made by Latvian filmmakers from different generations, finished between 1998 and 2008. During the selection we have put emphasis on different genres, styles, and tendencies that can be seen throughout the last 15 years of Latvian cinema. <\/p>\n
Kolka cool<\/i><\/span> – a story about searching for love and sense of existence in a small, Baltic town, and at the same time a very accurate portrait of Latvia’s young generation. <\/p>\n Rudolf`s Gold<\/i><\/span> – 20th century based tale of love, social changes, and constant fight for a better life. In 2012 the film won three Latvian Film Prizes: Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, and Best Film. <\/p>\n Vogelfrei<\/i><\/span> – the winner of eight Latvian Film Prizes was made by four directors who intertwined their stories with a theme of reaching adulthood and experiencing life in its various stages. <\/p>\n Defenders of Riga<\/i><\/span> – the winner of five Latvian Film Prizes, historical drama about the times of fighting for Latvian independence in 1919. For European audiences this is a rare occasion to get acquainted with a fragment of Latvia’s unknown history. <\/p>\n The Hostage<\/i><\/span> – Latvian Film Prizes winner, the film won also Best Cinematography Award at Kinoshok – Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival, and was screened as a part of Locarno IFF. This tale of a boy held as a hostage in a kidnapped plane, who suddenly connects emotionally with one of the terrorists, is intertwined with a few other stories. This is Latvian cinema at its most atmospheric. <\/p>\n Fallen<\/i><\/span> – Lecce Festival of European Cinema Award and Undine Best Supporting Actress Award winner is a drama about a man trying to uncover the mystery behind a certain death. <\/p>\n Dangerous Summer<\/i><\/span> – another film about the history of Latvia, this time focusing on the events from World War II. The dramatic story is only a background, though, for a tale of difficult choices and the birth of impossible love. <\/p>\n The Shoe<\/i><\/span> – the film is set in 1950s when Latvia was still a part of the Russian Empire. One day Russian soldiers find a mysterious damsel’s wallet on a beach, and they try to find its owner. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The organizers of Plus Camerimage are proud to announce that the 20th edition of the festival will feature Latvian Cinema…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wiadomosci-plus-camerimage-2012"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}