On August 20-26, in the cinema center "Forum Cinemas Vingis", "Baltijos kino dienos", organized for the second time, will present a family-friendly program of films loved and recognized by Latvian and Estonian audiences, and will hold meetings with creators. In the same week, the project will take place in all the capitals of the Baltic countries. All "Baltic Cinema Days" screenings in Lithuania, in Latvia and in Estonia will be free.
The project, which started last year, was initiated by the national film institutions of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in order to promote the distribution of films in the neighboring countries, and it received great attention - more than 2000 viewers visited the first "Baltic Film Days".
This year, the "Baltic Cinema Days" program in Lithuania has grown - there are even more and more diverse films: three feature and documentary works by Latvian and Estonian filmmakers, of various genres and periods, and representatives of the film's creative teams will come to meetings and discussions with the audience.
On August 20-22, during the "Baltic Cinema Days", the audience will see the family adventure film "Paradise 89" (dir. Madara Dišlere, 2018), which tells the story of nine-year-old Paula against the background of real historical events as Latvia embarks on the road to independence, one of the most original of the recent Estonian films "November" (dir. Rainer Sarnet, 2017), which evocatively interweaves folk folklore, magic, romantic love and dark humor, as well as the Latvian family drama "Mama" recognized as the best film in the children's and youth program of the Berlin International Film Festival , I love you" (dir. Janis Nords, 2013). The Baltic film program will also show the musical and colorful documentary story of the hippie movement in the Soviet era "Soviet hippies" (2017), narrated by Estonian director Terje Toomistu, the restored one of the most outstanding classic Latvian films, the musical drama "Four Whites", presented in the classics program of the Cannes International Film Festival this year shirt" (dir. Rolands Kalninš, 1967) and the Estonian tragicomedy about parent-child relationships, their common mistakes and complexes, which participated in the competition program of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, "The Man with My Face" (dir. Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik, 2017) .).
Additional screenings of Paradise 26, Soviet Hippies and November will be held on Sunday, August 89.
As cinema from neighboring countries is presented to the Lithuanian audience, Lithuanian films will be shown in Riga and Tallinn at that time. Latvian cinemagoers will be presented with one of the most popular classic works of Lithuanian cinema, restored by order of the Lithuanian Film Center - the film "Children from the "Amerika" Hotel" by director Raimundos Banionis (1990) and the documentary film "Rūta" by Roko Darulis and Ronald Buožis dedicated to the centenary of the country's restoration of statehood. about the exciting life story of one of the most famous Lithuanian athletes, the Olympic champion Rūta Meilutytė. Estonian viewers will also have the opportunity to see "Rūta" and the feature film "The Gambler" (2014) by director Ignos Jonyns, which received international recognition at film festivals and was recognized as the best film in the country a few years ago.
Eleonora Budzinauskienė (ELTA)
