Archive of films Cats in Riga / Cats in Riga
Latvia
2014, 17 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2015
While the news media sift through current affairs and the inhabitants of Riga focus on their daily cares, cats are completely occupied by their aimless wanderings through stairways, offices, and apartments, sublimely indifferent to the preposterous hustle and bustle of our civilization. This ingenious and playful para-documentary investigates the role of subjectivity in the perception of the world around us.
Synopsis
You’ll meet a truly wide spectrum of creation in Riga: tender lovers, ruthless killers, and day-lounging sleepers. No, we’re not talking about humans. The Danish director contemplates Latvia’s capital from a feline perspective. While current events are hashed back and forth on the news and the local inhabitants fret over their daily concerns, cats are fully absorbed in their aimless wanderings through stairways, offices, and apartments, sublimely indifferent to the preposterous hustle and bustle of our civilization. This playful para-documentary takes up the role of subjectivity in the perception of the world around us.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Jon Bang Carlsen (b. 1950, Vedbak, Denmark) graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1976. In the 1980s he was ranked among the foremost Danish directors for his radical documentaries that cleverly blend the authentic with the staged (e.g. Hotel of the Stars, 1981). He has also shot several acted films. Blinded Angels (Blinde engle) screened in the documentary competition at KVIFF 2006.
Contacts
Mistrus Media Ltd.
Blaumaņa Street 11/13-13, LV 1011, Riga
Latvia
Tel: +371 673 133 14
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.mistrusmedia.lv
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Jon Bang Carlsen |
Screenplay: | Jon Bang Carlsen |
Dir. of Photography: | Valdis Celmins |
Editor: | Jon Bang Carlsen |
Producer: | Antra Gaile |
Production: | Mistrus Media Ltd. |
Contact: | Mistrus Media Ltd. |
Guests
Antra Gaile
Producer
Jon Bang Carlsen
Film Director