Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary 2018 / Krasts / Latvia 1963
The film was shot in a fishing village on the west coast of Latvia, the then western border of the Soviet Union. To make this short film, the filmmakers spent the whole summer living and working in the village, which resulted in a picture that offers a personal take on its characters and demonstrates a true interest in the individual in his natural surroundings – an unusual trait at that time.
The Coast is the first collaboration between director Aivars Freimanis and cinematographer Ivars Seleckis: an important duo practising the poetic documentary style of the 1960s. The film was shot in a fishing village on the west coast of Latvia, the then western border of the Soviet Union. The work was made using a new approach – the filmmakers spent the whole summer living and working in the village, which resulted in a picture that offers a personal take on its characters and demonstrates a true interest in an individual in his natural surroundings.
Zane Balčus
20 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Aivars Freimanis
/ Screenplay Aivars Freimanis
/ Dir. of Photography Ivars Seleckis
/ Production Riga Film Studio
/ Sales National Film Centre of Latvia
Aivars Freimanis (1936–2018). Selected filmography: The Coast (Krasts, 1963), Kuldīga Frescoes (Kuldīgas freskas, 1966), The Catch (Lomi, 1969), Apple in the River (Ābols upē, 1974), Boy (Puika, 1977), The Nest (Ligzda, 1996)
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Dita Rietuma
Film Institution Rep.
Ivars Seleckis
Director of Photography
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