Documentary Films - Competition 2006 / Piejura / Latvia 2005
With his gift for capturing the poetry of the moment, and using gentle irony, the Latvian documentarist observes activities in one of the lively areas on the shore of the Baltic sea. Soldiers, fishermen, motorcyclists, descendants of mediaeval knights and others come together here to open themselves up to a passion suppressed by the habits of civilisations.
The film depicts a narrow stretch of marine coast, a no man’s land belonging both to the sea and the land. The inexpressible magic of this place attracts all living things, a place of absolute freedom and union with nature, at times serene, at others uncontrolled. With his gift for capturing the poetry of the moment, and using gentle irony, the Latvian documentarist observes activities in one of the lively areas on the shore of the Baltic sea. Soldiers, fishermen, motorcyclists, descendants of mediaeval knights and others come together here to open themselves up to a passion suppressed by the habits of civilisations.
26 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Dainis Klava
/ Screenplay Pauls Bankovskis
/ Dir. of Photography Valdis Celmins
/ Music Karlis Auzans
/ Editor Dainis Klava
/ Producer Uldis Cekulis
/ Production Vides Filmu Studija
/ Contact VFS Films, DR Sales
www: www.vfs.lv
Dainis Klava (b. 1965, Riga, Latvia) studied television direction at the Latvian Academy in the years 1987–1992. As a cameraman and director he gained experience working in Juris Podnieks’ film studios and for Vides Filmu Studija. He was also involved in video art and commercials and has been making documentaries since 1992. Select filmography: The Naivists (1992), Bird Man (1996), Bear Man – Andrejs (1997), All Rivers Flow to the Sea (1998), Squaring the Circle (2002), Sea of Attractions (2005).
VFS Films
Lapu iela 17, LV1002, Riga
Latvia
Phone: +371 675 035 88
E-mail: [email protected]
DR Sales
Emil Holms Kanal 20, 2. – 5., DK-0999, København
Denmark
Phone: +45 352 030 40
E-mail: [email protected]
Uldis Cekulis
Producer
Ieva Pitruka
Festival Organizer
Dainis Klava
Film Director
Valdis Celmins
Director of Photography
Ilze Lauska
Film Crew
Baiba Lagzdina
Director of Photography
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