Baltic Sea Docs Film Program
As usual the Baltic Sea Forum launches a strong film program parallel to the Industry section with its development workshop and pitching. Let me mention the wonderful “Agent of Happiness” by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó, reviewed on this site, as is “Balomania” by Danish Sissel Morell Dargis, the poetic “Ever Since I Knew Myself” by Georgian Maka Gogaladze is there as the journalistic “Hollywoodgate” by Ibrahim Nash’at.
And bravo, that the selectors are bringing two Ukrainian masterpiece to Riga in the period 3-8. September: “Intercepted” by Oksana Karpovych and “A Poem for little People” by Ivan Sautkin.
Five more films will be on the screen – check it out here: https://dokforums.gov.lv/blog/portfolio_category/films-2024/
A quote from the review of “Intercepted” (PHOTO) on this site:
“The film (also) includes a sequence with Russia war prisoners lining up to get some food. No comments here. And observations from an underground cellar with two old women, cut to a younger woman who is preparing soup for them. Compassion. And people queuing for food, Ukrainians helping each other. Not to forget a beautiful scene, where a husband is caressing a cow, while his wife is milking it. When the bucket is full, they leave on a scooter. Life goes on… makes me think of Humphrey Jennings and his propaganda films during WW2.A clever thought film, so well built, shocking sound pieces to images of devastation but like in Alain Resnais “Night and Fog” no corpses. The right choice. The director is a true “auteur”.
