synopsis
A shop by the side of the road. One after another, people enter and exit the small building. The randomness and illogical nature of the action feels unreal. The sense of timelessness and of being in an unnamed place further heightens the dreamlike nature of the scene. The nearly motionless black-and-white camera records a fragment of life in a place torn from the context of the world.
biography
Latvian director Laila Pakalniņa (1962) has won numerous festival prizes, including the Golden Bear at the Berlinale for her short film Udens (2006). The Jihlava IDFF previously showed her films Chimney (2013) and Short Film about Life (2014).
more about film
| director: | Laila Pakalniņa |
| producer: | Laila Pakalnina |
| script: | Laila Pakalnina |
| photography: | Ivars Burtnieks |
| editing: | Ivars Burtnieks |
| sound: | Anrijs Krenbergs |
contact
LAILA PAKALNINA / laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2016 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | Russian, Latvian |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Laila Pakalniņa |
| original title: | Sapnis |
| country: | Latvia |
| year: | 2016 |
| running time: | 7 min. |
