BEST OF BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN 2009
11.12.2009
18.00 Uhr
SESIL | SESILS
Lettland 2008
10 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Roberts Kuļenko
D: Madars Paičs, Dzintars Spīvulis, Ainārs Rozītis, Arnis Nulle
Sesil has a new and a very unnatural friend, who is also annoying. She follows him everywhere and isn’t planning on leaving anytime soon. He asks for help from others, but he knows that he’s the only one who can solve this problem.
BURRIED AT SEA
Russland 2008
45 Min Farbe OmenglU
R: Grigori Pasko
The journalist, author and environmental activist Pasko focuses during his investigative research on the ecological risks and the energy policy implications of the Baltic Sea gas pipeline. Gazprom is the largest shareholder of the pipeline consortium Nord Stream. The film begins in the north of Russia, where as early as 2005 the first phase of the project was completed. The expectations of the local population regarding new jobs and gas pipes in their homes have vaporised and it starts to dawn on them that all they get is a pipeline passing right under their nose, but all the gas is destined for customers in Western Europe. In 2007 and 2008 Pasko travelled along the entire proposed route of the Nord Stream pipeline by land, and later along the coasts of Sweden, Finland and Germany. He spoke with Finnish, Swedish and German politicians, mayors, and environmental activists. Pasko’s research documents the impact of the pipeline on the environment and on the people who live along the route.
19.15 Uhr
THE BALCONY | BALKONAS
Litauen 2008
48 Min Farbe Digital Betacam OmenglU
R: Gidrė Beinoriūte
D: Elzbieta Degutytė, Karolis Savickis, Saiulė Rašimaitė, Divilė Tarvydaitė, Viktorija Kuodytė
In the Soviet Union in the 80ties in a small province town. Rolandas and his father settle down after a divorce. In the flat next to them lives the girl Emilia. Falling from a balcony and scratching a chin or swallowing a fishbone doesn’t hurt, but it hurts to love...
THE BUG TRAINER | VABŽDIŲ DRESUOTOJAS
Litauen/Polen 2008
53 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Donatas Ulvydas, Linas Augustis, Marek Skrobecki, Rasa Miškinytė
D: Gediminas Girdvainis
Ladislav Starevich (1882-1965), a pioneer of puppet animation is one of the most forgotten film geniuses. His wizardry was born in Lithuania. He got famous in Russia. He then flourished in full flame in France. Who was he? This film decodes Starevich by using the means of his own artistic thinking, tiding together the factual information, archival footage and films made by Starevich.
21.00 Uhr
TEAT BEAT OF SEX, EPISODES 8, 9, 10, 11
R: Signe Baumane
Lettland 2007
6min Farbe Beta OmenglU
TEAT BEAT OF SEX is a series of one minute animated films about sex, viewed exclusively from a female perspective. Cynthia, the main character, looks just like the proverbial girl next door - but beneath the surface lurks a sumptuous Pandora's box whose contents Cynthia shares lavishly with her rather young audience. What relationship do women have with their lingerie? Does masturbation make you go blind? Is bigger better? Cynthia has all the answers...
WINGS AND OARS | SPĀRNI UN AIRI
Lettland Latvia 2008
6 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Vladimir Leschiov
A former pilot looks bach at his life – The Earth , the Sky , the Woman – everything that took place on the journey from an air strip to an abandoned boat house.
TAARKA
Estland 2008
99 Min Farbe 35 mm OmenglU
R: Ain Mäeots
D: Inga Salurand, Siiri Sisask, Marje Metsur, Mikko Nousiainen, Kaarel Oja
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest hero of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimneyless hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka – a despised woman and a worshipped singer.