Spoon – Laila Pakalnina (2019)
Before I say a single word about Laila Pakalnina’s new film Spoon (2019), I need to thank Elina Reitere and the Latvian Film Institute, who...
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Ausma – Laila Pakalnina (2015)
October 8, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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How does one handle a film, which so strikingly resembles human memory, in particular traumatic memory? The Baltic states have had a tumultuous history, most...
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Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014)
April 27, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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"On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The aim of this secret operation...
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