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L'ultimo lavoro di Viesturs Kairišs, January, sarà presentato in anteprima a Tribeca a giugno

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- Questo nuovo film di formazione segue un direttore della fotografia di 19 anni e i suoi amici mentre vengono trascinati dagli eventi politici che si svolgono nei primi anni post-sovietici

L'ultimo lavoro di Viesturs Kairišs, January, sarà presentato in anteprima a Tribeca a giugno
Karlis Arnolds Avots in January

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It’s 1991, and 19-year-old Jazis’s love for filmmaking, family and friends is rocked as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover. This is the premise of scriptwriter, filmmaker and stage director Viesturs Kairišs’ latest effort, January [+leggi anche:
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, an autobiographical take on the events of the early 1990s that changed the lives of many people in the former Soviet Union. The movie will be premiered in the International Narrative Competition of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, in June (see the news).

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Before embarking on this project, Kairišs helmed features such as the dramas The Sign Painter [+leggi anche:
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(2020), The Chronicles of Melanie [+leggi anche:
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(2016) and Leaving by the Way (2002), plus the documentary Pelican in the Desert (2014).

The script, penned by Kairišs himself in co-operation with Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman, focuses on Jazis and his friends Anna and Zeps, who are dragged into the events surrounding the collapse of the political system in the region. Their experience and participation in the non-violent people’s resistance, via the construction of barricades and through acting as human shields, play a crucial part in their coming of age.

Key cast members include Karlis Arnolds Avots, Alise Danovska, Sandis Runge, Baiba Broka, Aleksas Kazanavicius and Juhan Ulfsak. Meanwhile, the technical crew includes DoP Wojciech Staron, editor Armands Zacs and supervising sound editor Jonas Maksvytis. The score has been composed by Justė Janulytė.

Speaking about his artistic vision, Kairišs told Cineuropa: “This film leads me to think about the internal, romantic and intellectual ambitions that I have vis-à-vis cinema. The historical moments that are depicted in the film were decisive for Latvia’s independence and for the history of Eastern Europe. There were victims, and there was non-violent resistance; these are significant and autobiographical factors for me. The story recalls the urban films of the French New Wave – a young man who is searching for himself but cannot define himself. This narrative is closely linked to the global confusion and emotional dead ends of that age.”

January is being produced by Latvia’s Mistrus Media, Inese Boka-Grube and Gints Grube, and co-produced by Lithuania’s Artbox (Kestutis Drazdauskas) and Poland’s Staron Film (Malgorzata Staron). The project received backing from the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Polish Film Institute, Eurimages, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, Latvian Television, the Latvian Foundation, and the Education, Culture and Sports Department of Riga City Council.

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