LATVIAN OUTSIDERS

CINEMA 'KINO BIZE' 02.12 / 19.00

The short film session by Latvian outsiders shows exactly what the 2Anns’ programme of 2017 in general is about - how differently understandable and worthwhile is an outsiderism, how different it can manifest and affect us in "normal ones". It both demonstrates physical or mental differences in the background mass, on the contrary, seemingly converging with normality and only highlighting the nuances of substance for reflection. Just because it is worth the outsider to highlight and discuss something - not because they are better or worse than others, but because they differentiate themselves from the daily flow of frames and lets you imagine what if you yourself once lived it challenging.
In the context of Latvian cinema, this short film screening marks a welcome diversity both genre and thematically - from the most optimistic documentary about the energetic man Alexander, who, in the status of an outsider, has appointed the obvious physical parameter difference, to nearly an exotic in the Latvian cinema landscape - a social fantasy genre, almost horrors about it , how people are just afraid to get in the role of an outsider. And two more short films about the fact that the problem of outsiders can be completely overlooked, in fact, only in the head. There are absolutely no extraneous features, just the marriage ring that has to be hidden, because these outsiders are stamped with the such a convicting word for "offenders". And other outsiders who do not even have such a specific sign, they just do not go in that real life. And soon the person no longer aspires.
The morale is quite simple – it is even fine to be an outsider, if only you yourself can use this status as a springboard and a trampoline instead of a pit where to dig yourself.

ALEXANDR, Jānis Vingris, documentary, Latvia, 2006,40"

Documentary portrait of Alexander, who's only 135 cm tall. Actor, European champion in weightlifting or simply a joyful man, who allows the viewers to experience the world through his vantage point.

WHITE BEAST, Jānis Vingris, fiction, Latvia, 2003, 20"

Government has set a minimal amount of money that each Latvian citizen has to have 30 lats on his electronic bank card at all times. A person, who is not able to provide the card is arrested.

RANDEVU, Ilze Kunga, fiction, Latvia, 2003, 15"

Lovers meet. Each one of them has his own life story. Somebody else gets hurt, somebody gets lied to. The protagonists have the choice of not meeting up, but they decide to meet anyway.

DISGUST, Aiks Karapetjans, fiction, Latvia, 2007, 31"

A guy is living with his mother in a shared apartment. They are lonely people, unable to adapt to real life. Life in a poor, incomplete family is traumatic for the son. He attempts to change his life.

Films will be screened in the original language with Latvian subtitles.

Curator: Kristīne Matīsa