LOCKED IN THIS BODY

CINEMA 'KINO BIZE' 30.11 / 19.00

"We monsters eat the same food as humans, like pica, burgers. My favourite food is japaniese food." A compact animation ‘Welcome to My Life’ can be seen as a metaphor for what it means to be physically or mentally different from most of the community. Walking, having sex, choosing your place of residence, finding a job and taking care of children's safety. Many of these seemingly understandable things do not seem easy if you are too old, physically helpless, mentally disturbed, or quite simply the monster. The body is forced short film actors to become outsiders, and dictates many of their most basic needs, while the camera's eye fixes these challenges with uncomfortably close precision, allowing them to understand both what is happening in heroes heads and in the bedrooms. The programme "Locked in This Body" invites the viewer to look for the answer to the question: "Are we able to help and improve not only the life of separate individuals, but also to create a more satisfying society in general, knowing the limitations of the people we are adjacent to?"

LAST DAYS OF FREEDOM, Dee Hibbert-Jones, documentary, USA 2014, 3"

Bill’s brother Manny has committed a crime. Should Bill call the police? The film is a portrait of a man facing racial bias, veteran’s rights, mental health care and criminal justice.

HOLE, Martin Edralin, Canada, 2014, 15"

A daring portrait of a disabled man yearning for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.

WELCOME TO MY LIFE, Elizabeth Ito, animation, USA, 2015, 4'52"

A day in the life of Douglas aka T-Kash, a monster trying to fit in at his high school.

EDITH+EDDIE, Laura Checkoway, documentary / short, USA, 2017, 29"

Edith and Eddie, aged 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart.

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

Curator: Astra Zoldnere