MA
Dir.: Maria Stoianova
2017 | 17 min
Ukraine
Mom is feeding great tits from the window of her high-rise building in Mariupol, and growing queen apples in her summerhouse near the battle line. To show her simple life, she shoots videos on her small camera for her daughter, who lives in the capital and is hard to reach. To try to keep the conversation going, she feeds her overgrown child with sponge mushrooms and fairytales.
In Russian with Latvian and English subtitles.
After the screening, the director will be present for a Q&A.
MA trailer from Maria Stoianova on Vimeo.
A FATHERLIKE FEELING
Dir.: Irati Lafragua Salazar
2017 | 34 min
Norway
Filming locations: Norway and Spain
Becoming a father is major, one-time event in a man’s life. However, during the pregnancy, the delivery and the first months of the post-natal period, most of the attention is directed to the mother and the baby, with fathers experiencing the process more as privileged spectators than as main actors. Being about to become a mother director had the opportunity to do research into her own family, filming the process from the very beginning to document her husband’s slow, gradual transition in a committed father who wants to be as important for his son as she is. As a result, this intimate narration opens a window into a newly created family, and especially to Jorge, his feelings and the evolution of his physical relationship with the baby, in the context of a 7-month parental leave which created a unique opportunity for him to establish long-lasting bonds.
In Spanish with Latvian and English subtitles.
After the screening, the director and the main protagonist will be present for a Q&A.
TOGETHER
Dir.: Denis Shabaev
2014 | 52 min
Russian Federation
Two people are on the road. Everyday life, business calls, games, a curve of the highway, a swing and again business calls…During this year the father and the daughter have not seen much of each other and they have not been alone for a long time.Two cameras are looking face to face; different fears inhabit one and the same space.There is a question: should they come back or should they continue travelling together?
In Russian with Latvian and English subtitles.
TOGETHER Trailer from Antipode Sales on Vimeo.
