Three elderly bachelors living in the country idle away their time in near wilderness, closer to birds and pond fish than to humans.
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Views of the World (2009)
- Premiere at Locarno IFF (2008)
- Black Nights FF- Best Film and Best Cinematographer (2008)
- IDFA - Masters (2008)
- Warsaw Film Festival- The Master's Touch (2008)
- DOK Leipzig
- Cottbus Film Festival
- Festival Dei Popoli
- DocPoint
- FICCO CineMex
Laila Pakalniņa
Born in 1962 in Liepāja, Latvia. In 1986 she graduated from Moscow University’s Department of TV Journalism. She continued her studies in the Department of Film Directing at the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), graduating in 1991. Laila is the director and scriptwriter of 21 documentaries, 5 shorts, 3 features.
Features: Silence (Klusums) 2009, Stones (Akmeņi) 2008, Fire (Uguns) 2007, The Hostage (Ķīlnieks) 2006, Water (Ūdens) 2006, The Python (Pitons) 2003, The Shoe (Kurpe) 1998, Anna’s Christmas (Annas Ziemassvētki) 1992.
Documentaries: Snow Crazy (Sniegs) 2012, 33 Animals of Santa Claus (33 zvēri Ziemassvētki vecītim) 2011, On Rubiks’ Road (Pa Rubika ceļu) 2010, Three Men and Fish Pond (Par dzimtenīti) 2008, Theodore (Teodors) 2006, Dream Land (Leiputrija) 2004, The Bus (Autobuss) 2004, It’ll Be Fine (Būs labi) 2004, Martins (Mārtiņš) 2002, Papa Gena (Papa Gena) 2001, Wake up (Mostieties) 2000, The Oak (Ozols) 1997, Ubans (Ubāns) 1995, The Mail (Pasts) 1995, The Ferry (Prāmis) 1994, The Church (Baznīca) 1993, The Pilgrimage (Iešana) 1991, The Linen (Veļa) 1991, The Dome (Doms) 1991, The Choice (Izvēle) 1990, And (Un) 1988.
Maris Maskalans
Filmography:
Three Men and a Fish Pond, director and camera (2008); Litauen, camera (2008); Wild Estonia, camera (2006); Dream Land, idea and camera (2004); Have you Seen the Roller?, director and camera (2004); Wildes Lettland, camera (2003); The Followers, camera (2003); Roof on the Moonway, director and camera (2001); Homes in a Meadow, director and camera (1997); Winter. Cones. Crossbills, director and camera (1997); Chronicle of Latvia #3 (Birds in Latvia), camera (1996); Chronicle of Latvia #2, camera (1996); Chronicle of Latvia #3 (1995).