January (CinEast Festival)

Festival CinEast

January

Janvaris Lettonie-Lituanie-Pologne 2022 | Viesturs Kairišs | vostEN | 94’ | digital | Cast : Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Alise Danovska, Baiba Broka, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Juhan Ulfsak

►Meilleur Long Métrage Narratif International, Tribeca Film Festival 2022

►Candidat letton aux Oscars 2023

►Prix 2024 du réseau EEFFN

Set in January 1991, as Latvia fights for independence, Jazis, an aspiring filmmaker in Riga, dreams of becoming the next Tarkovsky. This poignant coming-of-age story is a nostalgic exploration of memory and experience through cinema.

« A spiky punk energy drives this semi-autobiographical tale of first love and a search for identity that plays out against the turbulent backdrop of Latvia’s 1991 fight for independence. » (Screen International)