Dream Land
Documentary Films - Competition 2005 / Leiputrija / Latvia 2004
Talented Latvian director Laila Pakalnina chose a rubbish dump as the setting for her new film. Her visual compositions without human voices, capturing one day in the lives of the inhabitants of a slumbering refuse site - mammals, reptiles, birds and insects - have existential value as an account of life and death in a specific place.
Synopsis
There are places that, given an initial fleeting glance, won’t surprise anyone. But if you spend a day, a week, a month, or even a whole year there, you’ll be rewarded with a rare beauty which will simply take your breath away. Laila Pakalnina chose a rubbish dump as the setting for her new film. Her visual compositions without human voices, capturing one day in the lives of the inhabitants of a slumbering refuse site – mammals, reptiles, birds and insects – have existential value as an account of life and death in a specific place.
About the film
30 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Laila Pakalniņa
/ Screenplay Laila Pakalnina
/ Dir. of Photography Maris Maskalans
/ Music Shigeru Umebayashi
/ Editor Gatis Belogrudovs
/ Producer Uldis Cekulis
/ Production Vides Filmu Studija
/ Contact VFS Films, Studio Hamburg Fernseh Allianz
About the director
Laila Pakalnina (1962, Liepaja, Latvia) studied journalism (1986) and film direction (VGIK, 1991). She has made many documentary films, along with two feature films. Selected filmography: The Ferry (1994, doc.), The Oak (1997, doc.), The Shoe (1998, feature), Papa Gena (2001, doc.), The Python (2003, feature), The Bus (2004, doc.). Her films have won numerous awards both at home and abroad (e.g. the FIPRESCI prize at Cannes for the film The Ferry).
Contacts
VFS Films
Lapu iela 17, LV1002, Riga
Latvia
Phone: +371 675 035 88
E-mail: vfs@vfs.lv
Studio Hamburg Fernseh Allianz
Jenfelder Allee 80, 8022039, Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 468 851 27
Fax: +49 40 468 851 44
E-mail: hreimann@studio-hamburg.de
Guests
Ieva Pitruka
Festival Organizer
Laila Pakalniņa
Film Director
Maris Maskalans
Director of Photography, Director of Photography
