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8th BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL
All Ottawa premieres!!
The CFI is pleased to host this eighth festival of impressive films from the three Baltic nations. Since its inception in 2000, the festival has unveiled diverse, award-winning, internationally acclaimed cinematic works from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The Baltic Film Festival is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Estonia, Embassy of Latvia, Embassy of Lithuania, Andris Kesteris.

Thurs./jeudi Feb. 28 fev., 19:00
FEELINGS

Lithuania 1968, 90 minutes
Directors: Almantas Grikeviius and Algirdas Dausa
Widely regarded as the greatest Lithuanian film ever made, FEELINGS is a classic. Set at the end of the Second World War, FEELINGS concerns two brothers who live on either side of a bay. One brother, Kasparas, lives in German-occupied Lithuania, while the Germans have already withdrawn from the other bank where his brother, Andrius, lives. Kasparas, left with two children after the death of their mother, is facing his tragedy and decides to move in with his brother. Andrius and his wife Agne are involved with Lithuanian nationalists who have been resisting the German occupation. They are planning on fleeing Lithuania for Sweden. FEELINGS tackles a basic theme of Lithuanian films: the struggle to survive. English sub-titles.

Sat./sam. March 1 mars, 19:00
MIDSUMMER MADNESS

Latvia 2007, 94 minutes • Director: Alexander Hahn
Janu Nakts (St. John’s Night) is a traditional Latvian celebration during which family and friends gather to build bonfires, barbecue, drink and generally have a good time. According to legend, lovers and those who would like to fall in love can search the woods for the “magic fern” on this night. This fern serves as the focus and pivotal point of the six stories in MIDSUMMER MADNESS. It is also a metaphor for the film’s underlying theme: finding love. English sub titles.

Sun./dim., March 2 mars, 19:00
AUTUMN BALL

Estonia 2007, 123 minutes • Director: Veiko Ounpuu
Impressively atmospheric, this stylish multi-strand narrative drama brings together the stories of a half-dozen aching souls living in a housing complex on the outskirts of Tallinn in pre-independent Estonia of the 1980s. Its darkly comic observations on life and love in the drab suburbs are reminiscent of Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, and Cassavetes. Winner of the Horizons Award at the Venice Film Festival and a competition selection at the recent AFI Festival. English sub-titles.