Doctor
The film tells the story of an artist avoiding a confrontation with power and the artistic and personal consequences of this choice. A powerful historical drama on the true story of Maria Leiko, famous actress who late in her career has to decide between fame and love for her grandchild, between her ideals or the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
Smoļanskis
Hardly anyone would have predicted that Žanis Lipke would miraculously become a hero. He was a completely ordinary Latvian blue-collar worker. In order to be able to support his family under wartime conditions, he worked at the German military aviation warehouses and supplemented his income by smuggling at night. This film attempts to answer the question whether Žanis’ courage stems from his adventurous and daring spirit, stubbornness, or a sense of responsibility towards people in need.
Algorithmic Specialist
는 우리의 삶이 세계의 종말과 얼마나 근접해 있는지를 등골 서늘하도록 보여주는 서사시이자 웅장한 냉전 스릴러이다. 그를 아는 사람은 많지 않지만, 스타니슬라프 페트로프는 전면전으로 번질 뻔한 핵전쟁을 혼자서 막아낸 인물이다. 그로부터 30년이 흐른 후, 세계를 구했던 이 남자는 미국으로 여행을 떠나고, 그곳에서 극적인 순간과 맞대면한다. (2015년 제12회 EBS국제다큐영화제)
Sergei Eisenstein
The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.
