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Riga - European Capital of Culture 2014 candidate

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filmforce majeure. rigaThe documentary made by a team <strong>of</strong>9 <strong>European</strong> documentary film producers,will be a tale about <strong>Riga</strong> as <strong>Riga</strong>itself would never see it, and a taleabout <strong>Riga</strong> as the world has neverseen or heard it. It would be the first21 st century anthropological film collectionabout <strong>Riga</strong> that has the potentialto be shown at documentary filmfestivals and in cinemas, as well as ontelevision throughout the world.By nature, the <strong>Riga</strong> inhabitant is active,educated and loves the cinema, but moreas an observer. He becomes curious whena film is shot at the start <strong>of</strong> the 21st centurywhen the film camera is no longersomething exclusive, because anyone canfilm themselves and their surroundingsusing their mobile phones and show it tothe world straightaway; we have arrivedat the inflation <strong>of</strong> documentary pictures.Slow and rooted in reflection, documentarycinema is a contemporary alternativethat Latvian inhabitants in their time havelearned about through their school <strong>of</strong> documentarycinema: Ivars Seleckis “Sidestreet”(Šķērsiela), Herc Frank’s “Older byten minutes” (Par desmit minūtēm vecāks).The poetic documentary cinema style <strong>of</strong><strong>Riga</strong> has entered <strong>European</strong> history as evidence<strong>of</strong> fearless cinematography.“Force Majeure. <strong>Riga</strong>” is a project thatwill be developed by 9 documentary filmmakers recognised in Europe, including 7<strong>European</strong> documentary film directors togetherwith Latvian documentary cinemaclassics, Ivars Seleckis and Herc Frank, witheach one creating a story about a specificpart <strong>of</strong> <strong>Riga</strong>, group <strong>of</strong> inhabitants, socialor cultural phenomenon, encompassingas wide and diverse geographical, socialand cultural territory as possible. The filmproject would take shape over three yearsand see Latvian socio-anthropologists cooperatingwith the most striking <strong>European</strong>documentary film producers¸ cameramenand Latvian producers. The aim <strong>of</strong> theproject is to make use <strong>of</strong> cinema not justas an art form, but as a partnership form,with the Latvian socio-anthropologists involvedcarrying out field studies as part <strong>of</strong>the project in various parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Riga</strong>, <strong>of</strong>feringthe <strong>European</strong> producers material fora documentary anthropology <strong>of</strong> man andlocation, on condition that the producersand socio-anthropologists involve a widerange <strong>of</strong> <strong>Riga</strong> inhabitants in creating thefilm, revealing their life stories, lifestylesand historical and contemporary nuances.It is planned to involve well-known <strong>European</strong>film directors such as Andreas Veiel fromGermany, Arunas Matelis from Lithuania,Heddy Honigman from Holland, ViktorKosakovsky from Russia, Nicholas Philibertfrom France, Jorgen Leth from Denmark,Molly Dineen from Great Britain, Herc Frankand Ivars Seleckis (Latvia). Each directorwould create a 15 minute long documentaryfilm as part <strong>of</strong> the documentary film projectForce Majeure. <strong>Riga</strong>.The film’s premiere would take placein September <strong>2014</strong> during the “BalticDocumentary See” forum, showing the filmin special screenings in those parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Riga</strong>where the film project was filmed. The result<strong>of</strong> the film, Force Majeure. <strong>Riga</strong> will bean international art and science project –several new documentary films created bypr<strong>of</strong>essional anthropologists together withthe best directors and cameramen in thisgenre. The films are meant for Latvian andinternational audiences, which in autumn<strong>2014</strong>, in addition to screenings in <strong>Riga</strong>, willbe shown at film festivals worldwide, distributingit to foreign television. The projectwould in its way be a type <strong>of</strong> testimony <strong>of</strong>an era, creating a new type <strong>of</strong> cinema ata time when there is talk <strong>of</strong> the simplification<strong>of</strong> cinema language - with involvementand a love <strong>of</strong> cinema typical <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Riga</strong>identity.What: Anthropological documentarycinema.When: 2011-2013 film creation, <strong>2014</strong> – filmpremiere.Concept author: Student <strong>of</strong> anthropologyGundega Laiviņa.Organisers: Latvian National Film Centre,“Mistrus Media”, Environmental FilmStudio, Juris Podnieks Studio.76 77

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