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Wednesday March 17<br />
21:00<br />
Baltic Neighbors<br />
With its roots in the late ‘60s, the ‘70s and ‘80s period<br />
is considered the beginning of professional drawn<br />
animation in Latvia and Lithuania. This period marks<br />
the first films from important authors (Roze Stiebra,<br />
Ansis Bērziņš, Antanas Janauska, Zenona Šteinys,<br />
Nijole Valadkeviciute) and lays the foundation for<br />
the further development of the Baltic animation<br />
industry in the ‘<strong>90</strong>s with studios like Dauka. During<br />
this time animation techniques were being mastered<br />
and experimented with. Animation was produced<br />
in close collaboration with other arts and creators<br />
took inspiration from local literature and folklore,<br />
using the visual concepts of talented visual artists, as<br />
well as local composers’ works. It was a time when<br />
animation, like the rest of the arts during the Soviet<br />
period, often focused on political and social criticism<br />
through the use of Aesop’s language, it often delved<br />
into existential themes using the ability of animation<br />
to speak in symbols.<br />
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