07 ยท 03 ยท 2022
Danish contribution to IDFF Artdocfest Riga
Tonight you can experience the documentary film “The Distant Barking of Dogs”/”Olegs krig”, directed by Danish Simon Lereng Wilmont. It’s in Splendid Palace in Riga as part ofย the ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ / ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ.
More relevant than ever, the film follows the life of the 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg, who is growing up in an area of Ukraine torn by the war in Donbas. Through the eyes of Oleg, the documentary film examines the consequences of growing up in a warzone.
Besides the screening of the film at 19.30 tonight, there are online round table discussions on the topic “๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐” starting from 13.30 today. Danish short and documentary film consultant ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฬ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ is participating in this online symposium. The participants will be discussing the role, possible or impossible, of the documentary cinema in war and the choices, opportunities and concepts within it.
The animated Danish documentary film, Flee/Flugt will also be screened at Artdocfest Riga. The film, that is directed byย Jonas Poher Rasmussen, is nominated for several Oscars and tells the story of Amin, who grapples with a painful secret from his past. Amin was a child refugee from Afghanistan and the film shows the horrors of his journey.
See more here:ย https://artdocfest.com/en/