Laika tilti (2018) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 2018, Laika tilti is a documentaire film directed by Audrius Stonys, running about 80 minutes.

What it’s about. At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.

Who’s in it. Laika tilti stars Herz Frank as Himself (archive footage), Uldis Brauns as Himself, Ivars Seleckis as Himself and Mark-Toomas Soosaar as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.8/10, Laika tilti has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In États-Unis you can stream it on DocAlliance Films and Klassiki and rent or buy it from DocAlliance Films. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Laika tilti page.

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