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NEW YORK BALTIC FILM FESTIVAL DEBUTS AT SCANDINAVIA HOUSE
New York, NY—The inaugural 2018 New York Baltic Film Festival comes to NYC with screenings of 18 fi lms over a
four-day period at Scandinavia House on Park Avenue from October 18 through October 21, 2018. The festival will
feature 8 U.S. premiere screenings and 9 NYC premieres, and will include notable classic fi lms that have rarely been
seen outside of Europe as well as the latest features, documentaries, and animation fi lms from some of the best
established and upcoming fi lmmakers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Event programing includes a series of classic fi lms on opening night, October 18: White Bells by Ivars Kraulitis,
(Latvia, 1964), 511 Best Photographs From Mars (Estonia, 1968) by Andres Sööt, and The Devil’s Bride, the fi rst
Lithuanian musical when it was released in 1974 and widely seen as a northern European variation on Jesus Christ
Superstar. On October 19, the festival presents feature fi lms that explore being young in the Baltics through
different perspectives, with the NYC premieres of The Dissidents (Estonia, 2017) and Mother, I Love You (Latvia,
2013), as well as multiple short fi lms.
Documentaries at the festival follow subjects ranging from post-occupation transitions and refl ections to the world
of competitive cyclists at Giro d’Italia. Films include When We Talk About the KGB (Lithuania, 2015) and Rodeo, a
documentary about the chaotic fi rst days of the establishment of post-occupation Estonian government, introduced
by director Raimo Jõerand. The fi lm Wonderful Losers: A Different World, Lithuania’s offi cial entry to the 91st
Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, makes its NYC debut and will be introduced by director Arūnas
Matelis, followed by a screening of Merija’s Journey, which follows an unexpected guardian of Latvian artifacts, with
an introduction by director Kristina Zelve on October 20.
The closing day, October 21, looks at the Baltics past and present, including the docudrama Baltic Tribes (Latvia,
2018), which will be introduced by director Reinis Abele and others. The festival closes with the drama Together
Forever (Lithuania, 2016), presented alongside short fi lms from Latvia and Estonia.
WHEN: October 18 through October 21, 2018
TICKET: $12 ($7 ASF Members), Series Pass $90 ($55 ASF Members)
WHERE: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue (between 37th & 38th St.), NYC
