Leeward Side
Color documentary film, 35 mm, 81 min., 1998

Script Andris Vanadzins Director Ivars Seleckis Director of Photography Ivars Seleckis Music Ivars Vigners Sound Director Gunars Racenajs Viktors Licovs Camera Assistant Aivars Dambekalns Narrator Uldis Dumpis Editing Director Maija Selecka Narrative Editor Ruta Frijare Editor Dzintra Krumina Executive Producer Leonids Berzins Producer Baiba Urbane Production Company EDKS European Documentary Film Symposiums Šmerļa iela 3, LV 1006, Riga, Latvia Mobile: +371 29508442 homepage: www.latfilma.lv/symposium

The title of the film seems to promise its audience that they will be bathing in the sun.
And, indeed, Salacgriva, where the film has been made, is a heaven of peace and prosperity when compared to other towns of Latvia.
Here, two large canneries, "Brivais Vilnis" and "Salacgriva - 95", are operating and developing rapidly, there is no unemployment, the apartments have heating, the culture and sports facilities are active. The small fish - the sprat and the Baltic pilchard, are processed into millions of cans that provide subsistence for the whole region. The film, however, is not about the sea and the fish alone. It is about the people whose character strength, persistence, and stamina have made this affluent life possible. But firm characters are those weathered in strong wind. The eventless life of Salacgr?va is but an illusion. And the leeward side promised in the title of the film, can be deceitful...

Photo by
Aivars Dambekalns
Olegs Kotovics
Romualds Pipars

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