The Roof Man
Documentary,
2003, DV, color, stereo, 35'

Protagonist of this documentary film, has a courageous dream that has become a reality - climbing the roofs.
He is not a sleepwalker. He is not a reckless adventurer. Or a madman. Or a bird - a man with wings. There are things he may lose. He has a big family - sons, a wife, dogs, a house, a job. But Eriks Rugens, the protagonist of this documentary film, has a courageous dream that has become a reality.
He has managed to overcome the natural human fear of height. He can climb the roofs. It is his hobby and work to be closer to the sky, on the spires of churches, on top of the high-rises. From where he looks at the daily and street life with different eyes.
He has a peculiar sense of humour, he seems an odd fish to many. Studio EHO FILMA brings a story about the man who lives by his free will therefore sometimes is not a convenient person to others, yet loyal to his calling. Which is to be up there. To be higher.
Festivals:
Fajr International Film festival | 2004, Dhaki International Film festival | 2004, Corto Imola Festival | 2003, INPUT | 2003, Nordishe Filmtage Luebeck | 2003, Cork Film festival | 2003, Brooklyn Underground Film festival | 2003, Nordisk Panorama short & documentary festival | 2003, Tinkly Short Film festival | 2003, Cracow Film festival | 2003, Bochumer videofestival | 2003
Awards:

Bochumer Videofestival, Audience Prize | 2003

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Director
Jānis Vingris
Script
Janis Vingris
Camera
Music
Martins Brauns
Sound
Janis Vingris
Editing
Janis Vingris
Producer
Janis Vingris
Production Company
EHO FILMA
Premiere
15.03.2003. k/t "Riga"
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