Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Laila Pakalniņa Fotografia / Photography: Gints Bērziņš Montaggio / Editing: Ieva Veiveryte. Suono / Sound: Anrijs Krenbergs Produzione / Produced by: Hargla Company
The terminus resembles a circle because it is where things turn around. Accordingly, this film was shot while “moving in a circle” – constantly moving, observing people as they slip in and out of the field of view. The people one meets at a terminus are very important people. Maybe because it’s at the termini that the city ends and begins – and if not the city, then at least something ends and begins there. The film premiered at the latest Riga Film Festival.
“This film is a challenge in my filmography. None of my previous films have been shot with the camera moving the entire time – my documentaries tend to consist of only static shots. This film is different.” (L. Pakalniņa)
Laila Pakalniņa
Laila Pakalniņa, born in 1962 in Liepāja (now Latvia) is an internationally renowned documentary and fiction director. She graduated from the Department of Film Direction at the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1991. Her films have screened in official programmes at Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome, Tallinn and other international festivals, where they have won numerous awards. The Trieste FF has presented a number of her previous films.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
1994 Prāmis (The Ferry) cm / sf doc. 1995 Pasts (The Mail) cm / sf doc. 1998 Kurpe (The Shoe) 2003 Pitons (The Python) 2006 Teodors (Theodore) cm / sf doc.; Premi / Awards: Karlovy Vary IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention 2006 Ķīlnieks (The Hostage) 2006 Udens (Water) cm / sf 2009 Klusums (Silence) cm / sf 2010 Pa Rubika ceļu (On Rubik’s Road) cm / sf doc.; Premi / Awards: Doclisboa – Miglior cortometraggio documentario / Best short documentary 2012 Picas; Premi / Awards: Rome FF – Premio speciale della giuria CinemaXXI / CinemaXXI Special Jury Prize 2012 Sniegs (Snow Crazy) cm / sf doc. 2014 Viesnīca un bumba (Hotel and a Ball) cm / sf doc. 2015 Ausma (Alba / Dawn) 2016 Rumba (Waterfall) cm / sf doc. 2019 Karote (Spoon) doc. 2020 In the Mirror 2021 Majas (Homes) doc. 2024 Gala Punkti (Termini) doc.
