Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Ivars Seleckis, Armands Začs Fotografia / Photography: Valdis Celmiņš Montaggio / Editing: Armands Začs Musica / Music: Kārlis Auzāns Suono / Sound: Ernests Ansons Produzione, distribuzione internazionale / Produced by, World Sales: Mistrus Media Con il sostegno di / Supported by: National Film Centre of Latvia, National Development Plan 2020 – European Regional Development Fund, lmt, tet, Latvian TV
Seven years after To Be Continued, Ivars Seleckis and Armands Začs return to visit the film’s protagonists, who are now 14 years old. As the children grow up, their lives increasingly reflect the cross-section of society, highlighting ever-greater differences between city and countryside, between the wealthy and the less fortunate, and between the confident and the insecure. This long-term cinematic observation captures the world through the eyes of teenagers and observes how the situation in the country and the world shapes these children’s destinies.
“At the age my protagonists are at, I wanted to become a historian … But when I finished secondary school I chose food technology because I was told, ‘Well, what is history!’ My parents also sowed the seed of doubt, ‘Well, what history!’ They were thinking about the history of the Soviet period. When I finished high school, my mother gave me a camera. In our family there were always pictures being taken, so we needed a camera. She didn’t buy a coat, but a camera, and that’s how it started.” (I. Seleckis)
Ivars Seleckis
Born in 1934 in Latvia, Ivars Seleckis is one of the founders of the legendary Riga school of poetic documentary. He studied cinematography at the Moscow Film Institute and in 1968 made his debut as a documentary director. A large part of Seleckis’ filmography belongs to the canon of Latvian film history and at the age of 90, he is still busy making new films. In 2023 the Trieste FF presented his film The Land. To Be Continued. Teenhood. was presented at the latest IDFA.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
1988 Šķērsiela (Crossroad Street) doc.; Premi / Awards: IDFA – Premio Joris Ivens / Joris Ivens Award; European Film Awards – Documentario europeo dell’anno / European Documentary of the Year 1999 Jaunie laiki Šķērsielā (New Times at Crossroad Street) doc. 2018 Turpinājums (To Be Continued) doc.; Premi / Awards: Latvian National FF – Miglior documentario, Migliore fotografia / Best Documentary, Best Cinematography 2022 Zemnieki (The Land) doc. 2024 Turpinājums. Pieaugšana. (To Be Continued. Teenhood.) diretto con / directed with Armands Začs doc.
Armands Začs
Armands Začs (1990) is a Latvian film director and editor. He has worked on various films and documentaries (including The Land directed by Seleckis). In 2019 and 2022, he received the Latvian National Film Award “Lielais Kristaps” for Best Editing.
filmografia scelta (come regista) / selected filmography (as director)
2020 Mothers and Others diretto con / directed with Liene Linde doc. 2023 Resistance is Futile cm / sf 2024 Turpinājums. Pieaugšana. (To Be Continued. Teenhood.) diretto con / directed with Ivars Seleckis doc.
