Completed - LATVIAN - Drama - 97 minutes
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis's whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people's peaceful protests against the Soviet Army's attempted takeover of power in his country.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Viesturs KAIRISS Writer(s) : Viesturs KAIRISS, Andris FELDMANIS, Livia ULMAN Cast : Karlis Arnolds AVOTS, Alise DANOVSKA, Baiba BROKA, Aleksas KAZANAVICIUS, Juhan ULFSAK, Sandis RUNGE Producer(s) : Inese BOKA-GRÜBE (Mistrus Media), Gints GRÜBE (Mistrus Media)
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover of power in his country. “January” is an autobiographical take on the political upheaval in the early 1990s that changed the lives of the people of the former Soviet Union. Jazis and his friends Anna and Zeps are all aspiring filmmakers, trying to pursue their dreams of making movies and enjoying the freedom of young adulthood, when the collapse of the political system in the region upends their plans, family ties and friendship. Their experience and participation in the nonviolent resistance through the construction of barricades and human shields becomes the defining moment in their coming-of-age.
Country(ies) : LATVIA, LITHUANIA, POLAND
Les Arcs Film Festival 2022 Oscar on skisTribeca FF 2022 (Official Selection- International Narrative Competition)