Bridges of Time

Bridges of Time

80 mins | Documentary | July 1, 2018

At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.

Bridges of Time

80 mins | Documentary | July 1, 2018

Bridges of Time
At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.
Producers Vides Filmu Studija, OÜ Vesilind, Studio Nominum
Original title Laika tilti
Directors Kristine Briede, Audrius Stonys
Writers Ramunė Rakauskaitė, Riho Västrik, Kristine Briede, Arūnas Matelis

Cast

Herz Frank

as Himself (archive footage)

Uldis Brauns

as Himself

Ivars Seleckis

as Himself

Mark-Tomas Soosaar

as Himself

Andres Sööt

as Himself

Robertas Verba

as Himself (archive footage)

Henrikas Šablevičius

as Himself (archive footage)

Aivars Freimanis

as Himself