25° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

Vogelfrei

Free Fly
by Janis Kalejs, Janis Putnins, Gatis Smits, Anna Viduleja
Country: Latvia
Year: 2007
Duration: 95'


Four stories trying to capture simple, yet quintessential experiences of an individual in different periods of his life: childhood, youth, adulthood and oldness. His name is Teodor: he is a soiled kid wanderers in forests, a junior ice-hockey-star, a handsome, yet timid businessman, an old man who knows swamps and forests. The four loosely related segments form a single interwoven narrative, where each one of the depicted events provides reference points for the others.

“I had known Anna, Gatis and Janis for a long time and we founded this film studio, with an idea of making a film. The idea of this film emerged about four years ago and the film was created in about as many years. […] We chose the pattern of seasonal change as the framework of the film although this might not be so explicit in is final version. The cyclic pattern of nature underlies the whole narrative. […] The change of the seasons signals the change of the setting.?” (Janis Kalejs)

Biography

film director

Janis Kalejs

(Riga, 1965) studied theatre at Latvian State Conservatory and cinema at Riga Motion Picture Studio.

FILMOGRAFIA

Janis Kalejs: Matin dans une forêt de pins (2005).

Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis
Putnins, Anna Viduleja
: Vogelfrei (2007).

Janis Putnins

(Riga, 1967) graduated in film directing at Massachussets College of Arts, Boston and obtained a MFA at the New York State University.

FILMOGRAFIA

Janis Putnins: Sisyphus Said Yes (cm, 1992), Saistitu notikumu izmeklesana (Investigation of Related Events, 1993), Latvija tik tuvu (Latvia So Close, doc., 1999), Paslepes (Hide and Seek, 2003).

Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis
Putnins, Anna Viduleja
: Vogelfrei
(2007).

Gatis Smits

(Madona, Latvia, 1963) graduated in theatre direction at Latvian Academy of Culture and obtained a MFA at Tisch School of the Arts.

FILMOGRAFIA

Gatis Smits: Never Let the Turkey Get You Down (cm, 2000), The Vision of Patricia M Logan (cm, 2000), Work (cm, 2001), Agent Madly in Love (cm, 2002).

Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis
Putnins, Anna Viduleja
: Vogelfrei (2007).

Anna Viduleja

(Riga, 1972) graduated in film directing at Latvian University and attended the National Cinema and TV School in UK.

FILMOGRAFIA

Anna Viduleja: God’s Tears (cm, 1992), Wishes (doc., 1993), Overtime (cm, 1994), Candy (cm, 1995), Comet (cm, 1997), Wave Links (cm, 1998), Greasy Spoon Caff (cm, 1999), Nocturnal (cm, 2000), Historical Short Films Dedicated to Riga 800 Anniversary (cm, 2001).

Janis Kalejs, Gatis Smits, Janis
Putnins, Anna Viduleja
: Vogelfrei (2007).

Cast

& Credits

regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/director, story, screenplay Janis Kalejs (Childhood), Gatis Smits (Youth), Janis Putnins (Adulthood), Anna Viduleja (Oldness)
fotografia/director of photography Anrij Parekh, Sam Moon, Gints Berzins, LGC
montaggio/film editor Armands Blumbergs, Liene Balina, Jekabs Dimiters
suono/sound Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis, Petr Kapeller
interpreti/cast Igors Suhoverhovs, Karlis Spravniks, Ints Teterovskis, Liubomiras Lauciavicius, Emilija Leiskalne, Irena Tjunina, Tatjana Jansone-Nazarova, Armands Reinfelds, Girts Krumins
produttore/producer Sergejs Berdicevskis, Kaspars Rolsteins, Jurgis Liepnieks, Alise Gelze
produzione/production Film Angels Studio
distribuzione/distribution National Film Centre Latvia
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