BALTIC EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

Ieva Balode is a founder of artist’s collective and film lab Baltic Analog Lab from Riga, Latvia that gathers filmmakers and photographers working in a field of a photochemical and experimental film.

Baltic Analog Lab is a collective founded in 2016 in Riga uniting filmmakers and artists interested in analogue film and photography, Baltic Analog Lab aims to produce, teach and inspire an audience by providing a space for creation, learning and teaching.

High focus of the lab is education and collaboration; this is maintained by regular workshops led by BAL members and foreigner guests, as well as international film school organised by the lab. It also includes film screenings and expanded cinema events. The main curatorial event of the lab is the experimental film festival ‘Process’, which happens since year 2017.

Program:

1.  Center Fugue. Roberts Vanags

Latvia / 2021 / b/w / sound / 3’ 20’’ / 16mm >> digital

2.. Bonds Of Time. Henrijs Laķis

Latvia / 2021 / colour / sound / 16’ / 16mm >> digital

3. Père au ciel / Father In Heaven. Kei Sendak

Latvia / 2021 / colour & b/w / sound / 4’ 30’’ / 16mm >> digital

4. The Bearers of Memories. Miglė Križinauskaitė-Bernotienė

Lithuania / 2020 / colour / sound / 13’ 20” / 16mm >> digital

5. Compos Mentis. Linda Lindenberga

Latvia / 2021 / colour & b/w / sound / 6’ / 16mm >> digital

6. Notes from the underground. Eglė Razumaitė

Lithuania, France / 2020 / colour / sound / 18’ 30’’ / Super 16mm >> digital

7. ? Betija Zvejniece

Latvia / 2021 / colour / digital sound / 2’ 40’’ / 16mm >> digital

8. Factory of Collision. Ieva Balode

Latvia / 2021 / b/w / digital sound / 4’ / 16mm

9. The Silva Method. Mersedes Margoite

Latvia / 2021 / colour & b/w / digital sound / 5’ 25’’ / 16mm

10. Wildflower Solstice. Ieva S. Aleksa

Latvia / 2020 / colour / sound / 5’ / Super 8 >> Super 8

11. ReaLitis. Sintija Andersone

Latvia / 2021 / colour / sound / 4’ 20” / 16mm >> 16mm

Program co-presented by PIX FILM and LIFT