Director: Laila Pakalnina
Original language: No dialogue
Editor: Silvija Vilkaite
Cinematographer: Gints Berzins
Producers: Laila Pakalnina / Hargla Company; Hege Dehli /Mechanix Film; Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė / Film Just A Moment
Contact:
Laila Pakalnina
E: laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv
Režija: Laila Pakalnina
Izvorni jezik: bez dijaloga
Montaža: Silvija Vilkaite
Kamera: Gints Berzins
Producenti: Laila Pakalnina / Hargla Company; Hege Dehli /Mechanix Film; Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė / Film Just A Moment
Kontakt:
Laila Pakalnina
E: laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv
A film about a plastic spoon and a society that has reached a high level of development – oil is being retrieved from subterranean depths, transported to processing plants, turned into plastic, transported to another plant, where it acquires the shape of a spoon, transported to convenience stores, where we buy it, and is then soon tossed into the trash. In other words, this is a film about the efforts put into making a spoon that can be thrown away so effortlessly.
Film o plastičnoj kašiki i društvu koje je dostiglo visok stepen razvoja – zemno ulje se izvlači iz podzemnih dubina, transportuje se u fabrike, pretvara u plastiku, potom prebacuje u drugu fabriku gdje biva uobličeno u kašiku koja je potom poslana u prodavnice u kojima ih kupujemo, a uskoro i bacamo u smeće. Drugim riječima, ovo je film o naporima uloženim u izradu jedne kašike koja se zatim sa lakoćom baca u smeće.
Laila Pakalnina graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), Department of Film Direction, in 1991. A director and scriptwriter of 31 documentaries, 5 shorts, and 6 fiction features, altogether she has 42 films, 2 children, 1 husband, 2 dogs and 2 bicycles. And many ideas for new films. Her films have screened in official programmes at Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome, Tallinn and other international festivals, where they have won numerous awards.
Laila Pakalnina diplomirala je na Moskovskom filmskom institutu (VGIK), Odsjek za filmsku režiju, 1991. godine. Režiserka je i scenaristkinja 31 dokumentarnog filma, 5 kratkih i 6 igranih dugometražnih – sveukupno, iza nje su 42 filma, 2 djece, 1 muž, 2 psa i 2 bicikla. I mnogo ideja za nove filmove. Njeni su radovi prikazivani u glavnim selekcijama u Cannesu, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome, Tallinn i drugim internacionalnim festivalima, sa mnoštvom osvojenih nagrada.
Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic
FIDBA, Argentina
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico
Riga IFF, Latvia
Minsk IFF "Listapad", Belarus
Baltic Film Festival in New York, USA
SCANORAMA, Lithuania
Tallinn Black Nights FF, Estonia
“Cinema Verite” Iran IDFF, Iran
Construir Cine, Argentina
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece
Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic
FIDBA, Argentina
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico
Riga IFF, Latvia
Minsk IFF "Listapad", Belarus
Baltic Film Festival in New York, USA
SCANORAMA, Lithuania
Tallinn Black Nights FF, Estonia
“Cinema Verite” Iran IDFF, Iran
Construir Cine, Argentina
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece