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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival presents to you “Meet the Filmmakers”. This episode features the film “Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart” and its director Alise Zariņa, in conversation with Edvinas Pukšta.
Tune in to find answers to some fascinating questions, such as:
1. At what point in the filmmaking process did you come up with the film’s title?
2. Was the film shot in a real hospital?
3. As a director, do you allow the actors to improvise from time to time, or do you prefer them to always follow the script during filming?
“Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart” tells the story of Liv, a woman in her thirties whose everyday life is turned upside down when she receives a call saying that her estranged father is in a coma and in intensive care. Liv tries to reconnect with him, but during each visit she gets lost in the brutalist hospital’s labyrinth-like corridors.
Alise Zariņa is a Latvian screenwriter and film director. She studied film at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) of Tallinn University, graduating in 2013. In 2021, she completed a Master’s degree at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. In addition to filmmaking, she writes on social issues and is known for her feminist views and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights.
Read more about the film:
https://poff.ee/en/film/flesh-blood-even-a-heart/
PÖFF TV is a special online festival channel to supplement the film programme, to share the emotions and meanings of the film world and exclusive interviews with festival guests.
PÖFF TV is brought to you by Ruum:um, Photopoint and Co-funded by the European Union.
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Tallinna Pimedate Ööde filmifestival toob teieni saate “Meet the Filmmakers“. Seekord on peaosas film “Jalajäljed“ ja režissöör Alise Zariņa kellega vestles Edvinas Pukšta.
Kuula kaasa ja saad vastused muuhulgas järgmistele põnevatele küsimustele:
1. Millisel hetkel filmi loomise protsessi jooksul jõudsid sa filmi pealkirjani?
2. Kas film on üles võetud päris haiglas?
3. Kas sa lubad režissöörina näitlejatel aeg-ajalt ka improviseerida või eelistad, et nad peaksid filmimise ajal alati stsenaariumist kinni?
“Jalajäljed” räägib loo Livist, kolmekümnendates naisest, kelle igapäevaelu pööratakse pea peale, kui ta saab kõne, et tema võõrandunud isa on koomas ja intensiivravil. Liv püüab isaga kontakti saada, kuid igal külastusel eksib ta brutalistliku haigla labürintlikesse koridoridesse.
Alise Zariņa on Läti stsenarist ja filmirežissöör. Filmi õppis ta Tallinna Ülikooli Balti filmi, meedia, kunstide ja kommunikatsiooni instituudis (BFM), mille lõpetas 2013. aastal. 2021. aastal omandas ta magistrikraadi Läti Riiklikus Filmikoolis. Lisaks filmitegemisele kirjutab ta ühiskondlikel teemadel ning on tuntud feministlike vaadete ja LGBTQ+ õiguste eest seismise poolest.
Loe veel filmi kohta:
https://poff.ee/film/jalajljed/
Lisaks filmifestivali filmiprogrammile linastub internetis PÖFF TV kanal, mis toob teieni eksklusiivsed intervjuud filmitegijatega ja aitab avada filmimaailma telgitaguseid.
PÖFF TV toob teieni Ruum:um, Photopoint ning kaasrahastab Euroopa Liit.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival presents to you “Meet the Filmmakers”. This episode features the film “Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart” and its director Alise Zariņa, in conversation with Edvinas Pukšta.
Tune in to find answers to some fascinating questions, such as:
1. At what point in the filmmaking process did you come up with the film’s title?
2. Was the film shot in a real hospital?
3. As a director, do you allow the actors to improvise from time to time, or do you prefer them to always follow the script during filming?
“Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart” tells the story of Liv, a woman in her thirties whose everyday life is turned upside down when she receives a call saying that her estranged father is in a coma and in intensive care. Liv tries to reconnect with him, but during each visit she gets lost in the brutalist hospital’s labyrinth-like corridors.
Alise Zariņa is a Latvian screenwriter and film director. She studied film at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) of Tallinn University, graduating in 2013. In 2021, she completed a Master’s degree at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. In addition to filmmaking, she writes on social issues and is known for her feminist views and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights.
Read more about the film:
https://poff.ee/en/film/flesh-blood-even-a-heart/
PÖFF TV is a special online festival channel to supplement the film programme, to share the emotions and meanings of the film world and exclusive interviews with festival guests.
PÖFF TV is brought to you by Ruum:um, Photopoint and Co-funded by the European Union.
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Tallinna Pimedate Ööde filmifestival toob teieni saate “Meet the Filmmakers“. Seekord on peaosas film “Jalajäljed“ ja režissöör Alise Zariņa kellega vestles Edvinas Pukšta.
Kuula kaasa ja saad vastused muuhulgas järgmistele põnevatele küsimustele:
1. Millisel hetkel filmi loomise protsessi jooksul jõudsid sa filmi pealkirjani?
2. Kas film on üles võetud päris haiglas?
3. Kas sa lubad režissöörina näitlejatel aeg-ajalt ka improviseerida või eelistad, et nad peaksid filmimise ajal alati stsenaariumist kinni?
“Jalajäljed” räägib loo Livist, kolmekümnendates naisest, kelle igapäevaelu pööratakse pea peale, kui ta saab kõne, et tema võõrandunud isa on koomas ja intensiivravil. Liv püüab isaga kontakti saada, kuid igal külastusel eksib ta brutalistliku haigla labürintlikesse koridoridesse.
Alise Zariņa on Läti stsenarist ja filmirežissöör. Filmi õppis ta Tallinna Ülikooli Balti filmi, meedia, kunstide ja kommunikatsiooni instituudis (BFM), mille lõpetas 2013. aastal. 2021. aastal omandas ta magistrikraadi Läti Riiklikus Filmikoolis. Lisaks filmitegemisele kirjutab ta ühiskondlikel teemadel ning on tuntud feministlike vaadete ja LGBTQ+ õiguste eest seismise poolest.
Loe veel filmi kohta:
https://poff.ee/film/jalajljed/
Lisaks filmifestivali filmiprogrammile linastub internetis PÖFF TV kanal, mis toob teieni eksklusiivsed intervjuud filmitegijatega ja aitab avada filmimaailma telgitaguseid.
PÖFF TV toob teieni Ruum:um, Photopoint ning kaasrahastab Euroopa Liit.
