Competition Programme  

Rudolf is a 13 year-old boy who is obsessed with filmmaking. As a matter of fact, it’s the only thing he’s really fond of. His main interest is horror films and he uses a special technique to make them – drawing each shot on long strips of paper. He shows the films on a slide projector with a special live soundtrack. Rudolph’s story illustrates the conflict between the imaginary worlds of a boy and the society surrounding him, where everybody expects him to live according to certain rules and dogmas. How does he cope with it? The biggest surprise comes when the local priest asks Rudolph to make a film to be played during the service.

Festivals

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada, 2011
EBS TV International Documentary Festival, South Korea, 2011 – Opening Film

Roberts Rubīns

Roberts Rubīns is a young Latvian director who has made a few short documentaries to date and worked in TV and advertising. He has also taken part in many cross-media cultural performances as an artistic director, working closely with the Latvian National Opera, Latvian National Concert Agency and several theatres in Latvia. Roberts studied TV directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture. He has received awards for directing on Latvian Television. He is co-author of the concept for Nature Concert Hall, which brings performers and their audiences together in beautiful landscapes.

Selected Filmography:

Bravo, Tangiyeva! (2007)
Yours Faithfully… Anna Augustovna / Ar sirsnīgiem sveicieniem... Anna Augustovna (2010)