CINEMA OF THE BALTIC SEA REGION: FIRST INSIGHT
CINEMA OF THE BALTIC SEA REGION: FIRST INSIGHT

Introduction

Summary/Abstract: The articles in this special edition of Culture Crossroads devoted to film have been inspired by reports presented at two international academic conferences held in Riga in 2016 organised by two institutions functioning under auspices of Latvian Academy of Culture: Riga Film Museum and Scientific Research Centre. The aim of the conference Baltic Sea Region Documentary Cinema: Social and Aesthetic Phenomena was to examine the documentary film of the Baltic Sea Countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Germany), to study the main trends and authors, looking at specific narrative and formal manifestations of the films. While the conference Film Director Jānis Streičs: His Films and the Signs of the Time was devoted to the classic of Latvian film Jānis Streičs, marking the director’s 80th birthday. The series of articles whose authors are experienced scholars and young researchers embraces a wide scope of themes which is a significant step in bringing into the focus of attention the regional documentary and feature films in the first special edition of Culture Crossroads dedicated entirely to cinema.

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