Voluntarily Mandatory Contemplation
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Voluntarily Mandatory Contemplation

Director: Emīls Alps
Genre: Documentary
Country: Latvia
Estimated run time: 13 min
Producer: National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture
Premiere: 2020
Stage of production: Accomplished

The film consists of excerpts from the daily life of an art student Laura coping with the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. While at her parents’ home, Laura spends a lot of time on video conference calls. However, this strange time is an opportunity to go through her past memories and hide from the world for a bit.

Representatives

Emīls Alps
Film and video artist

Emils has created short films and music videos. His documentary feature “Choir. Conductor. Kamēr…” was awarded the Latvian National Film Prize “Lielais Kristaps” as the best debut film of 2019. Alps is currently studying film directing at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture.