The Baltic Way
Arūnas Matelis, Audrius Stonys / Lithuania / 1990 / 10 min.
synopsis
Two million people held hands on August 23, 1989, forming a nearly 700-kilometer-long human chain that spooled out across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The peaceful protest against the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, signed 50 years earlier, grew into a monumental gesture of expression of moral strength by the occupied Baltic nations.
biography
The film is the result of cooperation between two important Lithuanian filmmakers: Arünas Matelis (1961) and Audrius Stonys (1966). Matelis’ observations and Stonys’ meditative rhythm stressed the social significance of the event.
film details
| director: | Arūnas Matelis, Audrius Stonys |
| producer: | Arūnas Matelis, Audrius Stonys |
contact
LITHUANIAN FILM CENTRE / Dovilė Butnoriūtė / Z.Sierakausko g. 15 / LT-03105 / Vilnius / Lithuania / +370 670 01922 / d.butnoriute@lkc.lt / www.lkc.lt
Film at festival
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Conference Fascinations: Baltic states |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Lithuanian |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Arūnas Matelis, Audrius Stonys |
| original title: | Baltijos kelias |
| country: | Lithuania |
| year: | 1990 |
| running time: | 10 min. |
