As part of Patriotic Week, the Ogre History and Art Museum invites you to a special film programme featuring films from Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia, curated by the museum team in collaboration with Lithuanian Shorts and Tallinn University.
The screening will take place on the second floor of the “Path to Freedom” exhibition.
We invite you to look at history from a different perspective. To see that history is shaped by people whose longing for freedom overcomes every obstacle, and whose courage has helped lay the foundations of free nations.
On November 13 at 2:00 PM, we invite teachers and students to a special screening. The screening will take place from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and admission is free for students.
On November 14 at 2:00 PM, everyone is welcome to attend the Baltic short film screening with a museum admission ticket.
Film Programme
White lies / Baltie meli / Valge Vale (EST)
Dir. Katariina Aule
Duration: 20 min
2022
Maria, a young student, feels threatened by the Stalinist regime and decides to secretly escape to Sweden, but instead finds herself being interrogated. She discovers that even in the harshest of times, there are kind and compassionate people.
Blizzard / Putenis / Purga (LT)
Dir. Antanas Skučas, Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė
Duration: 13 min
2023
Winter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on the uninhabited island of Trofimovsk in the Laptev Sea, exiled peoples struggle to survive. This is the place chosen by Soviet authorities to deport vast numbers of inhabitants from the occupied Baltic countries, Finland, Ukraine and elsewhere. In this harsh, alien landscape, man is a mere speck. Against the backdrop of such majestic isolation, many thousands face the savage indifference and cruelty of nature. Always living on the edge, they must find a way to stay alive. All experiences depicted are based on the unfaded memories of those who survived.
Oaks of Ožkabaliai / Ožkabaliai ozolu birzs / OŽKABALIŲ ĄŽUOLYNAS (LT)
Dir. Audrius Antanavičius, Rimantas Oičenka
Duration: 19 min
2024
In the spring of 1989, in the birthplace of Jonas Basanavičius, the village of Ožkabaliai, the Lithuanian National Revival Oakwood began to be planted. Inspired by the spirit of the Sąjūdis movement and the quest for independence, thousands of people from all over Lithuania, carrying saplings and national tricolors, came to participate in the planting. Today this oakwood stands as a symbol of the Lithuanian nation’s struggle for freedom.
The hike ’44 / Pārgājiens ’44 (LV)
Dir. Lauris Ābele, Mārcis Ābele
Duration: 26 min
2019
At the age of 89, the film’s protagonist, Melita Ābele, retraces the journey of her 1944 refugee flight, when, at the age of 14, she was forced to leave her family home in the winter. It is a journey through Latvia’s recent past and present, as a series of events ultimately leads Melita to fulfil something she had wished to accomplish for 75 years.
The project is organised in collaboration with the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tritone Studio, and Lithuanian Shorts.
When: November 13, 14
Where: Brīvības street 2
