“Jacob, Mimmi & the Talking Dogs” Latvia-Poland, 2018, 70 min  Can an imaginative boy, his know-it-all cousin and a pack of talking dogs save their happy neighborhood from a greedy developer?

North American Premiere
Screening date & time: Sunday, November 10, 3:00 pm

“The Little Comrade” (“Seltsimees laps”), Estonia, 2018, 100 min
NYC Premiere
Screening date & time: Saturday, November 9, 11:00 am
Q & A with filmmakers following the screening
In the midst of the worst years of Stalin's reign of terror, six-year-old Leelo’s mother is sent to a prison camp.
Director: Moonika Siimets
 
“Paradise ‘89”
Latvia, Germany, 2018, 90 min
Based on true events, Paradise '89 explores a story of growing up against the background of the Baltic Way, a time when Latvia took its first steps towards regaining its independence from the Soviet Union.
NYC Premiere
Screening date and time: Saturday, November 9, 1:00 pm

“Motherland”
Lithuania, Germany, Greece, Latvia, 2019, 96 min
Shortly after the fall of the USSR, 12-year-old Kovas travels with his mother Viktorija to her homeland of Lithuania for the first time.
NYC Premiere
Screening date & time: Sunday, November 10, 7:00 pm
Q & A with filmmakers following the screening.

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