Latvian Coyote

Latvian Coyote

Latvian Coyote

2020, Latvia, 69', Ivaris Zviedris

Synopsis

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European Union border.  It is a game with no winners – all participants are driven to play by the sense of despair. While one side leaves home and undertakes a perilous journey to the other side of the globe, hoping to spend the rest of their lives in a free country, the other side risks their freedom to earn a chance to stay right where they are, in their homeland.

*coyotesomeone who smuggles illegal immigrants

Best Director, Best Camera Nomination - Latvian National Film Festival Award "Lielais Kristaps" 2020, BETWEEN THE SEAS - Best Central and East European Documentary Film - Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2020, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020.
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