04-09-2018

Documentary To Be Continued Selected as Latvia’s Oscar Bid

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    To Be Continued by Ivars Seleckis To Be Continued by Ivars Seleckis

    RIGA: Veteran filmmaker Ivars Seleckis’s documentary To Be Continued has been selected as Latvia’s official entry for the US Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Film category.

    Shot over the course of two years, the film follows seven children in various parts of Latvia. They are seven children at the intersection of various historical, social and economic processes. What are the skills, values and hopes instilled into them by the legacy of the past and the reality of today?

    The film was produced by Mistrus Media and it was supported by the National Film Center of Latvia.

    To Be Continued is one of the most successful productions of the Latvian Films for Latvia’s Centenary programme. Its international premiere took place at the Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon in 2018.