STARRING EUROPE: NEW FILMS FROM THE EU 2018
Latvian National Holiday!
Converts + KINCSEM
Presented by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, the European Union, the American Cinematheque and Obicá USA. Sponsored by DWF, Bank of the West, Otto Nemenz, SAP and LOT Polish Airlines.
Program begins with the Los Angeles premiere of “Converts” (2016, Latvia, 35 min. Dir. Karlis Lesins) Winner of the Lielais Kristaps Award for Best Student Film, this short follows Maija, a journalist whose focus on Daesh and Latvian involvement in radical Islam swells to such a level that she pretends to join a local extremist group, putting her life in very real danger.
Join us in the lobby for a reception starting at 6:30 PM.
KINCSEM in Hungarian and English with English subtitles. | Screening format: DCP
Aero Theatre • Fri, May 4, 2018 • 7:30pm
Films in this Series at the Egyptian
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Opening Night!
Thu, May 3, 2018 - 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre
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Films in this Series at the Aero
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Free Event!
Sat, May 5, 2018 - 6:00pm
Aero Theatre
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