The Hostage (2006 film)

The Hostage (Latvian: Ķīlnieks, Estonian: Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa.[1]

The Hostage
LatvianĶīlnieks
EstonianKoer, lennuk ja laulupidu
Directed byLaila Pakalniņa
Written byLaila Pakalniņa
Produced byArko Okk, Laila Pakalniņa, Igor Pediček
Production
companies
Acuba Film, Casablanca Film Production (Slovenia), Company Hargla (Latvia)
Release date
2006
CountriesEstonia, Latvia
LanguageLatvian

Cast

  • Branko Završan - Hijacker
  • Kristaps Mednis - Tom
  • Ieva Puķe - Mother
  • Pauls Butkevics - Antons
  • Ivars Brakovskis - Visvaldis
  • Valdis Liepiņš - Detective
  • Kaljo Kiisk - Old man
  • Jaan Rekkor - Coach
  • Jēkabs Nākums - Self
  • Maija Apine
  • Rūdolfs Plēpis
  • Imants Strads

Release

The Hostage was screened at the 2006 Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland.[1]

Awards

The film received the following awards:[1]

  • 2007: Kinoshock - Open Film Festival for states of the CIS and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Anapa, Russia), best operator work: Arko Okk
  • 2007: The National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps (Latvia), best artist's work: Jurģis Krāsons; several nominations in other categories

References

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