INFORMATION

ORIGINAL TITLE: My favourite war

DIRECTED BY: Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen

RUNTIME: 82 minutes

GENRE: Animated feature

SYNOPSIS: Based on the director’s childhood memories from growing up in Cold War Soviet Latvia. On finding the bones of a German soldier in her sandbox, Ilze wonders what is buried beneath the authoritarian lies and propaganda around her. She sets off on a voyage of discovery. A story from the recent past that resonates with our lives today.