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Laila Pakalnina | Estonia | 1997 | 29' |

main programme short

| IFFR 1998

There are no inessential events or people existing. For 700 years an oak from a village Seja – one of Latvia’s primaeval oaks – is watching us.

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Film details

Countries of production: Estonia, Latvia
Year: 1997
Festival edition: IFFR 1998
Length: 29"
Medium/Format: 16mm
Language: Latviaans
Premiere status: -
Director: Laila Pakalnina
Producer: Reet Sokmann, Laila Pakalnina, Estonian Television/ Eesti Tele Film
Sales / World rights holder: Kaie-Ene Rääk
Screenplay: Laila Pakalnina
Cinematography: Laila Pakalnina
Editing: Laila Pakalnina

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