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Scarecrows

Scarecrows

Putnubiedēkļi Laila Pakalniņa

1 hr. 30 min. · Latvia, Lithuania, 2025 · Documentary · Latvian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

Scarecrows is an airport western whose protagonists are the “runway rangers”, bird and wildlife control specialists working at Riga Airport. Led by Mareks, the four-person team works each day to keep flights safe, negotiating the boundary between technological order and the unpredictability of nature. The airport’s urban landscape is ringed by forests, reed beds and waterways, and populated by birds, roe deer, hares, cats, raccoons, beavers and foxes. Each creature follows its own path, with potentially dangerous consequences for air traffic. The documentary reveals the unseen world behind every take-off at Riga Airport, reminding us that boundaries ultimately mean something only to humans. Scarecrows had its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 30 min.
Country, year
Latvia, Lithuania, 2025
Genre
Documentary
Language
Latvian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Filmmakers
Laila Pakalniņa
Screenplay
Laila Pakalniņa
Producers
Uldis Cekulis
Cinematography
Maris Maskalans
Music
Paulius Kilbauskas, Vygintas Kisevičius
More information
www.imdb.com
Laila Pakalniņa

Laila Pakalniņa

Laila Pakalniņa was born in Latvia in 1962. She graduated in television journalism from Moscow State University in 1986 and in documentary film directing from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1991. Her films regularly screen at international festivals and are also familiar to Lithuanian audiences, including those at Scanorama. Blurring the boundary between fiction and documentary, The Shoe was the first feature from independent Latvia to appear at Cannes, where it screened in Un Certain Regard in 1998.

Screenings

2 screenings in 2 cities.

  1. Wednesday, November 11 18:00 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 6 Tickets