The TV premiere of director Paul Kester’s film The Shuttle / Day will take place

movies Ferry tells along the Līgatne ferry, which from early spring to autumn across the Gauja lifts both locals and tourists, as well as accidental passers-by and cars, but sometimes – emptiness. Evidence of the era is revealed in 12 square meters of the ferry: tourists, locals, cars, animals, movers, habits, seasonal everyday life, traditions, holidays, unexpected events. Life on a small ferry also allows you to capture time. During the calendar year, the film follows life on a ferry, thus creating the story of Latvia at the beginning of the 21st century.

“The Līgatne ferry, or what we in the family and the local area simply call a ferry, has been close to me since early childhood. My parents drove to the nearby country house from Riga by train, then by local bus and, finally, after a longer walk to the Gauja, moved over it – in my armpit and with food bags in my hands. In the 1990s, I saw not only gypsies and pedestrians but also trucks being transported across Kamaz and even a medium-sized bus. The old ferries worked on the ferry, whose wrinkles and skin tone already made them part of this wooden and metal construction. Young people who have earned money during the summer have also worked. It was also my first opportunity to transfer a couple. The slow and seasonal crossing of the Gauja forces the person to “brake” before he gets back on the highway or in the supermarket. The film will allow the viewer to feel both this time and the transformation of human perception, which is very simple in nature – to move over, “says the film ‘s director Paul Ķesteris.

The ferry over the Gauja in Līgatne is the only ferry of this type in the Baltics. The ferry consists of two boats fastened together with a board deck. The rope stretched across the river does not allow the ferry to be carried downstream, but is moved from shore to shore by the force of the current. A small wooden bench can be seen on the ferry, although the process of moving from one bank of the Gauja to the other does not last longer than three minutes. The ferry was built after World War II, when two bridges over the Gauja were destroyed, but today it has become a daily means of transportation.

The cinematographer of the film is Haralds Vecvagars, editing director Andris Grants, sound director Artis Dukaļskis, executive producer Anete Ruperte, producers Inese Boka-Grūbe, Gints Grūbe. The film was made in collaboration with the Latvian Film School. The film was made in a studio Mistrus Media, which until now is also known through movies Spy Who’s My Father, Continuation, My Father’s Banker, Master Plan, Lustrum, Escaping Riga, World Sound. The film is made by LTV and VKKF programs Latvia codeestablished six years ago.

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