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Featuring:
Aleksandrs Faminskis, Aleksandrs Bogdanovs, Guntis Skrodelis
Written by:
Didzis Eglitis
Directed by:
Didzis Eglitis
Release Date:
November 12, 2017
Original Title:
Meklētāji
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Quick Film Productions
Production Countries:
Latvia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 26
This film probes the activities of the bezvests.lv NGO that looks for missing persons and instructs others on how to find them. Since they started in 2009, they’ve helped find more than 90 people who had gone missing. It follows volunteers during training and on a search mission – theirs is a nerve-wracking task as in many cases they only locate the expired body of the missing person.
In Latvia every day 2 people go missing. Government forces are not capable of searching for everyone. That is why Aleksandrs Faminskis founded the organization "bezvests.lv". They search missing people. In 8 years they have found more than 90. In this movie you will be introduced to most active members, you'll see the training process and actual search missions.
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Director:
Didzis Eglītis
Director of Photography:
Didzis Eglītis
Mārtiņš Jansons
Raitis Valainis
Kaspars Braķis
Gatis Grīnbergs
Editor:
Lāsma Ābele
Producer:
Didzis Eglītis
Sound Director:
Jevgēnijs Kobzevs
Writer:
Didzis Eglītis
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