D is for Division

A quiet, contemplative essay that drifts across borders and old photographs, asking you to sit with history and loss rather than follow a story.

Directed by

Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.

Genres

Documentary

Overview

1940. On the border between Latvia and the USSR, a woman is killed in front of her house as she tried to protect her son from the liberating attack of the Soviets. Almost 80 years later, the archive photo bearing witness to this news item and representing a collateral victim of the European Union’s founding conflict forms the starting point for a journey undertaken by Davis Sīmanis. He navigates from one side to the other of this border, which today represents another separation, one that is geographical but also cultural: between Europe and Russia.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Memory, war, identity, politics

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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