MY FAVOURITE WAR
O.V. in English subtitled in Spanish
The winner of the Contrechamp Award at Annecy, the most prestigious animation festival in the world, follows the exciting path that animation and comics have paved (from the impulse of Persepolis) to revisiting history and sharing it in the first person. This film unmasks the Soviet indoctrination machine through the memories of the director herself, who grew up in the Latvia of the Cold War. Torn between the ease granted to the state and her family history marked by a dissident thought, the fundamental formative years of a girl in search of a horizon and a mind of her own.
This film can be watched on our online programme on FILMIN.
Direction: Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen
Script: Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen
Animation: Toms Burans, Krisjanis Abols, Arnis Zemitis, Kerija Arne, Nils Hammers
Editing: Julie Vinten, Reinis Rinka
Music: Karlis Auzans
Sound: Anete Vanaga, Ernests Ansons
Production: Trond Jaconsen, Guntis Trekteris
Production Company: BIVROST FILM & TV, EGO MEDIA
Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen
He was born in Latvia in 1971, and moved to Norway in 1991. He studied TV directing at the University of Lillehammer. Since 1995 he has worked as a television and documentary director. In 2000 he founded his production company Bivrost Film alongside Trond Jacobsen, specializing in creative and intimate documentaries as well as pieces for young audiences. His works include My Mother's Farm (2008), selected at the IDFA, winner of the Best Latvian Documentary Award and Best TV Documentary in Norway, the animated series My Body Belongs To Me, winner of an International Emmy in 2018 and the NRK Super Award in 2019. My Favourite War, has been awarded the Contrechamp Award in Annecy 2020.