The Hostage (2006 film)

The Hostage (, ) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa.

Cast

• Branko ZavrÅ¡an as Hijacker
• Kristaps Mednis as Tom
• Ieva PuÄ·e as Mother
• Pauls Butkevics as Antons
• Ivars Brakovskis as Visvaldis
• Valdis Liepiņš as Detective
• Kaljo Kiisk as Old man
• Jaan Rekkor as Coach
• Jēkabs Nākums as Self
• Maija Apine
• RÅ«dolfs Plēpis
• Imants Strads

Release

The Hostage was screened at the 2006 Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland.

Awards

The film received the following awards:

• 2007: Kinoshock Open Film Festival for states of the CIS and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Anapa, Russia), best operator work: Arko Okk
• 2007: The National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps (Latvia), best artist's work: JurÄ£is Krāsons; several nominations in other categories

References

External links

• Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu, entry in Estonian Film Database (EFIS)