Dziesmusvētki

A documentary by Ivars Seleckis about the XXIII Latvian Song Festival in 1985. Instead of following the common path of showing typical song festival images, this film takes an unusual angle and focuses on the faces and legs of singers, listeners, and dancers, as well as close-ups of details and moods. In the final 4 minutes of the film, the 294 place names (cities, parishes, and villages) of Latvia and the world from which the participants of the song festival came are called out.