Join us for a screening of My Freedom (dir. Ilze Kunga-Melgaile, Latvia, 2023) in the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House! The series returns this year with screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film, including this year’s candidate for Latvia.

Based on historical events, My Freedom takes place in perestroika-era Latvia, a time when the winds of change are blowing. The freethinking and charismatic Alicija, a Latvian of Polish extraction, is blissfully married to Ilgvars, a conservatively minded professor of mathematics. Despite her husband’s concerns, Alicija becomes active in the anti-Soviet Popular Front, a movement still relegated to the underground. When her friends and peers encourage her to run for a seat in the Latvian Supreme Council, Alicija receives an anonymous letter threatening to upend her life and her marriage. Unsure of who to trust, she must consider the question: love or independence?

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