Homo@lv

An Elm Media production. (Worldwide sales: Elm Media, Riga, Latvia.) Created by Ieva Ubele. Directed, writted by Kaspars Goba.With: Maris Sants, Linda Freimane, Peter Tatchell, Scot Lively, Ken Hutchinson, Gabriel Strautins, Liga Dimitere. (Latvian, British dialogue)Analyzing the unpredicted consequences from the first gay pride march in Riga, Latvia, "Homo@lv" provides the daunting spectacle of bigotry for action along with a detailed lesson in realpolitik. The celebratory 2005 parade triggered an enormous, unforeseen backlash in the grassroots level, and helmer Kaspars Goba captures skinheads and regular people alike hurling hate-fueled epithets, excrement and holy water in the rainbow-clad marchers. The antigay groundswell rapidly acquired momentum, implementing the title "No Pride," thus granting its people a adversely defined feeling of purpose soon used by right-wing politicos. Pic reps a powerful entry for gay fests and docu-friendly cable. The increasing homophobic counterdemonstrations result in a split within the unhappy gay movement: The initial organizers from the parade explain the requirement to withdraw (many questioned gay Latvians choosing quiet anonymity to confrontational politics) while a brand new "Mozaiks" coalition, transporting about the struggle, allies itself with LGBT groups all over Europe. But this visible worldwide support incites provincial paranoia and chapel-fueled fears of the takeover through the decadent West, a terror best pictorialized with a shot of mix-clutching lady laying lower within the route to block the "infidels."Camera (color, HD), Goba, Margeris Eglitis, Inese Apse, Elga Dudareva, Lelde Goba editors, Gatis Belogrudovs, Visvaldis Zarakovskis. Examined at NewFest, New You are able to, This summer 23, 2011. (Also in Berlin Film Festival -- Panorama Dokumente.) Running time: 70 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com