Edvins Šnore
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Edvīns Šnore (born March 21, 1974 in Saulkrasti ) is a Latvian director and screenwriter.
Šnore's family comes from Kuldīga (German: Goldingen). He went to secondary school in Riga. During the upheaval in the Eastern Bloc , he sympathized with the Latvijas Tautas Fronte ( Latvian Popular Front ). He completed his political science studies in Norway. In 2013 , Šnore received his doctorate from the University of Latvia with a thesis on the Western European attitude to the Holodomor ( "Ukrainas bada tēma Rietumu publiskajā telpā 20.gs. 30.gadu sākumā" ).
The Latvian filmmaker became known worldwide with the documentary The Soviet Story . The political scientist collected material for more than ten years before he was able to premiere his film in the European Parliament in 2008 . The Soviet Story provoked violent reactions, especially in Russia it was condemned as a work in politics and the media. For the British The Economist , this counted as a “kind of Oscar ceremony” for the multi-award-winning “gripping, courageous and uncompromising” film. In other Eastern European countries, the reactions were full of praise. Šnore received several awards at film festivals.
Awards
- 2008: three-star medal (state award of Latvia)
- 2009: Order of the Cross of the Virgin Mary IV class (state award of Estonia )
Works
- Padomju stāsts. 2008 (documentary on the history of the Soviet Union)
Web links
- Edvīns Šnore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Yes stipri tic. Un ļoti grib Latvijas Avīze, June 13, 2008, (Latvian, as of January 6, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rīt doktora disertāciju par GOLODOMORU aizstāv kolēģis, LOIB valdes loceklis, drosmīgais režisors Edvīns ŠNORE! (bonis.lv, June 13, 2013, Latvian, accessed July 4, 2013)
- ^ The Economist : Telling the Soviet story of May 22, 2008, accessed on February 19, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šnore, Edvīns |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saulkrasti |