The Hostage (Latvian: Ķīlnieks, Estonian: Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa.
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Cast
Branko Završan as Hijacker
Kristaps Mednis as Tom
Ieva Puķe 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
Rūdolfs 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: Jurģis Krāsons; several nominations in other categories