The Hostage (2006 film)

The Hostage (Ķīlnieks, Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu) is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa.

Cast

 * Branko Završan - Hijacker
 * Kristaps Mednis - Tom
 * Ieva Puķe - Mother
 * Pauls Butkevics - Antons
 * Ivars Brakovskis - Visvaldis
 * Valdis Liepiņš - Detective
 * Kaljo Kiisk - Old man
 * Jaan Rekkor - Coach
 * Jēkabs Nākums - 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