NAME OF FILM: THE SNOWBALL ROLLED SOUTH
DIRECTOR(S): Ieva Balsiūnaitė
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: The Lithuanian capital Vilnius was once a thriving centre of Jewish life. But at the end of the 19th century, tens of thousands of Jews left – for South Africa.
The documentary program for this year’s 60th Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (Oct. 30 – Nov. 4, 2018) promises to deliver an exciting cross-section of films on ways of life in the Nordic and Baltic countries, as well as vivid histories in Europe over the last 100 years.