Scarecrows

2025

Documentary film

90 min

This airport western is a gripping, visually composedtale of “runway rangers” and their encounters with beings of nature. In this paradoxical environment – an urban citadel of travel bordered by lush forests, meadows and bodies of water – different species cross paths, but each of them has its own route. Across four seasons in Latvia, bird and wildlife control specialists guide us through a chronicle of the flow of work and nature, reminding us of the fences that are built for humans, but cannot protect the lives of everyone and every kind.

Director

Laila Pakalniņa

Screenwriter

Laila Pakalniņa

Cinematographer

Māris Maskalāns

Editor

Ieva Veiverytė

Composers

Paulius Kilbauskas

Vygintas Kisevičius

Sound director

Jonas Maksvytis

Producers

Uldis Cekulis

Giedrė Žickytė