Viesnīca un bumba

“The film is about wondering why the world is the place it is.” That’s how Laila Pakalniņa describes Hotel and a Ball. From a hotel window we see a football field and observe what goes on there. Then we enter the hotel, where we find people eating, cleaning and talking. Two different points of view are juxtaposed in this poetic and amusing film, the point of view of the ball and that of the hotel. (Reykjavík International Film Festival)