Films We Like has acquired theatrical Canadian rights to THE JUMP by Giedrė Žickytė, a non-fiction film about a Soviet sailor who jumped onto a US Coast Guard boat in 1970. THE JUMP is Lithuania’s official entry to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
It’s Thanksgiving Day, 1970, the Atlantic Ocean. A US patrol boat meets a Soviet fishing vessel. A Soviet sailor jumps across the icy water onto the American boat in a frantic bid for freedom. To his horror, and to the outcry of the world media, the Americans return him to the Soviets. Through rare archival footage and a dramatic, first-person re-enactment by the would-be defector, 86-year-old Simas Kudirka, we relive one of the most unpredictable Cold War muddles.
About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Wife of a Spy, Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz and The Witches of the Orient.