SYNOPSIS
Latgale is a land on the very eastern edge of the European Union. Sometimes it seems like a land in the middle of a body of water. At other times, it seems a desert with the ark of rescued humanity all covered by sand. The film presents a land that is made by people, spiritual and physical extremes of living and thoroughly Christian resurrection.
CAST & CREW
Viestur Kairišs
Director
Producer(s)
Roberts Vinovskis
Script
Viestur Kairišs
Director of Photography
Gints Berzins
Sound
Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis
Edit
Andra Lejniece Dorsh
Production company(ies)
Locomotive Productions Bruninieku 28-57, Riga LV-1011, Latvia
Viestur Kairišs
Since graduating from the Latvian Academy of Culture, Department of Film and Theatre Directing in 1997 he has made several notable feature films and documentaries. Kairish made his filmmaking debut in 1998 with a short film titled The Train. The short drama The Wedding brought him the National Film Award Lielais Kristaps. In 2001 Kairish directed his first feature-length movie Leaving by the Way. In 2001 he participated in the 49th Venice Bienniale with short film Magic Flute. At the moment Kairish is directing his next feature.
Filmography
The Train (1998, doc.), The Wedding (2000, short), Leaving by the Way (2001), Magic Flute (2001, short), The Monument (2004, doc.), Romeo and Juliet (2004, doc.), The Dark Deer (2006), Lohengrin from Varka Crew (2009, doc.), Invisible City (2014, doc.), Pelican in the Desert (2014, doc.).
