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Black Velvet

Melnais samts

Latvia / Lithuania | 2024, 92 min.

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Festival edition: 2024

Section: Free Spirit Competition

Dialogue language: Lithuanian / Latvian

Gatunek: dramedy

Description:

Marta is in her thirties, she has a job, some friends, a boyfriend and the world's best cat. Her life seems fine from the outside, yet Marta can't help but feel like she has been faking this whole adulthood thing. When Marta's best friend Kaspars comes back to town for a while, she finds herself in a series of increasingly overwhelming events. A comedic self-portrait of a generation that tries to navigate modern challenges such as the inability to pick up the phone or not miss a deadline. Through the cracks of these small everyday victories and losses, the main quest becomes clear: the quest for an authentic life and the courage to live it.

Reżyser: Liene Linde

Latvian film director, screenwriter, essayist and film critic. Born in 1986. She has an MA in film directing from the Latvian Academy of Culture. Her short films "Fake Me a Happy New Year" (2012) and "Seven Awkward Sex Scenes" (2016) won international acclaim and received the Lielais Kristaps Latvian National Film Award. Her debut documentary feature "Mothers and Others" (co-directed with Armands Začs) received the Lielais Kristaps award for best documentary directing (2020). "Black Velvet" is her debut feature.

Director's filmography

2024 Asistente / The Assistant
2024 Melnais samts / Black Velvet
2020 Klātbūtne / Mothers and Others
2016 Septiņas neveikla seksa reizes / Seven Awkward Sex Scenes
2012 Četri mielasti / Fake Me A Happy New Year

Cast & Crew

Screenwriter: Liene Linde

Producer: Guntis Trekteris, Ieva Norvilienė

Editor: Ieva Veiverytė, Liene Linde

DOP: Dāvids Smiltiņš

Music: Domas Strupinskas

Cast: Inga Tropa, Kaspars Beķeris, Gatis Ungurs, Baiba Broka, Sabīne Tīkmane, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Iveta Pole

Contact:

Ego Media (Production Company)

egomedia@egomedia.lv

Tremora (Production Company)

ieva@tremora.com

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