NEON SPRING (2022)

102 min, coming-of-age/drama

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Laine’s (20) parents separate – her father becomes emotionally estranged and her brother Bruno (10) is having trouble at school, but she isn’t ready to take up mother’s duties. On a drugged-up rave, Laine befriends seasoned partygoer Gunda (21). Their relationship suddenly and unexpectedly becomes intimate. The neon spring of Riga’s techno scene blossoms, and Laine begins to question her sexuality and identity at a time when her family is falling apart. She finds her escape in the drugs, clubs, festivals and afterparties as she struggles to hold together her dissolving relationship with reality.

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Main Cast: Marija Luīze Meļķe, Grēta Trušiņa, Gerds Lapoška, Agnese Rukšāne, Jānis Skutelis, Timotejs Pelle Kalniņš

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Director: Matīss Kaža

Producers: Matīss Kaža, Dace Siatkovska, Una Celma

Writers: Marija Luīze Meļķe, Matīss Kaža

Cinematographer: Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC

Composer: Toms Auniņš

Editor: Paula Popmane

Sound Designer: Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis

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produced by Trickster Pictures / Deep Sea Studios / Fenixfilm 

 

AWARDS:

Tallinn Baltic Event 2020 Works in Progress Award

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