Meyerhold's Flight

Meyerhold's Flight (Meierholda lidojums), 2018

(18 min, experimental, Latvia)

An innovative artist becomes a tool in the hands of the socialist revolution. A cinematic collage exploring the life, times and choices of Russian avant-garde theatermaker Vsevolod Meyerhold.

CREDITS

Main Cast

Kaspars Znotiņš, Leonīds Lencs, Jevgēnijs Isajevs

Director

Matīss Kaža

Producers

Matīss Kaža, Una Celma, Zane Kalniņa

Writer

Matīss Kaža

Cinematographer

Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC

Composer

Toms Auniņš

Editor

Matīss Kaža

Sound Designer

Jevgenijs Načiss

Production Designer

Rūdolfs Baltiņš

Animators

Adrians Toms Kulpe, Marianna Lapiņa

Produced by

Deep Sea Studios

FESTIVALS

Riga International Film Festival 2019

Matīss Kaža

Matīss Kaža is an Academy Award-winning Latvian producer, director and writer. He is best known for co-writing and producing the animated feature film FLOW (2024) by Gints Zilbalodis, which won the first ever Golden Globe and Oscar for an independent animated feature. Recent producing credits include SISTERS (2022, Warsaw Film Festival 1+2 Competition Winner) by Linda Olte, DROWNING DRY (2024, two awards in the Locarno Main Competition) by Laurynas Bareiša.

Matīss has directed and written for live action, documentary and the theatre, including NEON SPRING (2022, Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival) and critically acclaimed performances at the Latvian National Theatre, like SOFT POWER (2023) and THE NATIONAL NETWORK (2025).

He teaches film directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture.

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