One Ticket Please is a documentary about the life of a 78-year-old Indian woman in New York who is the world’s most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means. Despised by many theater employees in New York for her behavior, Nicki prides herself with a staunch dedication to the art. But at what point does passion turn into addiction?
One Ticket Please
One Ticket Please (Vienu biļeti, lūdzu!), 2017
(64 min, documentary)
CREDITS
Director
Matīss Kaža
Producers
Matīss Kaža, Una Celma, Reid Hannaford, David Scherker
Writer
Matīss Kaža
Editor
Gunta Ikere
Cinematographer
Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC, Noah Weisfogel
Composer
Mārtiņš Brauns
Sound Designer
Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis
Production Designers
Matīss Kaža, Marija Luīze Meļķe, Luīze Lote Nežberte
Produced by
Deep Sea Studios / Fenixfilm / Apriori Collective
AWARDS
NewDoc Award for Best Debut
Tempo Documentary Festival 2017
FIPRESCI Award
Latvian National Film Awards 2017
New York Perspectives Award
Winter Film Awards 2018
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 “The Soft Power” (2023) and “The National Network” (2025). He teaches film directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture.
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