Sisters

Sisters (Māsas), 2022

(104 min, drama, Latvia/Italy)

Anastasia and Diana are two sisters living in a Latvian orphanage. When they get to know that an American family is ready to adopt them, Diana cannot wait to move to the States, while Anastasia is less excited about the idea of leaving her home. When their estranged biological mother Alla returns to their lives, Anastasia does everything to establish a relationship with her, but Alla has other plans.

CREDITS

Main Cast

Emma Skirmante, Gerda Aljēna, Katrīna Krēsliņa, Iveta Pole, Elita Kļaviņa

Director

Linda Olte

Producers

Matīss Kaža, Dace Siatkovska, Una Celma, Thomas Menghin, Wilfried Gufler, Debora Nischler

Writer

Linda Olte

Cinematographer

Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC

Composer

Federico Campana

Editor

Linda Olte, Andris Grants

Sound Designer

Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis

Produced by

Trickster Pictures / Deep Sea Studios / Fenixfilm / Albolina Film

FESTIVALS

Warsaw Film Festival 2022 (World Premiere)

Main Award in Competition "1-2"FIPRESCI Award

Tallinn Black Nights 2022

Nordic Film Days Lubeck 2022

London Baltic Film Festival 2022

NOMINATIONS

Latvian National Film Awards "Lielais Kristaps" 2023

7 nominations

STILLS

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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