How do you film something that does not exist? A director is making a documentary about an actor and his stalker – but the stalker never appears. As the deadline approaches, unorthodox steps must be taken in order to complete the film.
When You Look at Me
When You Look at Me (Kad tu uz mani skaties), 2020
(18 min, comedy, Latvia)
CREDITS
Main Cast
Gerds Lapoška, Roberts Vinovskis, Rūdolfs Miķelsons
Director
Matīss Kaža
Producer
Matīss Kaža
Writer
Matīss Kaža
Cinematographer
Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC
Composer
Mārtiņš Brauns
Editor
Matīss Kaža
Sound Designer
Artis Dukaļskis
Production Designer
Matīss Kaža
Produced by
Deep Sea Studios / Latvian Academy of Culture
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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