In the first Latvian western, sixteen-year-old Eva disappears from the Baron's manor shortly before her arranged wedding. The baron’s henchmen, local law enforcement and other involved parties set out to find the girl who has chosen to set her own destiny in a time of great social imbalance.
Wild East
Wild East (Wild East. Kur vedīs ceļš), 2021
(95 min, western/adventure, Latvia)
CREDITS
Main Cast
Žanete Zvīgule, Toms Veličko, Vilis Daudziņš, Egons Dombrovskis, Agnese Cīrule, Kaspars Znotiņš
Director
Matīss Kaža
Producers
Una Celma, Dace Siatkovska, Matīss Kaža
Writers
Ilze Akmentiņa, Matīss Kaža
Cinematographer
Aleksandrs Grebņevs, LGC
Composer
Miķelis Putniņš, Simon Gamper, Imants Kalniņš
Editor
Gatis Belogrudovs
Sound Designer
Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis
Produced by
Deep Sea Studios / Fenixfilm
AWARDS
Best Supporting Actress (Agnese Budovska)
Latvian National Film Awards "Lielais Kristaps" 2022
NOMINATIONS
Latvian National Film Awards "Lielais Kristaps" 2022
5 nominations
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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