Wild East

Wild East (Wild East. Kur vedīs ceļš), 2021

(95 min, western/adventure)

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.

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 “The Soft Power” (2023) and “The National Network” (2025). He teaches film directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture.

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