Oleg
Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France / Drama / 107 min. / 2019
A young Latvian butcher travels to Brussels in search of a better wage but a series of misfortunes lead him to fall under the sway of a Polish criminal.
Directed by: Juris Kursietis
LEAD Cast: Valentin Novopolskij, Davwid Ogrodnik, Anna Próchniak
Written by: Liga Celma-Kursiete, Juris Kursietis, Kaspars Odins
Cinematography by: Bogumil Godfrejow
Music by: Jonas Jurkunas
Production Design by: Laura Dislere
Edited by: Matyas Veress
Produced by: Aija Berzina, Alise Gelze
Co-produced by: Lukas Trimonis, Isabelle Truc, Guillaume de Seille
Language: English, French, Russian, Latvian
Festivals: DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT 2019; Valletta Film Festival, Art Film Festival, Karlovy Vary IFF, Baltics Debut FF, Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, Indie Bo, European Film Festival Palić, Motovun IFF, Carl International Film Festival, Almaty FF, Helsinki IFF, Eurocine, Busan IFF, Kaohsiung IFF, Haifa IFF, Chicago IFF, Sao Paulo IFF, Bosphorus IFF, Tofifest IFF, European Union FF, Leeds IFF, Cork FF, Seville European FF, Cinébrunch par CinEmotion à Fribourg, Tallinn Black Night, IFFI Goa, Cinergia FF, Filmakademie, International Forum Russian Film Business, AFI European Union Film Showcase, International Film Festival of Kerala, Palm Springs IFF, Trieste FF, Bengaluru IFF, Visionär in Berlin, Trieste SFF Tour, Minneapolis Saint Paul IFF, Crossing Europe, Barcelona D’A, Al Este FF, Haifa Cinematheque, Filmkunstfest, goEast, Visionär in Mainz, Preambulo
Awards:
1. Brussels IFF -Grand Prix;
2. Palic FF – Best director;
3. Valletta FF – best feature film;
4. CinEast – Grand Prix;
5. Almaty IFF – best lead actor
6. National Cinema Awards of Latvia – Best Film
7. National Cinema Awards of Latvia – Best DoP
8. National Cinema Awards of Latvia – Best supporting actor
NOMINATIONS: European Film Academy (EFA) – Feature Film Selection 2019
Distribution territories: Latvia, Benelux, France, Lithuania, China, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Spain, Switzerland, South Korea