A portrait of a modern city. Documented and artistically interpreted life in Riga unfolds over a single summer day. Dynamic shifts between three main characters – a food courier, a tram driver, and a young girl – reveal the inhabitants’ daily trajectories and interactions with the city. A mosaic of intermittent scenes highlights nuances often lost in everyday routines, capturing the rhythm of the city and its rich urban life beyond the limits of the story.
Genre: Animation
Stage: Post-production
Contact: grape.emma@gmail.com
Andrejs Brīvulis (2001) is a master’s student at the Latvian Academy of Arts, having recently completed his bachelor’s degree in audiovisual communication. His works have been exhibited in joint exhibitions such as Square Liter (2022) and Botanical Movement (2024), including his debut animated short film Betula. In 2023, he received a creative residency in Sigulda. His animation studio project Cleanliness (2025) was nominated at various international festivals, including Zagreb and Annecy in 2025, and he is currently working on the animated short Lines of Riga.
Andrejs Brīvulis works in various media, including photography, video, 3D modeling, digital painting, and animation. His themes range from urban visions and nostalgia to the complex inner lives of seemingly ordinary people, seen through the eyes of a sympathetic, unobtrusive observer. His works are characterized by clean and precise lines and expressive colors, spanning styles from experimental to hyperrealistic.
Emma Daniela Grāpe is an emerging producer and a graduate of the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture, specializing in documentary and animation projects. She has worked on films presented at international festivals, including the animated short Cleanliness (2025, dir. Andrejs Brīvulis, selected for the Annecy Festival student competition) and the documentary The Chronicler (2024, dir. Armands Strauja). As a distributor, she was involved in the music video project In My Nostrils (2024, dir. Antons Grauds), and she is currently producing the animated short Lines of Riga. Following her graduation, she will continue her professional development in Greece, focusing on film distribution and sales in the international market.