THE FUNERAL OF INHERITANCE

A newly engaged couple, Jurģis and Luīze, visit the groom’s family. Luīze’s presence confronts their cold, distant relationships just as the father’s efforts to save the family from an inherited curse have once again failed. An exchange of equal measure demands something more precious—a sacrifice that doesn’t cost just a heart. Despite the conflicting obligations to his family and his new life, Jurģis’s choice of action gives him a chance to sever the ties that bind him to the past.

Genre: Fiction
Stage: Post-production
Contact: studija.pilna@gmail.com

Representatives

ROBERTA KALNIŅA

Director

The Funeral of Inheritance marks Robertas Kalniņa’s directorial debut. She is currently studying Art History and actively working as an art historian. Over the past three years, has worked actively as an art director creating visual identities not only for various short films at the Latvian Academy of Culture but also music videos, presently working on Alise Linde’s feature film Ophelias. Additionally, she has turned to composition, writing music for plays and different literary projects.

EMMA DANIELA GRĀPE

Producer

Emma Daniela Grāpe is an emerging Latvian producer working across documentary, animation, TV series, music video and performing arts projects. A graduate of the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture, she continued her professional development after graduation through an internship at Heretic film studio in Athens, gaining first-hand experience in international film sales and distribution.

She is currently building her producing practice through Studio PILNA in Riga, with a growing interest in creative producing, film distribution and audience development. Her current work includes the animated short Lines of Riga (dir. Andrejs Brīvulis), which is set to premiere in autumn 2026, as well as documentary film projects. She is particularly interested in collaborating with emerging filmmakers and developing visually distinctive, culturally and socially relevant work.