The story of the German-Baltic Countess Alice Von Trot, an outsider who by overcoming physical and mental obstacles and prejudices, becomes an avant- garde filmmaker in Latvian silent cinema. The feature incorporates elements of various film genres and includes quotes from world cinema classics, with a special focus on silent cinema.
Type of work: Film
Genre: History
Stage: Post-production
Producer: Dominiks Jarmakovičs
Looking for: Sales, festival distribution
Contacts: dominiks@locomotive.lv
Dominiks Jarmakovics holds a degree in Audiovisual arts and MBA. Having different managerial experience in projects across the creative industry – festivals, music concerts, contemporary art events, dance performances, for the past 5 years he has focused on the compelling nature of audiovisual arts. Even though the first self-produced feature Despair (dir. Karlis Lesins, 2020) was released just recently, Dominiks work is associated with many projects, such as Invisible (dir. Ignas Jonynas, 2019), Christmas in the Jungle (dir. Jaak Kilmi, 2020), The Year Before the War (dir. Davis Simanis, 2021) and others, where he joined as Associate Producer, Co-Producer, Production Manager, Line Producer or Production Coordinator.
Signe Birkova is a filmmaker from Riga and has studied Philosophy, Journalism and Film. Since then, she has directed short fiction films, experimental films, documentaries, TV programmes as well as analogue film performances. She makes experimental films using 16mm and Super 8 film material, and different animation techniques. Her short fiction film Upon Return I’ll Be a Flaming Rose received a special Fipresci award in Latvia in 2014. Signe is a member of the Baltic Analog Lab artist collective.