If trees could talk

If trees could talk

Director Armands Začs

26 min. · Latvia, 2016 · Documentary · Latvian · Subtitles: English · Pegi 13

About the film

Film starts out as a simple portrait of a struggling Russian-speaking stand up comedian in Latvia. He works in McDonalds only to get up on the stage once a week. As we get to know our protagonist closer, we wander deeper into his fears and experience the wave of social anxiety, that threatens to swallow the young comedian alive.

"For me this film grew out of my curiosity about the main character, whom I have seen performing couple of times. During the process the film became more and more important to me, growing into a portrait of my own generation." Director Armands Začs

Details

Running time
26 min.
Country, year
Latvia, 2016
Genre
Documentary
Language
Latvian
Subtitles
English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Armands Začs
Screenplay
Armands Začs
Producers
Elīna Gediņa Ducena
Cinematography
Reinis Helmuts Aristovs
Music
Matīss Runtulis
Armands Začs

Director

Armands Začs

Armands Začs (1990) is a Latvian film director and editor. As an editor he has worked on fiction and documentary features, both local and international. Armands studied in Latvian Academy of Culture where he made several short films, System (2012) had been screened in various international short film festivals. For last few years he has also directed various commercials and music videos.