Ulya (Uļa), dir. Viesturs Kairišs, 100', drama, Latvia/Estonia/Poland/Lithuania
A giant girl lives in a wild rural environment. When the modern world enters this isolated Russian Old Believer milieu, the girl is taken away and dragged into the world of professional sports. The aim does not differ much from that of a circus in the Middle Ages – to entertain audiences and exploit the limits of people’s mental and physical abilities. But the girl proves to have unbelievable willpower and athletic talent. She is able to adapt and triumph in this new world. This is the story of the famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova.
World Premiere May 2026, Cannes FF
Director Viesturs Kairišs
Scriptwriter Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Livia Ulman, Andris Feldmanis
Director of Photography Wojtek Staron
Production Designer Ieva Jurjāne
Costume Designer Rūta Lecaite
Makeup Artist Liisi Pollumaa
Editor Armands Začs
Supervising Sound Designer Siim Skepast
Cast Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Chulpan Khamatova, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Arturs Krūzkops, Kaspars Dumburs, Shamil Khamatov, Alise Dzene, Madara Viļčuka
Producer Guntis Trekteris
Co-producers Ieva Norviliene. Pille Rünk, Malgorzata Staron
Co-production Companies Staron film (Poland), Allfilm (Estonia), Tremora (Lithuania)
Sales B-rated (France)
Supported by
National Film Centre of Latvia
Estonian Film Institute
Polish Film Institute
Contacts
Guntis Trekteris
+371 6729 1720
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