Black Velvet

Published: 02.01.2024.

Black Velvet (Melnais samts), dir. Liene Linde, 92′, Latvia/Lithuania, 2024

Once an up-and-coming film director, Marta is now in her thirties and has given up on her film dreams. She spends her days working at a job she hates, taking care of her chronically ill cat, fighting with her stoner boyfriend and lying to friends that she will “soon” start working on a new script. Over the course of this dark comedy, Marta learns there’s an unavoidable question that every filmmaker needs to answer at some point: if you really want to direct films, can you first direct yourself out of depression?

National Premiere February 22, 2024

Scriptwriter Liene Linde
Cinematographer Dāvids Smiltiņš
Production Designer Ieva Kauliņa
Sound Director Jonas Maksvytis
Editor Ieva Veiverytė
Original Music Domas Strupinskas
Main Cast Inga Tropa, Gatis Ungurs, Kaspars Beķeris, Iveta Pole, Baiba Broka, Inga Siliņa, Kasparas Varanavičius, Aleksas Kazanavičius
Producer Guntis Trekteris
Production Company Ego Media
In Co-production with Tremora (Lithuania)
Co-producer Ieva Norviliene