The End (Beigas), dir. Māris Maskalāns, 88', Latvia, 2024
The dance of life and death, with humanity entering the fray. An artist, a zoologist, a nature scholar, and a sheep farmer working in the IT sector, who also happens to be an astronomy enthusiast, all view the demise of biological bodies differently. Forest carrion, larvae under tombstones, sheep in the barn, layers of feathers and bones, and shimmering green flies on decaying flesh – amidst all this is a human trying to understand their place in cosmology. In this grand tapestry of transformation, what is the human species: part of a cycle or more akin to superhuman?
National Premiere October 22, 2024, RIGA IFF Feature Film Competition
International Premiere November 17, 2024, Tallinn Black Nights Baltic Competition
Idea Author Ilmārs Tīrmanis
Scriptwriters Māris Maskalāns, Pauls Bankovskis, Ilmārs Tīrmanis
Cinematographer Māris Maskalāns
Sound Director Artis Lūsis
Editor Gatis Belogrudovs
Original score +K+M+B
Sound Director Edvards Broders
Main Cast Kristians Brekte, Edgars Dreijers, Anna un Arnis Gintere, Ilmārs Tīrmanis
Producer Uldis Cekulis
Production Company VFS FILMS
Supported by
State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia
Contacts
Uldis Cekulis
+371 6750 3588
uldis@vfs.lv
vfs.lv