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‘Ulya’ Director Dives Into His Third Latvian Oscar Contender, Which Stars a Rising Actor as a Female Basketball Legend and Became a “Blockbuster”
Latvia made Oscar history in 2025 when Gints Zilbalodis ‘ Flow won the best animated feature award. Two years later, the country has selected a very different movie to represent it at the Oscars 2027.
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Latvia made Oscar history in 2025 when Gints Zilbalodis ‘ Flow won the best animated feature award. Two years later, the country has selected a very different movie to represent it at the Oscars 2027. The Baltic country picked Ulya from director Viesturs Kairišs ( January ), which stars up-and-coming Latvian actor Kārlis Arnolds Avots and world-premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section , as its international best feature film Oscar contender.
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