Filming for the full-length children’s comedy “BUM!”, directed by Marta Selecka and Andra Doršs, the creators of the program “Tutas lijes”, has started this week at Liepāja State 1st Gymnasium.
The film is scheduled to be shot in 24 days. The directors of the film have previously produced the Latvian children’s series “Tutas lijes” and “Emī un Rū” and now both have reunited to transform the previous experience into a joint full-length film “BUM!”. The author of the film script is Lote Eglīte, who has written scripts for several animation projects and feature films.
The movie “BOOM!” will tell the story of the friendship of two twelve-year-old boys, which became strained as a result of a magical event.
The main characters of the film will be played by non-professional actors – Adrians Petrovics from Liepāja will play the role of Hugo, and Dāvis Ozols from Riga will play Tom. Boys’ classmates and schoolmates will be played by local children from Liepāja and Ventspils. Professional actors – Liene Sebre, Ance Strazda, Rihards Zelezņevs, Gatis Maliks and Artis Robežnieks – will also play episodic adult roles. On the other hand, the role of the school’s most popular girl will be played by the influencer “Alishuks M”.
The film’s creative team includes cameraman Gatis Grīnbergs, sound director Tālivaldis Tālis Āboliņš, lighting artist Juris Zemītis, artist Jānis Bijubens, costume designer Jūlija Volkinšteine, make-up artist Maija Gundare, while the film’s music will be composed by Latvian composer Laura Polence, who lives in Amsterdam. The producers of the film are Uģis Riekstiņš and Elīna Jozauska. It is planned that the movie “BUM!” will hit the screens already in September 2024.
The movie “BOOM!” produced by the “Picture House” studio, which is also finishing work on director Elza Gauja’s drama “Postcard from Rome”, in which actors Jānis Jarāns and Indra Burkovska play the main roles. The premiere of the movie “Postcard from Rome” is planned for January 2024.
The movies “BOOM!” production is financed by the National Cinema Center. The film is supported by “Latvijas mobilais telefons”.
2023-07-22 18:49:28
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