Films represented by 2ANNAS

The Kiosk / Kiosks, directed by Anete Melece, Switzerland / Latvia, 2013, 6'55''

For years now, the kiosk has been Olga‘s little home simply because her sweet tooth and monotonous life has made her bigger than the exit. To distract herself, she reads travel magazines and dreams of being far away. An absurd incident starts the beginning of her journey.

DCP, digital cut-out, color, no dialogue

Created and directed by: Anete Melece

Producer: Saskia von Virág

Animation: Stefan Holaus, Anete Melece

Sound Design, Foleys, Mix: Christof Steinmann / Magnetix

Music: Ephrem Lüchinger

Backing Vocals: Heidi Happy

Tuba: Marc Unternährer

Contrabass: Ralph Sonderegger

Voices: Kiosk Lady - Anette Herbst; Clients: Hans Ruchti, Anete Melece, Stefan Holaus, Beatrice Adams, Simon Eltz, Sabine Schaub, Jonathan Laskar, Jonathan Wüest

Editing: Fee Liechti, Anete Melece

Mentors: Ted Sieger, Jochen Ehmann, Paolo Friz

Production Manager: Stefan Holaus

Mastering DCP: Swiss Effects Film GmbH

Co-production: Schweizer Fersehen SRF, red. Catherine Ann Berger, Hochschule Luzern, Master in Arts of Design, Nina Gellersen

Supported by: BAK – Bundesamt für Kultur, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Familien Vontobel Stiftung, State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich, Stiftung wif – welt in farben

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Fake Me a Happy New Year / Četri mielasi, direced by Liene Linde, Latvia, 2013, 35' (work in progress)

Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, the celebrate New Year's Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings. As the years go by, the children grow up and life goes on, presidents give their New Year's addresses, and 'The Irony of Fate' is on TV again. Twelve years of birth, death, joy, hatred and potato salad - four evenings in the life of a family and that of a nation from 1999 to 1012.

HD, 16:9, colour, stereo, 35' (director's cut)

Director: Liene Linde

Screenplay: Liene Linde, Dainis Juraga

Cinematographer: Dainis Juraga

Costume design: Iveta Šurma

Production designer: Viktorija Krone

Makeup: Ilona Zariņa, Stīna Skulme

Music: Edgars Mākens

Sound: Mārcis Bērziņš

Cast: Baiba Broka, Zane Aļļēna, Kārlis Tols, Anta Krūmiņa, Jānis Skanis

Producer: Amanda Boka

Production companies: LKA, Producers group 2ANNAS