THE SIGN PAINTER

By Viesturs KAIRISS

ARTBOX - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

Follows the talented Ansis as he negotiates a national dictatorship in his pursuit of an art career.

Festivals
& Awards

Latvian National Film Festival 2020
Best Actor
Latvian National Film Festival 2020
Best Supporting Actress
Latvian National Film Festival 2020
Best Screenplay
Latvian National Film Festival 2020
Best Sound
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • LATVIA, LITHUANIA, CZECH REPUBLIC
    • Languages
    • LATVIAN
    • Duration
    • 112 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Viesturs KAIRISS
    • Writer(s)
    • Michal KRECEK, Julietta SICHEL, Gunars JANOVSKIS, Viesturs KAIRISS
    • Producer(s)
    • Guntis TREKTERIS
    • Synopsis
    • The Sign Painter is a Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his people, and even his heart are swept up in the inexorable currents of history.