Renārs Vimba
In 2008, Renãrs Vimba enrolled in the Latvian Academy of Culture, where he studied cinematography; later he went to study under Boris Frumin at the Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn; in 2011, he received an MA in Film Direction from the Academy of Culture. Vimba has received additional training at creative workshops in Lithuania, Germany, and Russia. His first film ALLÈ, a student project at the Academy, was shot in 2006; it was followed by shorts FATHER PUPPET (2008, earning a Lielais Kristaps nomination) and MOLS (2009). He is currently working on his second feature, SANCTUS.
Director's statement
“When working on a film, the author must take into account the fact that it creates a world in which he will have to live for several years, and this world will have characters one will have to cohabit day in day out. This world came to me in a vision about a fragile girl who, against all odds, is ready to face anything that threatens her world. I sympathized with her idealism, directness, and courage; all I had to do was follow her and, leaving out flashy slogans and artificial conceptual ambitions, bring it to the viewer as truthfully as possible. I hope the film, just like the world inhabited by its characters, is simple, direct, as beautiful as it is harsh, and, after all, life-confirming”.