Matīss Kaža. The Impossible Self-Portrait

Matīss Kaža. The Impossible Self-Portrait (2026)

Documentary

The film follows Matīss Kaža during a period when his professional life has taken him from one country and continent to another. Together with Gints Zilbalodis, the director of the film Flow (Straume), he spent nearly a year caught in a whirlwind of international award ceremonies, events, and meetings—a journey that included the film’s path to the Academy Awards. Yet, this is only one facet of Kaža’s life and work. During the same period, he made his debut as a theatre director at three different venues in Riga and crafted the Lielais Kristaps (Latvian National Film Awards) and Spēlmaņu nakts (Latvian Theatre Awards) ceremonies as multimedia performances. The camera follows Kaža as he constantly creates, travels, and engages in new projects, all while maintaining an ironic perspective on both himself and the world around him.

Director: Matīss Kaža

Casts

	Matīss Kaža as Self
	Aleksandrs Grebņevs as Self
	Karlis Arnolds Avots as Self
	Daira Āboliņa as Self
	Juris Kaža as Self
	Una Celma as Self
	Iveta Pole as Self
	Sabīne Tīkmane as Self
	Gerds Lapoška as Self
	Dārta Ceriņa as Self
	Zoya Baker as Self
	Paula Bobrova as Self
	Aleksandrs Bricis as Self
	Zane Brikmane as Self
	Santa Breikša as Self
	Marija Bērziņa as Self
	Toms Auniņš as Self
	Niks Cipruss as Self
	Toms Čaune as Self
	Kārlis Daudziņš as Self
	Ron Dyens as Self
	Dārta Krāsone as Self
	Egons Dombrovskis as Self
	Reinis Dzudzilo as Self
	Alise Dzene as Self
	Eila Jozepa as Self
	Artūrs Gore as Self
	Caroline Friedman as Self
	Jana Herbsta as Self
	Mārcis Ģipters as Self
	Marta Jančevska as Self
	Kristaps Blumbergs as Self
	Kaitlyn Cummings as Self
	Zane Kalnina as Self
	Ieva Kauliņa as Self
	Karīna Kolendo as Self
	Artūrs Krūzkops as Self
	Agnese Lāce as Self
	Ramona Levane as Self
	Dita Rietuma as Self
	Mārtiņš Upītis as Self
	Milēna Miškēviča as Self
	Aleksandrs Tomass Matjussons as Self
	Oskars Pavlovskis as Self
	Diāna Daiva Priediena as Self
	Kristina Rezviha as Self
	Helēna Šania Volbeta as Self
	Uldis Siliņš as Self
	Andrejs Strokins as Self
	Imants Strads as Self
	Armands Strauja as Self
	Anthony Sneed as Self
	Rihards Zaļupe as Self
	Gints Zilbalodis as Self
	Gints Zilbalodis Sr. as Self
	Lauris Subatnieks as Self
	Jānis Šēnbergs as Self
	Pēteris Tenisons as Self
	Toms Veličko as Self
	Anna Vekmane as Self
	Ilvars Veģis as Self
	Konstantīns Višņevskis as Self
	Gregory Zalcman as Self
	Zach Zeman as Self
	Harrison Ford as Self (archival footage)
	Anthony Mackie as Self (archival footage)

Crew