Uģis Olte
Director: RadiRaidi; Sacrificial Lamb
In Person Q&A
UĢIS OLTE (b. 1983) is a Latvian director, writer, editor who enjoys staying playful when dealing with serious subjects. Equipped with senses of a musician and convinced that dreams, myths and fairy-tales can be useful tools for telling any story. He has created numerous original TV documentary formats, filmed bunch of weird music videos and also 3 short fictions [“The Red Spot”, “KK2678” and “King Of The Wild Things”]. His efforts in documentary genre have resulted in three feature length films - “Stuck in Stikine” [2007], “Double Aliens” [2015] and “Liberation Day” [2016, co-directed with Morten Traavik]. In autumn 2021 at the Black Nights Film festival in Tallinn he premiered his debut feature, mythological thriller “UPURGA”, which was also screened at BBFF ‘23.
On 1/4/2024 Uģis’ “Sacrificial Lamb” received nomination for Latvian National Film Award Lielais Kristaps (The Big Kristaps).