Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2019 / Viņu sauca Haoss Bērziņš / Latvia 2018
After being kidnapped by aliens, copy shop employee Harijs Bērziņš doesn’t quite feel at home in his skin, and even ufologist Vilma doesn’t exactly elicit his trust. On top of that, he has no idea that the gray alien mother is giving birth to his son right now. The movie’s playful experimentation with form cleverly turns the clichés of the classic sci-fi genre on their head.
After being kidnapped by aliens, copy shop employee Harijs Bērziņš doesn’t quite feel at home in his skin. His unusual experience slowly but surely turns him into an outcast, family and friends suddenly feel like strangers, and even the mysterious ufologist Vilma doesn’t exactly elicit his trust. While the two of them try to find a common language, the gray alien mother gives birth to Harijs’s child… He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš combines a playful style with a love of experimenting with form and material. Latvian director Signe Birkova cleverly reworks old sci-fi clichés, placing them into new and fresh contexts.
Anna Kořínek
25 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Signe Birkova
/ Screenplay Signe Birkova
/ Dir. of Photography Mārtiņš Jurevics
/ Editor Signe Birkova
/ Art Director Mārtiņš Straupe
/ Producer Daiga Livčāne
/ Production Latvian Academy of Culture
/ Cast Toms Treinis, Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa
/ Contact National Film Centre of Latvia
Signe Birkova (Riga, Latvia). Selected filmography: Upon Return I’ll Be a Flaming Rose (Es atgriezīšos kā kvēlojoša roze, 2014, short), Touch of Dzenis (Dzeņa pieskāriens, 2017, short), He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš (Viņu sauca Haoss Bērziņš, 2018)
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