In-Person Screening: Saturday, November 5, 12:00 pm

Director Marta Elīna Martinsone will present a Q&A following the screening of the film.

Virtual Screening: November 6-13

LAME-OS (Tizlenes)
Marta Elīna Martinsone, Latvia/Czechia, 2021
101 minutes, In Latvian with English subtitles
North American Premiere

It’s 1999 and the millennium is fast approaching. Three high school students Sarmīte (Asnāte Sofija Rožkalne), Sveta (Ludmila Karpova), and Katrīna (Katrīna Dambeniece) are tired of being made fun of by their classmates and decide that something needs to change — so in typical teenage fashion they decide to become the most popular girls in school. Drawing inspiration from the best of ’90s Hollywood films and TV series, the friends make a plan: the only way to achieve popularity is to get the coolest guys as their prom dates!

Following a classic ’90s format reinterpreted from a contemporary Baltic point of view, Lame-os is an irreverent, pop-infused musical with a heart, and a nostalgic look back at a not-so-distant past. Relive your most painful teenage years through tears of laughter as you revel in the songs, the fashions, and the awkwardness.

Festival History
2022 Schlingel Film Festival

Tags: Latvia, Family (12+), Coming of Age, Comedy