‘Ulya’ Director Dives Into His Third Latvian Oscar Contender, Which Stars a Rising Actor as a Female Basketball Legend and Became a “Blockbuster”

Nov 4, 2026

Viesturs Kairišs also shares Herzog and Bergman inspirations for the film, opening Tallinn and starring Kārlis Arnolds Avots as Uljana Semjonova, the first non-U.S. woman in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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