Screening - the film “Uļa”

On October 9 at 19: 00 at the Babīte Cultural and Educational Center in Piņķi, we invite you to a screening of director Viesturs Kairišs’s film “Uļa”. The latest Latvian film tells the story of the legendary basketball player Uļjana Semjonova, revealing her personality and her path to the top of world sport.

Ticket price - 5 euros (available from September 28 at the Babīte Cultural and Educational Center administrator’s office).

The film “Uļa” is a visually and emotionally powerful story about identity, growing up, and the search for belonging. It is set in Latvia in the late 1960s. Uļa is a teenage Old Believer whose height is approaching two meters - when her class photo falls into the hands of basketball coaches, Uļa is taken to Riga to join a famous basketball team. Struggling with her height and identity, she trains diligently, but soon realizes that she must make one of the most important choices of her life - hide away or become the best basketball player in the world.