ILatvia ibuyile yathumela ifilimu kusengaphambili i-Oscar ngefilimu ehamba phambili ngolimi lwangaphandle ukufuna ukuqokwa kwayo kokuqala.
Ifilimu ekhethwe yizwe laseYurophu ngu 'Modris' nguJuris Kursietis, othatha ubufakazi bukaSigne Baumane, owayemele iLatvia ngonyaka odlule ngefilimu yokuqopha yabantu abadala ethi 'Rocks in My Rockets', ifilimu eyayiphakathi kwezintandokazi zokuqokwa kuka-Oscar, kodwa lokho ekugcineni akuzange kudlule ukusika kokuqala.
Eqinisweni ILatvia ayigcinanga nje ngokuphumelela ekuqokweni, kepha futhi ayikazuzi ukusikwa kokuqala Awukho unyaka, okuthile okubonakalayo okubheka ubukhulu obuncane obunamabhayisikobho waseLatvia.
Akubonakali ukuthi lokhu kuzoshintsha kulo nyaka kwazise le filimu isidlulise imincintiswano eminingana yamazwe omhlaba, kufaka phakathi iSan Sebastian Festival, lapho ibibambe iqhaza esigabeni se-New Directors, ingatholi ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu, yize ithole ukubalulwa okukhethekile. Ezweni lakhe Ku-Latvian National Festival uhlabane ngezindondo ezimbili, iBest First Feature neBest Supporting Actress kaRezija Kalnina.
UModris uyalandisa indaba yomama olahla indodana yakhe ngecala elincane lapho ethola ukuthi akakwazi ukubhekana nayo. Kepha impilo yentsha ayikwazi ukuba ngaphansi kokuvivinywa.