Beautiful Death (Brīnišķīgā nāve)

Andris Gauja

What constitutes a beautiful death? Modern neuroscience meets ancient ritual to reimagine our deepest fear — increasingly proving itself not as an endpoint, but a passage, both profound and unexpectedly blissful.

Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy , '

DIRECTOR: Andris Gauja

PRODUCERS: Elza Gauja

Andris Gauja

Currently pursuing a professional doctorate in film studies, Andris has written and directed both documentaries—such as Family Instinct (2010, IDFA nomination, AFI Docs Grand Prix, Cinema Eye Honors nomination)—and narrative films, including Nothing Can Stop Us Now (2019, nine nominations for the Latvian National Film Prize) and The Lesson (2014, Montreal IFF, Chicago IFF, Bergen IFF). His films often explore thought-provoking topics, and his current focus is on scientific documentaries. Recently, Andris premiered his documentary The Art of Looking at the Jihlava IDFF, won the Best Short Documentary at the Madrid Shorts FF, was selected for the DocPoint IDFF (Finland, Estonia) and is currently making its way to other IDFF’s, next stops being ArtDocFest Riga (Latvia) competition, Las Cruces IFF (USA) competition and 60th AFO Science Film Festival (Czech Republic) competition.