The film "Uļa" is a visually and emotionally powerful story about identity, coming of age, and the search for belonging, set in Latvia in the late 1960s. It follows Uļa, an Old Believer teenager whose height approaches two meters. When a photo of her class reaches basketball coaches, Uļa is taken to Riga to join a famous basketball team. Struggling with her physique and identity, she trains diligently but soon realizes she must make one of the most important choices of her life: to hide or to become the best basketball player in the world. The film's concept creator and lead actor is Kārlis Arnolds Avots, and it is based on the biography of the legendary Latvian basketball player Uļjana Semjonova. The film had its world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival.