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Lizete Upite

Director

Country: Latvia

T-Port Partner: European Short Pitch, Baltic Pitching Forum, TalentBridge – Berlinale 2026

Born in 1987, Lizete Upīte is an animation film director from Latvia. Lizete begun her studies in audiovisual media in Baltic Film and Media school, Estonia, but after Erasmus exchange studies in Portugal, changed her major to animation. In 2013, after finishing school of directing animation La Poudrière in France, she's been working on several animation projects as well as directed her two animation short films “Night Walks” (2018, produced by Atom Art (Latvia)) and “Riga’s Lilac” (2019, coproduced by Papy3D (France) and Atom Art (Latvia)).

Filmography on T-Port

Riga’s Lilac

In Riga’s public transport you can call the police, if someone smells bad and disturbs...