“Dusty Doomsday” is an urban fantasy about Schwamme Jr. — a perfectionist inventor living in sterile isolation, haunted by his father’s legacy as the creator of the sponge. When a construction crew arrives to relocate his house, his obsessive order collides with outside chaos, triggering a surreal chain of events that forces him to confront the futility of control.
CAST & CREW
Cast
Aleksandrs Aleksandrovs, Lilija Sūna, Miķelis Žideļūns, Rūdolfs Apse, Jurģis Lūsis, Miks Romanovskis, Dāvis Šmoteks, Ingus Iļjučonoks, Gustavs Iļjučonoks
Director
Alvīna Jansen
Writer
Alvīna Jansen, Jete Anna Puriņa, Asnate Skādule, Emīls Alps
Producer
Emīls Alps
DoP
Aleksandrs Vasks
Editor
Alvīna Jansen
Art Director
Džeina Lubāne
Costume Designer
Līva Ejuba
Makeup Artist
Luīze Stare
Assistant Director
Marta Būmane
The film is an urban fantasy about the fear of change and the illusion of control, told through a highly stylized, wordless cinematic language. By embracing fantasy, humor, and physical comedy, the film aims to portray perfectionism not only as a psychological trap, but also as something fragile and absurd. The protagonist’s attempt to isolate himself from dust and chaos becomes a metaphor for escaping imperfection and the outside world, until that fragile order is inevitably broken.
– Alvīna Jansen, Director
Latvian National Film Award
Nomination | Best Short Film
Latvian National Film Award
Nomination | Best Cinematographer (Aleksandrs Vasks)
