title: Red Spot

overview: Pēteris doesn’t get a chance to go pee before the start of the closing race of the semester’s swimming lessons, but he lacks the courage to back out of such a pressure-filled situation. It gets even worse when Pēteris learns that a red spot appears when pool water comes in contact with urine. In facing such a hardship, the boy must become a man.

title: Red Spot

original_title: Sarkanais pleķis


title: One Of Us

type: Poster

status: Released

overview: “One Of Us” follows Latvia-born athletes – wrestler Anastasija Grigorjeva, veteran gymnast Igors Vihrovs, and up-and-coming figure skater Deniss Vasiļjevs. Being of non-Latvian ethnicity, they are sometimes treated as ‘others’ by native Latvians, who welcome them into their ranks only when they’ve shown astonishing results.

title: One Of Us

title: Mūsējie

overview: 'One Of Us' sigue a atletas nacidos en Letonia: la luchadora Anastasija Grigorjeva, el gimnasta veterano Igors Vihrovs y la prometedora patinadora artística Deniss Vasiljevs. Al no pertenecer a una etnia letona, a veces los letones nativos los tratan como 'otros', y sólo les dan la bienvenida a sus filas cuando han mostrado resultados sorprendentes.

job: Sound Director

department: Sound

type: Crew

job: Director

department: Directing

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

job: Producer

department: Production

job: Writer

department: Writing

original_title: Mūsējie

original_language: lv


title: God's Lost Sparrows

Filmas "Dieva putniņi" treileris

key: IezljKmtmZg

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: Near the end of the Second World War, when it became clear that Latvia would be re-invaded by the Soviet Army, some 150,000 of its citizens fled to Germany as refugees. Among them were farmers, businessmen, government officials, intellectuals and ordinary folks who had already experienced the dreadful Year of Terror. Almost one million people from Eastern Europe sought escape from the Soviet regime. The Latvians, who became DPs (displaced persons), tried to create a “little Latvia” within the confines of the refugee camps. This film follows the fates of their children.

title: God's Lost Sparrows

job: Music

original_title: Dieva putniņi


title: The Wall

overview: A fragment of the Berlin Wall in the centre of Riga.

title: The Wall

title: Mūris

job: Executive Producer

original_title: Mūris


title: Seeking Tisse

type: Backdrop

overview: The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films of Sergei Eisenstein. The creators of the film develop the story and cross the lines drawn by biography, trying to understand the magic interaction between a cinematographer and a director, between the cinematographer and the object in front of his camera.

title: Seeking Tisse

title: Meklējot Tisē

character: Narrator

type: Cast

character: Self (archival footage)

job: Cinematography

department: Crew

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Meklējot Tisē


title: Finding Elvis

overview: Elvis is missing, and five of his classmates decide to go looking for him. While in hot pursuit of his tracks, the children are caught up in a whirl of exciting adventures, encountering all sorts of people and unusual situations.

title: Finding Elvis

title: Kur pazudis Elvis?

overview: Filmas galvenie varoņi ir pieci bērni, kuri iesaistās noslēpumaini pazudušā klasesbiedra Elvja meklēšanā. Dzenot pēdas, bērni nokļūst  aizraujošā piedzīvojumu virpulī, tiekas ar dažādiem cilvēkiem un saskaras ar nestandarta situācijām.

job: Art Direction

department: Art

job: Makeup Designer

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Costume Design

original_title: Kur pazudis Elvis?

title: Куда пропал Элвис?

country: RU


title: The Hit

title: The Hit

job: Musician

original_title: Sitiens


title: Annia

overview: Annia (28) lives in Riga and always is in a process and finding her own way, expressing herself in multiple roles. She works as a show manager at The New Riga Theatre, but later she needs to find out how to be unemployed. She teaches tap dance in her own studio, and a great part of her life is to be Dr. Clown in Children's clinical hospital.

title: Annia

original_title: Annija


title: Nude

overview: An awkward young man adopts the online MYSPACE identity of his friend, a popular journalist, in order to attract a woman who he otherwise feels would be out of reach. He succeeds and after corresponding with the girl for some time, he travels to meet her, all the while impersonating his friend (whose picture is rarely published with his articles). Surprisingly, when he finds her, she is living with her boyfriend and claims to have no MYSPACE identity at all. It seems the recluse neighbor of the girl has hijacked her online identity also. Intrigue and moral corruption ensue as this case of stolen virtual identity leads to disaster for both the imposters and all those involved.

title: Nude

job: Novel

job: Camera Operator

original_title: Kailums

title: Обнажение


title: Intelligent Hooligans

name: Inteliģentie Huligāni (2016) treileris | pirmizrāde 22. novembrī k\t Kino Citadele

overview: Young people involved in extreme sports and the current state of street culture are no longer considered to be hooligans. The modern society sees them as athletes striving for success. By disobeing some standards of modern day society, they enrich their personalities, not degrage themselves as some may think. With a true belief in what they do and respect towards the world surrounding them, these youngsters have reached their goals and refined their lives right here in the streets we walk each day. The inteligent hooligans are those who seek to create, not destroy.

title: Intelligent Hooligans

title: Inteliģentie huligāni

overview: Jongeren die zich bezighouden met extreme sporten en de huidige staat van de straatcultuur worden niet langer als hooligans beschouwd. De moderne samenleving ziet hen als atleten die streven naar succes. Door zich te verloochenen aan bepaalde normen van de moderne samenleving, verrijken ze hun persoonlijkheden, niet door zichzelf te degraderen, zoals sommigen misschien denken. Met een oprecht geloof in wat ze doen en respect voor de wereld om hen heen, hebben deze jongeren hun doelen bereikt en hun leven verfijnd hier in de straten waar we elke dag lopen. De intelligente hooligans zijn degenen die proberen te creëren, niet te vernietigen.

original_title: Inteliģentie huligāni


title: Teacher's Hard Day

overview: A comedy about a teacher's destiny, shot in the aesthetic of the beginning of the 20th century.

title: Teacher's Hard Day

original_title: Skolotājas nedienas


title: The Man On Top Of The Mountain

overview: A documentary about Indulis Ranka, a Latvian sculptor.

title: The Man On Top Of The Mountain

original_title: Vīrs kalna virsotnē


title: The Dream Spring

name: The Dream Spring / Sapņu pavasaris (2020) - TRAILER

site: Vimeo

overview: A bunch of friends decide to spend the time of quarantine together in a country house. Seperated from the usual rythm of life, away from the society and with plenty of free time, they enjoy their newly acquired freedom while trying to have fun and getting to know themselves.

title: The Dream Spring

title: Sapņu pavasaris

overview: Bariņš draugu nolemj pavadīt karantīnas laiku kopā, lauku mājā. Atrauti no ierastā dzīves ritma, prom no sabiedrības un ar kaudzi brīvā laika, jaunieši bauda jauniegūto brīvību, vienlaikus cenšoties uzturēt jautrību, mācoties cits ar citu sadzīvot un iepazīstot paši sevi.

original_title: Sapņu pavasaris


title: Crazy Fox And Doctors

overview: The Crazy Fox is taken to a veterinary clinic, and the adventure of endless tests, twists and turns begins! Although the situation becomes extra challenging, when the doctor has to pull out fox’s bad tooth, the final medical diagnosis is – the Fox is healthy, but... crazy.

title: Crazy Fox And Doctors

job: Production Design

original_title: Trakā lapsa un dakteri


title: Collective.ME

key: tpUIShXpCxs

name: Collective.ME  [trailer]  / Kolektīvs.ES

overview: “Collective.Me” is an ironic comedy about the concept of lies and loss of faith.  In a small village, a paper mill is expecting a visit from the Ministry. While the director and his team is looking  for creative tools to subvert official’s attention, something much more important slips by unnoticed.

title: Collective.ME

job: Sound Designer


title: Duna

Duna (2018) - TEASER

type: Teaser

overview: A young woman gets flashbacks from her previous lives - flashbacks of how she died. Is her fate doomed to repeat itself again?

title: Duna

job: Director

original_title: Duna


title: Sand Cowboy

overview: Billy Joe lives in a small town and his biggest dream is to become a famous country musician. All he wants is to participate in the Bauska Country Festival, forgetting about the needs of his girlfriend and reality as such.

title: Sand Cowboy

title: Smilšu kovbojs jeb Kantrī radies Smiltenē

overview: Billijs Džo ar draudzeni Darlīnu, tas ir, Janu dzīvo Smiltenē un sapņo kļūt par kantrīmūzikas zvaigzni. Abu attiecībās sākas problēmas, un Billijs nolemj spert neprātīgu soli – pārdot savu dvēseli velnam, lai kļūtu par izcilu mūziķi.

overview: Korte film: Billy Joe woont in een klein stadje en zijn grootste droom is om een beroemde countrymuzikant te worden. Het enige wat hij wil is deelnemen aan het Bauska Country Festival, waarbij hij de behoeften van zijn vriendin en de realiteit als zodanig vergeet.


title: Days in Major, Nights in Minor

overview: Melānija and Toms are young and in love. Their love is challenged, as it turns out their dreams and ambitions are not the same.

title: Days in Major, Nights in Minor

original_title: Mažora dienas, minora naktis


title: Pinocchio

overview: An actress faces a difficult choice when her teenage daughter gets unwell right before the opening night of a show.

title: Pinocchio

job: Editor

job: Sound Director

original_title: Pinokio


title: Maestro

overview: An ecranisation of an Anšlavs Eglītis's novel of the same title is an ironic story about the Latvian art scene during the 30ies.

title: Maestro

title: Маэстро

overview: Художественный мир тридцатых годов XX века. Прообразом главного героя стал известный латвийский художник Роман Сута.

title: Maestro

title: Maestro

overview: Een ecranisering van de gelijknamige roman van Anšlavs Eglītis is een ironisch verhaal over de Letse kunstscène in de jaren dertig.

job: Original Story

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Maestro


title: Oma

overview: A Latvian grandmother comes to visit her daughter in Los Angeles, where she encounters the surreal reality of life in America.

title: Oma

character: Housewife

character: Kate

character: Waiter 2

character: Sharon

character: Michael

character: Waiter 3 / Salesman

character: Jack

character: Oma

character: Alex

character: Waiter 1

character: Teen 2

character: Leah

job: Music

job: Writer

job: Assistant Editor

job: Producer

original_title: Oma

production_countries: LV US


title: The Path to Baltic Freedom

ATMODAS ANTOLOĢIJA tīzeris

key: kczIIQNvxow

overview: The film, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Popular Front of Latvia, shows the most important turning points in the history of the Latvian National Awakening and Singing Revolution, as well as the rebirth of Latvian national symbols and values. In The Path to Baltic Freedom the authors focus on lesser known pages of history – the influence of perestroika on the early national movements of the 1980s, the role and participation of the Secret Service and the Communist Party in the newly-forming mass movements and their wish to guide or at least control them. The history of the Popular Front is shown not only until their victory in the first free elections in the history of the USSR that resulted in the restoration of independence for the Baltic states; the film also includes the decline of the organization after it had reached the most crucial of its goals.

title: The Path to Baltic Freedom

character: (voice)

job: Art Direction

original_title: Atmodas antoloģija


title: I Would Like To Be A Circle

overview: A film about Alexei Avechkin – a talented, creative dancer who opened up a new page in Latvian ballet history but was taken from life unforgivably early. A story about searching, striving and inspiration.

title: I Would Like To Be A Circle

original_title: Gribētos būt aplim


title: Turpinājums Latvijai

overview: A look back at the first years after Latvia regained its independence.

title: Turpinājums Latvijai

original_title: Turpinājums Latvijai


title: Brahms and Goat's Milk

overview: “Vestards is a God, a God of pianists! The power of his energy is unbelievable!” – after a concert said a fan of Vestards her eyes shining in excitement. Where does the internationally acclaimed pianist Vestards imkus find the source of the divine energy he is so generously offering to his audiences? We are looking for the answers following Vestards for four years and catching a glimpse of his love for nature and life in his remote countryside home in four different seasons. We also observe him at concerts and rehearsals in Riga, Berlin, Madona, Barcelona, Liepāja, London and Bilbao – not pointing out the geography of destinations but documenting the pianist’s absolute devotion for music.

title: Brahms and Goat's Milk

title: Brāmss un kazas piens

character: Self

original_title: Brāmss un kazas piens


title: Fortune’s Favourite

overview: A portrait of prominent opera singer - bass-baritone Egils Silins. For 4 years, the crew followed the singer through the greatest European opera houses. The film reveals behind the scenes and perfor-mances of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at the Latvian National Opera, Wagner’s The Valkyrie at the Zurich Opera, Georges Bizet’s Carmen at the Vienna Opera, and Wagner’s Parsifal at the Munich Opera.

title: Fortune’s Favourite

title: Laimes luteklis

overview: Izcilā operdziedātāja Egila Siliņa portrets. Filmas stāsta pamatā ir dziedātāja ceļš: Rīga — Vīne — La Korunja — Minhene — Berlīne — Cīrihe. Četru gadu garumā filmēšanas grupa sekojusi dziedātāja ceļam Eiropas lielākajos opernamos galvenokārt līdz brīdim, kad atveras operas skatuves priekškars. Filmā Egils Siliņš būs redzams LNO iestudētās Riharda Vāgnera operas "Klīstošais holandietis" un Džakomo Pučīni operas "Toska" fragmentos, kā arī Cīrihes operā iestudētās Riharda Vāgnera operas "Valkīra" fragmentos, bet lielākoties mēģinājumu epizodēs — Vīnes operā tapušajā Žorža Bizē "Karmenas" iestudējumā un Minhenes operā - Riharda Vāgnera "Parsifālā". Par pilsētām, kurās dziedāts, E.Siliņš teic - tās ir tikai pieturvietas; manas īstās mājas ir Rīgā un Apšuciemā.

original_title: Laimes luteklis


title: Mystery of the Old Garden

name: Piedzīvojumu fantāzijas spēlfilma bērniem "VECĀ DĀRZA NOSLĒPUMS"

overview: A family film about an adventure of kids discovering and safeguarding the mystery of an old garden.

title: Mystery of the Old Garden

title: Vecā dārza noslēpums

overview: Pie pensionāra Armanda, kurš dzīvo vecā mājā ar lielu, aizlaistu dārzu ierodas jaunais uzņēmējs Kārlis, kurš vēlas nopirkt māju, taču Armands tam nepiekrīt. Armanda dārzs ir lieliska vieta, kur spēlēties bērnu četrotnei par spīti tam, ka Armands regulāri cenšas bērnus padzīt no dārza. Viss izmainās bērnu un Armanda starpā, kad bērni uzzina, ka Kārlis ar saviem padotiem vēlas pārņemt dārzu ar negodīgām metodēm, lai tajā uzceltu veikalu, un sāk Armandu aizstāvēt. Izrādās, ka iecere par veikala būvi ir tikai Kārļa viltīgs gājiens, jo viņš zina, ka dārzs slēpj sevī daudz lielāku noslēpumu.

title: Vecā dārza noslēpums

overview: Een jonge ondernemer, Karl, die een huis wil kopen, komt naar de gepensioneerde Armand, die in een oud huis woont met een grote, waterige tuin, maar Armand is het daar niet mee eens. Armand's tuin is een geweldige plek om te spelen voor het kinderkwartet, ondanks het feit dat Armand regelmatig kinderen uit de tuin probeert te jagen. Alles verandert tussen de kinderen en Armand wanneer de kinderen horen dat Karl en zijn ondergeschikten de tuin willen overnemen met oneerlijke methoden om er een winkel in te bouwen, en ze beginnen Armand te verdedigen. Het blijkt dat het idee om een winkel te bouwen slechts een sluwe zet van Karl is, omdat hij weet dat de tuin een veel groter geheim verbergt.

job: Set Designer

job: Production Manager

original_title: Vecā dārza noslēpums


title: Dziesmuvara

overview: A film about "Dziesmusvētki" - the Latvian national singing festival tradition.

title: Dziesmuvara

title: Dziesmuvara

overview: Dokumentālā filma "Dziesmuvara" izseko Dziesmu svētku tradīcijai no tās pašiem pirmsākumiem līdz Trešās atmodas sākumam. Simboliskā veidā par tās galveno stāstnieku un notikumu vērotāju izraudzīts karavīrs, lidotājs, mūziķis un korists Jānis Osvalds Muižnieks. Filmā daudz izmantoti citāti no viņa grāmatas "Putnu ceļš", kā arī vēsturiskas fotogrāfijas un kino arhīvi. Filmā pārskatīta visa gandrīz 150 gadus ilgā Dziesmu svētku vēsture, taču tā nav veidota kā hronoloģisks atskats, jo tāds jau atrodams daudzās grāmatās un pētījumos. Filma drīzāk ir stāsts par mūsu tautas likteni dažādos vēstures pagrieziena punktos un dziesmu kā pārlaicīgu mūsu spēka avotu, kas vienmēr bijis mums blakus. Aktiera Andra Keiša balsī filmu caurvij Jāņa Osvalda Muižnieka stāstījums, kas līdzinās lidojumam virs Latvijas, atklājot tās panorāmu dažādos laika griežos. Muižnieka personība šim nolūkam ir ļoti piemērota, jo viņš bija aeronautikas profesors, kara lidotājs, arī dzejnieks, mūziķis un aktīvs korists.

original_title: Dziesmuvara


title: Double Portrait of a Coin

overview: Using previously unpublished footage shot by amateurs in the era of 8 mm cameras, the film is about the simple human life of those who lived in the Soviet Latvia from 1940 until 1991, a time when a double-moral reigned in society.

title: Double Portrait of a Coin

title: Monētas dubultportrets

overview: Filmā apkopoti uz 8 mm kinofilmas dokumentēti mājas kino, kas atklāj vēl līdz šim neredzētu Latvijas kultūrvēstures dārgumu krātuvi.Filma ir par mūsu tēviem un mātēm — par paaudzi, kura dzīvoja, cerēja, mīlēja un sapņoja, būvēja savu dzīvi ar tādiem pašiem mērķiem kā jebkurš cilvēks brīvajā — demokrātiskajā pasaulē. Filma rāda dzīvi sociālistiskā valstī, kas balstījās uz izolētu, no pasaules atdalītu sabiedrību, kur valsts dzīvoja pēc vienas, cilvēki — pēc citas vispārcilvēciskas morāles.

original_title: Monētas dubultportrets


title: John Dored's Island

overview: John Dored was the first Latvian cinematographer to train with the famous Pathé, actively film on the front lines of WWI, and the only foreigner who filmed Lenin’s funeral, illegally. After emigrating to the U.S.A. he worked as a correspondent for Paramount News for 25 years and continued reporting from war zones. The film is based on the correspondence and journals of Dored and his wife Elizabeth – a portrait of a stellar career and of fate, love, life and death.

title: John Dored's Island

original_title: Džona Doreda sala


title: Remember Siberia I

overview: An emotional, figurative and historical study of the memories of people who were deported to Siberia as children on June 14, 1941. The suffering of these victims is presented in contrast to the beautiful landscapes of Siberia. On June 14, 2009, the film crew, some of the deported children who survived and returned to Latvia, and their children, go on a pilgrimage to Siberia to install memorial plaques in memory of the mothers and children who were deported between 1941 and 1949.

title: Remember Siberia I

original_title: Piemini Sibīriju I


title: Greetings From Siberia

overview: People who were forcefully deported from Latvia to Siberia by the Soviet Union in 1941 and 1949 when they were kids. They haven't come back. Many years have passed, the dream of motherland has ended.

title: Greetings From Siberia

original_title: Sveiciens no Sibīrijas


title: The Fathers Over There

overview: Andris Caune, Ojārs Grensbergs, Imants Grāvītis and Jānis Zemtautis spent many years in the Gulag camps.  They survived.  In 1954, a riot broke out in Jezkazan, Kazakhstan.  The men’s camp and women’s camp joined together and held on for 40 days.  Then came the tanks that killed more than 1,000 of them.  Austra Vērpe met her future husband there.  They were lucky to stay alive.  The dream of the musician Zigfrīds Muktupāvels was to find the grave of his paternal uncle in far-off Kazakhstan.  He was named after his uncle, who never came home.  Zigfrīds and a cousin headed off into the steppes to look for a monument reading “Zigfrīds Muktupāvels.”  The next round of deportations occurred in 1949, and whole families were sent to Siberia.  Fathers were tried in court, a great many ended up in punitive camps in Vorkuta and Inta.  Skaidrīte Jostmane and Māris Landers travelled to Vorkuta to find their father’s gravesite.

title: The Fathers Over There

original_title: Tēvi tur


title: Hotel and a Ball

overview: This film is about wondering why the world is the place that it is. Wondering, why beauty often lies in simplicity, or why taking something too seriously might result in the ridiculous, as playing can be at once the most important and serious thing to do.

title: Hotel and a Ball

original_title: Viesnīca un bumba


title: Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls

name: Tapusi dokumentāla filma par Raimondu Paulu

overview: Raimonds Pauls is almost 85 years old, rehearses almost every day and performs at least once a week. What drives him? Not only he is the most popular composer in Latvia: his songs are sung all over the world. "Dāvāja Māriņa" is so popular in Japan that Paul received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. In concerts, he collaborates with world stars of Latvian origin - soprano Elīna Garanča, organist Iveta Apkalna, conductor Mariss Jansons. The Latvian Television film crew follows him during the pandemic, realizing that the restrictions and threats of Covid-19 hardly stop the Maestro in the course of his eternal engine. How does he cope with the challenges that time imposes on a person's physical form and the loneliness when most friends have passed away? What is the source of his inexhaustible lifestyle and creative spirit?

title: Mūžīgais dzinējs. Raimonds Pauls

overview: Viņam ir gandrīz 85 gadi, mēģinājumi gandrīz katru dienu un koncerti vismaz reizi nedēļā. Kas viņu dzen? Raimonds Pauls ir populārākais komponists ne tikai Latvijā. Viņa dziesmas dzied visā pasaulē.  «Dāvāja Māriņa» ir tik populāra Japānā, ka Pauls saņēmis japāņu Uzlecošās Saules ordeni. Pašam gan vistuvākais ir džezs. Viņš koncertos sadarbojas ar latviešu izcelsmes pasaules zvaigznēm – soprānu Elīnu Garanču, ērģelnieci Ivetu Apkalnu, diriģentu Marisu Jansonu. Latvijas Televīzijas filmēšanas grupa viņam seko pandēmijas laikā, atskāršot, ka ierobežojumi un Covid-19 draudi diez ko neaptur Maestro viņa mūžīgā dzinēja gaitā. Kā viņš tiek galā ar pārbaudījumiem, ko cilvēka fiziskajam veidolam uzliek laiks, un vientulību, kad vairums draugu aizgājuši mūžībā? Kas ir viņa neizsīkstošā dzīvesspara un radošā gara avots?

title: Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls

title: Mūžīgais dzinējs. Raimonds Pauls

overview: Raimonds Pauls is bijna 85 jaar oud, repeteert vrijwel dagelijks en treedt minimaal één keer per week op. Wat drijft hem? Niet alleen is hij de populairste componist in Letland: zijn liedjes worden over de hele wereld gezongen. 'Dāvāja Māriņa' is zo populair in Japan dat Paul de Japanse Orde van de Rijzende Zon ontving. Tijdens concerten werkt hij samen met wereldsterren van Letse afkomst - sopraan Elīna Garanča, organist Iveta Apkalna, dirigent Mariss Jansons. De filmploeg van de Letse televisie volgt hem tijdens de pandemie, in het besef dat de beperkingen en dreigementen van Covid-19 de Maestro nauwelijks kunnen tegenhouden tijdens zijn eeuwige motor. Hoe gaat hij om met de uitdagingen die de tijd oplegt aan iemands fysieke vorm en met de eenzaamheid als de meeste vrienden zijn overleden? Wat is de bron van zijn onuitputtelijke levensstijl en creatieve geest?

job: Screenplay

job: Drone Cinematographer

job: Music Consultant

job: Assistant Director of Photography

job: Lighting Director

department: Lighting

job: Sound Editor


title: Dilli Dalli in Perpendicular's Kingdom

overview: Dilli Dalli is an adventurous boy who can bring his toys to life. Now, however, he needs to meet his opponent - the evil Perpendicular, who makes everything that's living to disappear. Dilli Dalli goes to the kingdom of the evil Perpendicular to save his toys he brought to life.

title: Dilli Dalli in Perpendicular's Kingdom

title: Dillī Dallī Perpendikula valstībā

title: Дилли Далли в стране Перпендикула

overview: Юный волшебник Дилли Далли превращает на детской площадке игрушечных зверят в живых, и те отправляются гулять. Потом приходят дети и не находят своих игрушек. Дилли Далли отправляется на поиски зверят, и попадает в страну, где хозяйничает Перпендикул – мрачный тип, превращающий всё живое в квадраты и прямоугольники…

job: Director

original_title: Dillī Dallī Perpendikula valstībā


title: The Mole and The Bull

overview: The Mole's life is tricky - a battle among humans is happening right above his head, and also his neighbor the Bull does not like the Mole very much. But all will end well!

title: The Mole and The Bull

job: Editor

job: Sound Director

original_title: Kurmis un bullis


title: Eight Full Moons

overview: In 2010, authors of the documentary film “Eight Full Moons” spent 5 weeks in one of the most dangerous places on planet, Kunar province - northeastern part of Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan.  The focus of film is the human side of war, soldier emotions outside the security wall of observation post. The audience of the film becomes a witness of unique shots of the first hand emotions after the soldier is wounded in the ambush and luckily escaped from death.

title: Eight Full Moons

original_title: Astoņi pilnmēneši

production_countries: AF LV


title: Katram savi tarakāni

overview: The well known but misunderstood career of talanted opera singer Uldis Leiškalns ended more than 20 years ago. The real reasons behind him being fired remain a mistery. How does the life of an opera star change after stepping down from the golden stage to the gray streets of Riga?

title: Katram savi tarakāni

character: Uldis Leiškalns

job: Co-Producer

job: Sound Recordist

job: Camera Operator

original_title: Katram savi tarakāni


title: Firefly

overview: Otis, a young firefly, is in trouble. He wants a girlfriend and he can't get his light to shine as bright as the others.

title: Firefly

job: Writer

job: Music

job: Animation

department: Visual Effects

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Jāņtārpiņš

title: Светлячок


title: History Behind The Screen. 35 mm

name: Reklāmas rullīts dokumentālai filmai -  Vēsture aiz kadra. Kino. (THistory Behind The Screen 35mm.)

overview: Some of the most iconic images in Latvian visual history were taken 30 years ago, when the so-called Singing Revolution took place. This documentary that includes well-known and previously unseen 35 mm footage, is about those who took these shots, told in their own voices, their own emotions and memories.

title: History Behind The Screen. 35 mm

title: Vēsture aiz kadra. Kino

overview: Filma "Vēsture aiz kadra" ir stāsts par to, kā tapa kino materiāli, kas kļuvuši par neatņemamu Latvijas audiovizuālās vēstures daļu, – kadri, kuros iemūžinātas janvāra barikādes, Tautas frontes dibināšanas manifestācija Mežaparkā, Augstākās Padomes balsojums 1990. gada 4. maijā, sarkanbaltsarkanā karoga uzvilkšana Sv. Gara tornī, augusta pučs un citi Trešās atmodas notikumi. Tajā iekļauti 30 gadus pēc to uzņemšanas digitalizēti 35 mm kinolentes fragmenti; materiālus papildina to autoru atmiņas.

job: Producer

original_title: Vēsture aiz kadra. Kino


title: Vārpa - The Promised Land

name: Vārpa - promised land trailer/ Vārpa  - apsolītā zeme, treilers

overview: In the early 1920s, soon after the Latvian republic was established, about 2000 Baptists immigrated to Brazil to await the end of the world. It did not come, and Latvians created an island of Christianity in the middle of a rainforest. The Latvian language is still spoken in the Vārpa settlement, but the younger generations have left the area.

title: Vārpa - The Promised Land

original_title: Vārpa - apsolītā zeme


title: Sterile Zone

overview: Kristaps is a medical student. His father was once a great surgeon. Kristaps wants to become a surgeon as well, but during one of his first operations, he faints... The film is a tragicomic story about dreams and ways to reach them; it is about the belief in oneself, the occasional struggle, family legends and the ability to change ourselves.

title: Sterile Zone

job: Makeup Artist

job: Costume Design

job: Art Direction

original_title: Sterilā zona


title: Over the Roads, Over the River

name: ''Pāri ceļiem un upei'' filmas treileris

name: Pāri ceļiem un upei: 7 ārpusnieku skats uz Rīgu / Over the Roads, Over the River: 7 outsiders look at Riga

overview: Seven versions of Riga, the city on the Baltic Sea, and its features as seen by outstanding European film directors: Sergei Loznitsa (The Old Jewish Cemetery), Ivars Seleckis (On Ķīpsala), Audrius Stonys (Riga Boats), Jaak Kilmi (Littering Prohibited!), Jon Bang Karlsen (Cats in Riga), Rainer Komers (Daugava Delta), and Bettina Henkel (Theatre Street 6).

title: Over the Roads, Over the River

original_title: Pāri ceļiem un upei


title: The Church Will Arrive in the Evening

name: The Church will Arrive in the Evening [film extract] / Vienkārši Pops

type: Clip

overview: In the ice-free months of the year Father Gennady captains a barge transformed into a floating Orthodox Church on a mission trip along the Volga-Don Canal to the remote Russian villages. At each port of call Father Gennady leads church services, distributes holy sacraments and hears confessions. But some unexpected circumstances cause the mission to suddenly take a rather different turn.

title: The Church Will Arrive in the Evening

title: Vienkārši pops

overview: Kad Volgas—Donas kanāls atbrīvojas no ledus, Tēvs Genādijs pārceļas uzdzīvi baržā, kas pārbūvēta par peldošu baznīcu, un dodas misijas braucienā uz tālajām Donas stepes sādžām. Kopš 1997.gada peldošās baznīcas Sv. Innokentijs ierašanās ir kļuvusi par gada centrālo notikumu daudziem pie Donas dzīvojošajiem ļaudīm. Gandrīz visas baznīcas šajā reģionā padomju varas gados tika sagrautas, un peldošā baznīca ticīgajiem ir vienīgā iespēja piedalīties svētajā liturģijā un saņemt baznīcas sakramentu. Taču viss mainās, kad kārtējais misijas brauciens iegūst gluži negaidītu pavērsienu.

original_title: Vienkārši pops


title: Still Life

overview: Elīna returns to the summer house of her childhood to show it to buyers. The visceral presence of her dead grandmother forces her to reflect on the legacy of failing familial relations – and how she and her mother are approaching a similar fate.

title: Klusā daba

overview: Elīna retourne dans la maison où elle a passé les étés de son enfance pour la montrer à des clients. La présence de sa grand-mère hantant les lieux la fait se perdre dans des réflexions.

title: Still Life

title: Klusā daba

title: Klusā daba

job: Set Decoration

original_title: Klusā daba

production_countries: LV DE


title: Beats of the Empty Land

overview: Fourteen year old Arvids lives in a small village and spends most of his time daydreaming about his future plans together with his best friend Klavs. One morning, while jogging, Arvids unintentionally finds himself in a situation that makes him witness a dreadful manifestation of his own ferocious nature. As a result, Arvids starts to see an environment around him from a different perspective and ponders on his own future inside it. Arvids is faced with a decision - to give in to pressure of his peers or to take responsibility for the consequences of his own actions.

title: Beats of the Empty Land

original_title: Tukšās zemes ritmi


title: Prayer for a Home

overview: Prayer for a Home shows how everyone needs shelter and a home – people in Latvia, Europe and troubled regions throughout the world. The film relates the story of the distinguished Latgalian poet Anna Rancāne and her family – her daughter Terēze, her grandson Daniel, and Daniel’s father, Dara Muhammad Ali – who are trying to stick together despite unfortunate circumstances. Even though Terēze and Anna are Catholic, while Dara is a Muslim from Kurdistan, their love transcends religious, national and cultural prejudice. However, due to circumstances beyond their control, the family is not destined to remain together, despite doing everything they can to stay close.

title: Prayer for a Home

job: Music Producer

original_title: Lūgšana mājai


title: Master of Ice

overview: Once upon a time a strange magician arrives during the festivities at the King’s palace. He is a Master of Ice, and his specialty is to freeze everything. The King does not like the icy magic, and the magician is impolitely sent away. Even the Princess laughs at him. But later the angry magician returns and freezes the Princess, stealing her away to his ice castle. When they try to rescue her, the Mater of Ice freezes the whole kingdom. Only young Page remains unfrozen, and he is only one who can try to rescue the Princess...

title: Master of Ice

title: Le Maître des glaces

title: Ledus pavēlnieks

overview: Draugi Munks un Lemijs cenšas tuksnesī izaudzēt augļu koku, taču tam nepieciešams ūdens. Munkam izdodas atrast avotu ar neparastu ūdeni – tikko to uzlej stādam, tas sāk plaukt, zaļot un nest augļus brīnumainā ātrumā. Paziņa Zaļais Sliņķis, arī gribēdams tikt pie augļiem, nejauši izlej brīnumaino ūdeni un atdzīvina aizvēsturisku skeletu. Tikai pēc briesmu pilnas bēgšanas un asprātīgas rīcības abiem draugiem izdodas tikt galā ar agresīvo skeletu un paglābties. Pēc desmit gadu pārtraukuma studija Animācijas brigāde atgriežas pie 90. gados iemīļotajiem miniseriāla varoņiem. Filmas titros ierakstīts veltījums pasaules kinorežijas klasiķim Stīvenam Spīlbergam, apliecinot Animācijas brigādes filmu raksturīgākās iezīmes – labdabīgu ironiju un humoru, kas piesaista arī pieaugušos skatītājus; to pašu demonstrē arī latviskais lācis, kurš kopš 90. gadu vidus rēc visu studijas AB filmu sākuma titros, parodējot Holivudas studijas MGM rēcošo lauvu.

job: Visual Effects

original_title: Ledus pavēlnieks


title: Rockin' Down The Curtain: The 60ies. Beginning

name: Savējie sapratīs! Sešdesmitie. Sākums / We knew

overview: Choosing the fate of a rock musician was similar to being a dissident. From the 60s, the Soviet Union tried to discourage and restrict the expansion of rock music by any means. They called it the “rotten fruit of degraded capitalism, demoralizing the minds of Soviet youth”. Despite that, rock music broke the wall – made a hole in the Iron Curtain – and gained the hearts and minds of tens of thousands of young people.Rock musicians were on the frontline of the rebellion against the Soviet regime. Despite censorship, they managed to deliver, in a hidden, roundabout way through lyrics and music, the spirit of nonconformity and freedom of choice to their audience. A film about Latvian and Soviet rock pioneers, their lives and destinies.

job: Director

original_title: Savējie sapratīs: Sešdesmitie. Sākums


title: Rockin’ Down The Curtain: The 70ies. Glitter And Gloom

overview: During the Soviet time, choosing the fate of a rock musician was similar to being a dissident.

original_title: Savējie sapratīs: Septiņdesmitie. Spožums un posts


title: Residents

overview: The documentary “Residents” probes problems in Latvia in general and Latvia’s medicine in particular with the story of two energetic young interns, Kārlis and Laura.

title: Residents

title: Rezidenti

overview: De documentaire 'Residents' onderzoekt de problemen in Letland in het algemeen en de Letse geneeskunde in het bijzonder met het verhaal van twee energieke jonge stagiaires, Kārlis en Laura.

job: Editor

original_title: Rezidenti


title: The Wounded Rider

overview: In two monumental symbols of the national awareness sculptor Kārlis Zāle has immortalized his vision about the state of Latvia. Freedom Monument is the statement of the sculptor’s love for his native country. Kārlis Zāle with his characteristic monumental touch sees life in large and powerful lines; the same way he perceives also sculpture that requires much vital force and daring. The full-length documentary “The Wounded Rider” is based on facts from the life of the sculptor Kārlis Zāle and documents on the construction of the Freedom Monument, providing insight in the political and social scene of the age and presenting outstanding figures in the culture and art together with the ideals of that time.

title: The Wounded Rider

title: Ievainotais jātnieks

job: Sound Director

job: Original Music Composer

job: Script Consultant

original_title: Ievainotais jātnieks


title: Freimis. Mārtiņš Freimanis

overview: A documentary about the Latvian pop singer Mārtiņš Freimanis who died at the early age of 33. The director of this film, Arvīds Krievs, has directed two films starring Freimanis as an actor, and had an intimate connection with him as they were neighbours and Freimanis trusted him more than the journalists or reporters who interviewed him. Arvīds Krievs had planned to make a film about the singer for a few years, so he filmed the singer's life extensively.

title: Freimis. Mārtiņš Freimanis

original_title: Freimis. Mārtiņš Freimanis


title: Cecil

overview: Cecil is being followed by a dung fly wherever he goes.

title: Cecil

job: Production Design

original_title: Sesils


title: The End Game

overview: A former actor is fascinated by an idea. He meets a scientist, a speech therapist, and a juggler, and convinces them to stage Endgame by Samuel Beckett. They believe that Beckett’s play about four people trapped in a world that is about to collapse describes the situation in which they find themselves in.

title: The End Game

job: Writer

original_title: Spēle ar beigām


title: Sunday Wife

overview: An erotic mystical experimental film with a psychoanalytic view of a couple living in Finland. The wife is unhappy in Finland, and her husband covinces her to return to Latvia, promising to visit her on weekends. The wife is left with her loneliness and fears - until she learns that her husband is not so reliable… and decides to take revenge. The film is based on the motifs of Kristīne Teilane’s story.

title: Sunday Wife

job: Music

original_title: Svētdienas sieva


title: Hunting

overview: The old forest-guard lives in a house in the middle of the woods surrounded by his friends, the animals. One day he hears that the hunters are planning a hunt. The situation seems hopeless, but there is someone who can help – the Rescue Team.

title: Hunting

job: Animation

original_title: Medības


title: Contemporary

overview: This film represents a figurative view on the developments of contemporary art in Latvian modern environment by following the path of a piece of art to the audience for a certain period of time and by finding a unified system of characters in the process. One piece of art is advancing the story on the background of a previous piece, the next one is continuing it in another direction just like in a movie two shots alongside create the third one and result in another modern art object – film.

title: Contemporary

title: Laikmetīgā

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Laikmetīgā


title: Trillium

overview: There are about 250 people with a unique ancestry. Livonians – one of the smallest and most endangered nations. Each of Livonians has a duty to preserve their identity and the great history of their ancestors. Trillium follows the footsteps of a poet and researcher Valts Ernštreits, who is one of 20 people able to speak fluent Livonian – an indigenous language related to Estonian and Finnish – in his efforts to look after the language and culture of these ancient settlers of the Baltic Sea coast.

title: Trillium

job: Producer

original_title: Trillium


title: Fedya. Theodor. Tulio

overview: It’s discovered by chance that legendary Finnish film director Teuvo Tulio came from a remote village in Latvia near the Russian border. During his childhood he was known by the Russian nickname, Fedya. The local authorities immediately place a memorial stone in his honour, but the local peasants are confused and even angry about the unwanted publicity and guests. They have neither heard of Teuvo Tulio, nor seen his films...

title: Fedya. Theodor. Tulio

title: Fedja

job: Co-Producer

original_title: Fedja

title: Fedja - Theodor - Tulio

country: FI

production_countries: FI LV


title: Dance With Me

overview: A high-school folk dancing group heads to Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival, an event that takes place every five years and is part of the Latvian national identity – this is the culmination point of five years of work. Away from their homes and parents, they spend seven days and nights together. They are 18 and have just graduated, and this seems to be the last idle summer of their lives. Dreams mix with boredom, silly jokes with serious conversations. Taking care of one another creates affection and grows into a collective power. There are thousands like them at the festival. Every individual sensation turns into a common celebration that becomes more than just a tradition.

title: Dance With Me

original_title: Nāc ar mani padejot


title: I Love You Riga

overview: 13 stories about love set in the capital of Latvia.

title: I Love You Riga

original_title: Es mīlu tevi, Rīga

title: Я люблю тебя, Рига


title: Lost in Latgale

name: Pazust Latgalē / oficiālais kacinātājs II

overview: For the first time, enthusiasts of four major extreme sports come together to make a trip of a lifetime in their own country. They choose not to spend a stack of money crossing borders, but instead they stay in Latvia and explore the countryside in the southeast, which is known as the land of blue lakes – Latgale.  It’s an unheard-of experience, putting skateboarders, rollerbladers, MTB and BMX riders together in a van for 12 days, just to see what happens. Each rider has his own story to tell, and together they form a 53-minute-long documentary film that reveals a wild story to remember. One that will hopefully inspire you to get up and make your own story.

title: Lost in Latgale

job: Camera Operator

original_title: Pazust Latgalē


title: VEF, The 54th Season

overview: Basketball is more than a game. Each team is made from the work of many, but its success is only measured in wins. The film follows the 54th season of the VEF basketball team’s daily life, and explores its history in order to understand what makes a good team: players, coaches, captains, or perhaps just pure luck and budget.

title: VEF, The 54th Season

original_title: VEF 54. sezona

production_countries: FR KZ LV RU ES


title: The Most Beautiful Woman in Latvia

overview: An ironic take on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set in the modern day.

title: The Most Beautiful Woman in Latvia

original_title: Latvijas skaistākā sieviete


title: Firefly Mission

overview: A story about the backstage of travelling Latvian puppet theatre "Maska". The group consists of three actors and a tiny bus. They travel around the county performing at clubs in the countryside, schools, kindergartens...

title: Firefly Mission

original_title: Jāņtārpiņa misija


title: Netīrā zona

overview: A look into how it is to work in the Covid-19 area at a Latvian hospital. Created by a team of journalists of Latvian Television: Aija Kinca, Ivans Milovs, Dace Kokle, and Edmunds Rimšāns.

title: Netīrā zona

original_title: Netīrā zona


title: The Influencers

overview: The filmmakers follow the lives of two popular Latvian influencers - Agnija Grigule and Rojs Rodžers - for eight months. Invited experts analyse the impact of the digital environment on our everyday life. It's a snapshot of the features of the influencer phenomenon in Latvia as it was in 2020.

title: The Influencers

original_title: Influenceri


title: Actress and Her Time. Vija Artmane

overview: A documentary about Latvian film star Vija Artmane.

title: Actress and Her Time. Vija Artmane

title: Aktrise un laiks. Vija Artmane

overview: Artmane bija liela personība un liela aktrise – pielūgta, apbrīnota un apskausta. Piedzīvojusi visu, ko sniedz un paņem slavas nasta, bet mūža otrajā pusē saskārusies ar dzīves medaļas otru pusi – novecošanas traģiku un trūkumu. No jaunas ģimnāzistes baltā kleitā ar lentu matos un Džuljetas līdz Džūlijai Lambertei, Anglijas karalienei, Pīķa dāmai un rūpnīcas priekšniecei parūkā, bet galu galā – arī nabagmājas komendantei. Aktrise ir sava laika atspulgs gan skatuves tēlos, gan publiskajā un privātajā dzīvē.

original_title: Aktrise un laiks. Vija Artmane


title: Čikāgas piecīši. Par mani, draudziņ, nebēdā

name: Dokumentālās filmas "Čikāgas Piecīši. Par mani, draudziņ, nebēdā!" treileris

overview: A documentary about the band of Latvian exile musicians, "Čikāgas piecīši".


title: Jess

overview: She was in the lift. Then he joined her...

title: Jess

job: Idea

original_title: Jess


title: The Baltic Freedom Way

overview: A film about the events that set the Baltic States on a historic path after proclaiming independence in the early 20th century. The first attempts for closer ties were made during the 1920s and 1930s, but they couldn’t avoid losing independence again during WWII. The greatest example of Baltic States cooperation was the joint demonstration against the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on August 23rd, 1989 – the Baltic Way, in which almost 2 million people joined hands and created a human chain from Tallinn to Riga to Vilnius. It was a huge step towards the re-establishment of independence during the collapse of the USSR a year later. The Baltic Way was the catalyst for the process that led to the reality in which we now live: the great social, economic and political transitions of the 1990s, and the reintegration into the European cultural, economic and political milieu. The Baltic Way was the collaboration of the 3 sister-states, forging ahead, side by side, in joy and sorrow.

title: The Baltic Freedom Way

original_title: Baltijas brīvības ceļš


title: Lady. Painter Dzemma Skulme

overview: A documentary about Latvian artist Džemma Skulme.

title: Lady. Painter Dzemma Skulme

title: Dāma. Gleznotāja Džemma Skulme

overview: Een documentaire over de Letse kunstenaar Džemma Skulme.

original_title: Dāma. Gleznotāja Džemma Skulme


title: 4x4 For Freedom

overview: What kind of masters have we been in our independent country? A quarter of a century ago these four men were among those who voted for a free Latvia. 2015 was the 25th anniversary of the independence declaration. Deputies from the then Tukums district were among of the voters on that day, the 4th of May. A look from outside of Riga.

title: 4x4 For Freedom

original_title: 4x4 par brīvību


title: Bez vecuma ierobežojuma

overview: A documentary revealing society's perceptions of old age.

title: Bez vecuma ierobežojuma

original_title: Bez vecuma ierobežojuma


title: Workshop in the Countryside

overview: At the end of 70ies, when individual houses were getting destroyed in the Latvian countryside to put everyone in Soviet kolkhozs, painters Inta Celmiņa and Edvards Grūbe bought a house in Vidzeme, far away from everybody. It was a new beginning for the house, and for the artists as well, who now lead a double life, spending winters in Riga, and summers - in their workshop in the countryside. It's a story about the classic values of Latvian painting and the environment that breeds it.

title: Workshop in the Countryside

original_title: Darbnīca laukos


title: Latvian Gold

overview: A documentary about the almost mythical "Latvian gold" - where it comes from and what's being done with it.

title: Latvian Gold

original_title: Latvijas zelts


title: Boris Says

overview: Latvian painter Boriss Bērziņš talks about life and art in his workshop. A documentary that was awarded "Lielais Kristaps" for best debut.

title: Boris Says

original_title: Boriss saka


title: Romeo and Juliet

overview: An emotional and stylistically consistent documentary musical depicting the staging of Bernstein’s West Side Story with deaf youths. The dramatic material is intertwined with life and the emotional scenes of the musical; it creates a distinctive choreography, which is a statement of the deaf people’s craving to love this world and to be open. Reciting to music, which is the way of singing of the deaf, is the strongest and most unexpected witness of the realities of their world.

title: Romeo and Juliet

job: Art Direction

original_title: Romeo un Džuljeta


title: The Monument

overview: Viesturs Kairišs’ 2004 documentary The Monument investigates the interpretation of Riga’s Soviet Second World War memorial in the post-Soviet era. The "Victory Monument" was established by the Soviets to celebrate freeing Latvia from Nazi Germany. However, for Latvians, this didn't mean "freedom", it meant the beginning of another occupation of their country - this time, by Soviet Union.

title: The Monument

original_title: Piemineklis


title: Afigenna

overview: A dialogue between a mother and her son.

title: Afigenna

original_title: Afigenna


title: Undercurrent

overview: After falling out with his girlfriend, Pauls, an employee of an advertising firm, starts spying on Sandra, a woman who lives across the street. As Pauls’ obsession with Sandra deepens, he becomes a witness to her murder.

title: Undercurrent

job: Sound Editor

original_title: Apakšstraume


title: The Children of the Aviation Institute

overview: During the Soviet times, the Aviation Institute in Riga was where our fathers came to study. When the Soviet Union collapsed, they became the first black inhabitants of Latvia. We are their children - the first generation of dark-skinned Latvians. We are trying to figure out how our lives differ from those of our fathers, and what distinguishes or unites us with the rest of the Latvian society. What does it mean - to be different, and how does it affect our lives?

title: The Children of the Aviation Institute

original_title: Aviācijas institūta bērni


title: I Am Ambiguous

overview: A photographer has lived his life doing the same things on repeat. Photographs embody his passion and the quest for meaning in life. One day, the photographer experiences a situation that reflects the ambiguous nature of his mind and emotions. He himself becomes a witness and reveals the truth that has been a mystery to him so far.

title: I Am Ambiguous

original_title: Esmu divdomīgs


title: Soup

overview: The film Soup is the story of a trip in search of lost time. Only instead of Marcel Proust’s Madeleine cookie, the chicken soup by Podravka, well remembered by many generations in former Soviet countries and in Eastern Europe, is the triggering element.

title: Soup

title: Zupa

overview: De film Soep is het verhaal van een reis op zoek naar verloren tijd. Alleen in plaats van het Madeleine-koekje van Marcel Proust is de kippensoep van Podravka, goed herinnerd door vele generaties in voormalige Sovjetlanden en in Oost-Europa, het triggerende element.

job: Sound Designer

original_title: Zupa

title: Soppa


title: Kas dzīvo komunalkā

overview: A tragicomic story about the passions and commotions behind the closed doors of communal flats in Riga.

title: Kas dzīvo komunalkā

job: Director

original_title: Kas dzīvo komunalkā


title: The Inked Family

overview: “The Inked Family” follows a couple of married Latvian-born tattoo artists – Anrijs and Monami Frost of online fame. They’re now living in Liverpool with their daughter, and their previous lives in Latvia seem almost surreal to them. The film traces Monami’s past, and the couple’s current lives and the success they’ve found as tattoo artists.

title: The Inked Family

job: Editor

original_title: Izkrāsotā ģimene


title: The Last Day of School

overview: After receiving an edict from the municipal authorities about the closing of their school, the students at Mežvidi primary school continue to attend lessons and exercise creativity and fun, but it’s all clouded in a sense of fatality. They aren’t many students, and because of that the school resembles a large family rather than an institution. Near the Russian border, deep in the Latgale region, this place will become a nowhere-land once the youth depart. In an intimate message about a national problem, the story focuses on three sisters for whom life is about to drastically change. Through their daily lives and small adventures we try to understand the real meaning of the contention that “the countryside is dying”. And we see hope.

title: The Last Day of School

job: Sound Director

original_title: Pēdējais zvans


title: Summer with Moses and a Golden Calf

name: Tā dullā Strengas dēļ jeb vasara ar zelta teļu. 4. decembrī plkst. 21:00 Kaņepes Kultūras centrā

overview: It’s summer in a village by the sea, and a retired actor once again invites locals to participate in an open-air opera performance. During the past ten years they’ve staged many classical operas; this year it’s time for Schoenberg and Verdi.

title: Summer with Moses and a Golden Calf


title: Áigi (Time)

overview: A reindeer herdsman’s life is as gently monotonous as the tundra itself. It flows in synchrony with the life of the reindeer herd from one migration to the next. The time between these two points belongs entirely to the herdsman. It’s áigi - the herdsman’s time.

title: Áigi (Time)

title: Gana laiks

original_title: Gana laiks

title: Tundras muutusteta

country: EE

production_countries: EE LV


title: Gutenmorgen and the Third Eye

overview: Gutenmorgen is an eccentric family man who tends to see his life in bright colours. In order to improve his failing eyesight, Gutenmorgen decides to open a third eye. Gutenmorgen begins mediating with a self-proclaimed guru and hopes that this unconventional activity will make his family and friends appreciate him just a little bit more.

title: Gutenmorgen and the Third Eye

job: Screenplay

job: Original Story

original_title: Gūtenmorgens un Trešā Acs


title: The Fish

overview: Albert is an old man who lives in a house surrounded by the forest. Since the death of his wife, he spends his days in solitude. Driven by loneliness, despair and a longing for his deceased wife, Albert agrees to participate in a spiritual séance, just to be with her one last time. The séance fails; however, it triggers a chain of surreal events that give him hope of regaining that which seemed lost forever. Unfortunately, these events happen only in Albert’s unconscious mind.

title: The Fish

title: Zivs

job: Costume Design

job: Makeup Designer

original_title: Zivs


title: Let's Make It Pretty

overview: Two Rigans - Valentīna and Armands - make makeshift yard exhibitions by their homes out of objects they’ve found. They share the same hobby despite not knowing each other. As they’re decorating their little gardens of wonder for the upcoming Midsummer festival, it turns out that they too can find understanding and a sense of not being alone in their dreams.

title: Let's Make It Pretty

job: Writer

original_title: Lai smuki!


title: Lame-o’s

overview: Lame-o’s is set just before the Millennium, in 1999, and is the story of three school friends who are among the most unpopular girls in their class. The friends are determined to radically change the situation. The three friends at the centre of the story are Sarmīte, Sveta and Katrīna, who are studying in the last class of the secondary school. The upcoming Millennium and their approaching graduation make them undertake various measures to become appreciated and liked, which eventually challenge their friendship.

title: Lame-o’s

title: Tizlenes

overview: Ir 1999. gads, tuvojas Millenium svinības. Trīs devītklasnieces Sarmīte, Sveta un Katrīna ir nolēmušas mainīt savu dzīvi un no klases apsmietākajām “tizlenēm” pārvērsties par skolas populārākajām meitenēm. Taču ne viss iet kā plānots, un meitenēm nākas saprast, ka izlikšanās par to, kas neesi, nenes nedz laimi, nedz stilīgumu, un dzīvē viss nenotiek kā kino.

title: Zoufalky

overview: Píše se rok 1999 a oslavy konce milénia se blíží. Sarmite, Sveta a Katrina, tři žákyně 9. třídy, už mají školní šikany dost. Rozhodnou se to změnit a do termínu plesu se stát nejpopulárnějšími dívkami školy. Vybaveny inspirací z hollywoodských filmů a televizních seriálů hodlají dosáhnout popularity tím, že jim garde na ples budou dělat největší školní borci...

job: Production Design

original_title: Tizlenes

title: Lahm-Ärsche

country: DE

production_countries: CZ LV


title: Our Land and Liberty. Bermontiade

overview: A film about the alarming events of the autumn of 1919, when the fate of modern-day, post WWI Europe was decided in Riga. Three world views clashed on the banks of the Daugava River – a national state for Latvians as proclaimed a year earlier, the Bolshevik revolutionary idea, and the resurrection of a monarchy. The reactionary monarchy interests were represented by German General Graf Rudiger von der Goltz, and Russian Colonel Pavel Bermont.

title: Our Land and Liberty. Bermontiade

title: Бермонтиада

overview: Фильм о тревожных событиях осени 1919 года, когда в Риге решалась судьба современной, послевоенной Европы. На берегах Даугавы столкнулись три мировоззрения – провозглашенное годом ранее национальное государство для латышей, большевистская революционная идея и возрождение монархии. Интересы реакционной монархии представляли немецкий генерал граф Рюдигер фон дер Гольц и русский полковник Павел Бермонт.

title: Bermontiāda

job: Director of Photography

job: Music

original_title: Bermontiāda


title: Train Station Latvians 1937

Stacija Latviesi 1937 (trailer)

key: HywUZutQhKE

overview: Latvians have left their land for all corners of the earth over the last centuries – either driven out for disobeying the powers at large, or due to wars and revolutions, or with visions of a better life. And not always to an easier life. But there was only one place where an anti-Latvian campaign was waged, where every Latvian was treated as a spy, a traitor, and the enemy, and therefore deserved to be tortured and shot. This was during the 1937 repression in Russia, where the horror and pathologies, made Latvians into betrayers and murderers of their own kind.

title: Train Station Latvians 1937

job: Producer

original_title: Stacija Latvieši 1937


title: Gvido Zvaigzne

overview: In January 2011, Latvia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in January 1991. Film producer Andris Slapiņš was killed, and cameraman Gvido Zvaigzne was fatally injured on the night of January 20th and died in hospital two weeks later. He was a young man whose talent had not yet fully flourished. His story, however, contains elements that make it not only possible to demonstrate his personal tragedy, but also the problematic existence of a young and creative person during an era when everything was crumbling around him. Destiny kept Gvido Zvaigzne from finishing his route, but the events and values of his life represent a model of his generation’s efforts.

title: Gvido Zvaigzne

original_title: Gvido Zvaigzne


title: Where Did The Fathers Go?

key: hQfSU-WrSoY

name: Dokumentālās filmas "Kur palika tēvi?" (Where did the Fathers go?) treileris

overview: The children who were sent to Siberia in 1941 have not seen their fathers – in their memories they recollect: “My father was arrested, he was sent to Vyatlag camp. He died there in March, 1942. He was not convicted. Father was tried in the autumn of 1942, when he was already dead, Moscow Troika verdict: 10 years in prison and confiscation of property...”The railcar moves along overgrown rails. For 70 years, the twelve participants of the journey have wanted to go to the places from where their fathers did not return. Among the harsh nature the tension on their faces shows.

title: Where Did The Fathers Go?

original_title: Kur palika tēvi?

title: Where Did Our Fathers Remain?

country: US


title: Agapitova and the Rescued

overview: This is a film about the return of an individual to the Far North, and to the past. Agapitova, Igarka – the vast lands of Siberia, to which Ilmārs Knaģis and 4,000 other children from Latvia were deported in 1941. In the autumn of 1942, 700 mothers and children of different nationalities were sent to the death island of Agapitova. Only 60 survived, among them six Latvian children – Biruta Kazaka, Pāvels Kliesbergs, Venta Grāvīte, Ilmārs Grāvītis, Pēteris Bērziņš and Valentīna Voiciša. The question remains: Why did this happen? And why is no one to blame?

title: Agapitova and the Rescued

original_title: Agapitova un izglābtie


title: Childhood Land Siberia

overview: The documentary "Childhood Land Siberia" continues the series of films about the deportations to Siberia, commited by the Soviet Union as part of an ethnic cleansing in its occupied lands in 1941. Some of the surviving children who were deported, now seniors, wish to visit the lands of their childhood in Siberia. They have experienced the cold and famine and have lost their families there, but it was their only childhood, with sun and snow, friends and people who helped them survive. What is it like there now? Does anyone remember them there?

title: Childhood Land Siberia

original_title: Bērnības zeme Sibīrija


title: Lisments Who Changed Roja

name: Dokumentālās filmas "Lisments, kurš pārvērta Roju" treileris

overview: A documentary about Miķelis Lisments - a controversial director of fishermen kolkhoz "Banga" in Roja, a village in North-West Latvia.

title: Lisments Who Changed Roja

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Lisments, kurš pārvērta Roju


title: Konstantīns

overview: A documentary about Latvian freedom fighter Konstantīns Čakste who was the son of the first Latvian president and who perished in 1945.

title: Konstantīns

title: Konstantīns

overview: Een documentaire over de Letse vrijheidsstrijder Konstantīns Čakste, zoon van de eerste Letse president, die in 1945 om het leven kwam.

original_title: Konstantīns


title: Ladies' Paradise

overview: The film provides an insight into the performance cycle "Ladies' Paradise," which covers the period from 1900 to 2000 in moving images on screen and stage and tells the story of European fashion history. The performance materials are supplemented by interviews with costume designers and actors. Fifty theater and television actors and fifteen costume designers participated in the performances. The performance series was one of the events of the "Riga 2014" program.

title: Dāmu paradīze

overview: Filma sniedz ieskatu izrāžu cikla "Dāmu paradīze" norisē, kas kustīgās bildēs uz ekrāna un skatuves aptver laikposmu no 1900. līdz 2000. gadam un stāsta par Eiropas modes vēsturi. Izrādes materiālus papildina intervijas ar tērpu māksliniekiem un aktieriem. Izrādēs piedalījās piecdesmit teātra un seriālu aktieri un piecpadsmit tērpu mākslinieki. Izrāžu cikls bija viens no "Rīga 2014" programmas pasākumiem.

title: Ladies' Paradise

original_title: Dāmu paradīze


title: Touch of Dzenis

overview: A female ninja tries to break ties with her spiritual teacher. The seemingly unexpected and humiliating death of her teacher is only the beginning of this process; it is a decisive step in her life. The action takes place in a specific environment, and the characters, references, symbols, and movements are directly related to the history of cinema, more specifically, to Japanese ninja films made in the 1930s–1960s.

title: Dzeņa pieskāriens

overview: Sieviete-nindzja cenšas pārcirst saikni ar savu garīgo skolotāju. Skolotāja šķietami negaidītā un pazemojošā nāve ir tikai sākums šim procesam, tas ir izšķirošais solis viņas dzīvē. Darbība notiek specifiskā vidē, personāži, references, simboli, kustības tiešā veidā ir saistītas ar kino vēsturi, precīzāk, ar 30. – 60. gados tapušajām japāņu nindzju filmām.

title: Touch of Dzenis

original_title: Dzeņa pieskāriens


title: Dad is Drowsing

overview: A young boy's memoir of his childhood. If they are memories at all. The strained relationship with his father has never been resolved, and it has followed Mundis like a black ghost throughout his life. Will Mundis resolve his differences with his father and find love in this man's world?

title: Tētis snauž

overview: Kāda zēna atmiņu stāsts par savu bērnību. Ja vien tās vispār ir atmiņas. Saspīlētās attiecības ar tēvu tā arī nav tikušas atrisinātas, un tās kā melns mošķis sekojušas Mundim visu dzīvi. Vai Mundis atrisinās domstarpības ar tēvu un atradīs mīlestību šajā vīriešu pasaulē?

title: Dad is Drowsing

job: Line Producer

original_title: Tētis snauž


title: Version Vera

overview: A film about Vera Mukhina (1889-1953) based on the diaries of the outstanding Riga-born sculptress who studied in Paris with Rodin’s pupil Bourdelle, the master of European sculpture. At the 1937 Paris World Exposition, Mukhina presents her monumental sculptural ensemble Worker and Peasant Woman. Weighing 75 tons and 53metres high, it becomes a sensation. Mukhina truly believes in human ideas, and this is successfully used by the USSR propaganda machine.

title: Versija Vera

overview: Vera Ignatjevna Muhina, dzimusi 1889. gadā, Krievijas impērijas industriālajā Rīgā. Tēlniecību viņa studē Academie de la Grande Chaumiere Parīzē. Pēc Lielās Oktobra sociālistiskās revolūcijas Muhina atsakās no 4 000 000 dolāru vērtā ģimenes īpašuma Latvijā un Maskavā kļūst par pirmo padomju propagandas granddāmu monumentālajā tēlniecībā. 1937.gadā, Vispasaules izstādē Parīzē, Muhinas 75 tonnas smagais un 53 m augstais skulpturālais ansamblis Strādnieks un kolhozniece kļūst par sensāciju. Pikaso ir sajūsmā. 1945. gadā tēlniece izglābj no nojaukšanas Brīvības pieminekli Rīgā, padomju tautas atmiņā atstājot vēl kādu dāvanu - neplīstošu ūdens un šņabja glāzi - graņonku. Vera Ignatjevna Muhina mirusi Maskavā 1953.gadā. Filma veidota kā tēlnieces dienagrāmata, laikmeta un dzīves stenogramma.

title: Version Vera

job: Art Direction

original_title: Versija Vera


title: The Balance Sheet of Siberia

overview: The year 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the deportations of June 14 1941, when 15 425 residents of Latvia (Latvians, Jews, Russians, Poles) were deported to Siberia. Among them there were 3 751 children aged up to 16. During the process men were separated from their families and sent to gulags, where many were sentenced to death, while others were imprisoned in labour camps. The facts of history and dry and few, but many of the victims and their children and grandchildren are still among us. During the summer of 2010, people who were deported to Siberia in 1941 as children joined their own children and a video production crew to travel back to the far North of Russia.

title: Sibīrijas bilance

overview: 1946. gadā pēc izsūtīto bērnu Latvijā palikušo radinieku lūgumiem notika bāreņu un pusbāreņu pārvešana no Sibīrijas nometinājuma vietām uz Latviju. Vairāk kā 1500 bērnu tika nodoti audzināšanai radinieku ģimenēs vai Latvijas bērnu namos. Tomēr daudzi no viņiem vēlākajois gados tika aizturēti un nosūtīti atpakāl uz iepriekšējām nometinājuma vietām.  2010. gada vasarā cilvēki, kuri 1941. gadā kā bērni tika izsūtīti uz Sibīriju, viņu bērni un filmēšanas grupa devās uz tālajiem Ziemeļiem – Noriļsku, Dudinku, Karaulu, Ustportu.

title: The Balance Sheet of Siberia

original_title: Sibīrijas bilance


title: Cowbell

overview: Marta is ready to do anything to seduce her mysterious drumming teacher Ivars. However, Marta’s provocations don’t seem to work on him. After many misunderstandings an unexpected friendship is born.

title: Bočka

overview: Marta ir gatava pārkāpt jebkuras saprāta robežas, lai savaldzinātu savu noslēpumaino bungu skolotāju - Latvijas alternatīvās mūzikas leģendu, bet skolotājs Ivars nemaz tik viegli neļaujas Martas provokācijām. Divu dažādu pasauļu sadursmes rezultātā atklājas sen aizmirsti sapņi, tiek uzplēstas senas rētas un dibināta negaidīta draudzība.

title: Cowbell

original_title: Bočka


title: Thanks Man!

overview: A story about a young mechanic who tries to collect debt during a friend's funeral.

title: Paldies, vecais!

overview: Automehāniķis Artūrs aizdod bijušajam kursabiedram visu savu iekrāto naudu, bet piepeši saņem zvanu no draudzenes, kas ārzemēs nokļuvusi nelaimē. Artūrs apsola tūlīt pat doties palīgā. Tikmēr izrādās, ka Dainis ir negaidīti gājis bojā, un Artūrs ierodas drauga mājās tieši viņa bēru laikā. Pūloties atgūt naudu, Artūrs atklāj kādu Daiņa ģimenes noslēpumu, kas izraisa domino efektu, un gaismā nāk arī citi “skeleti”.

title: Thanks Man!

job: Makeup Artist

original_title: Paldies, vecais!


title: Meldra

overview: A small town teenage girl Meldra, aspiring to be a writer, heads to Riga in hope to find Rihards, a famous poet, with whom she has fallen in love. She gets carried away by the turbulent life of the capital. While breaking all of her suburban standards, she loses many of her illusions and becomes courageous enough to make her own decisions.

title: Meldra

overview: Meldra ir naiva lauku meitene, kas dodas uz Rīgu, lai slavenam rakstniekam atdotu mazpilsētas literārajā pulciņā aizmirsto blociņu, un negaidot tiek iemesta sev nepazīstamajā lielpilsētas dzīves tempā un morālē.

title: Meldra

original_title: Meldra


title: Barons

overview: A cinephile father and his son travel by car through Latvian countryside while trying to sell an antique piece of furniture in order to fund the son’s endeavour in filmmaking. The father dreams about his son’s future in film business, but his son has different plans for the future.

title: Baroni

overview: Tēvs un dēls pavecā busiņā apbraukā Latvijas laukus – vecais vīrs sapņo, ka vienā no muižām viņa lielais puika uzņems savu topošo filmu. Viņiem līdzi ir arī antīks rakstāmgalds, kam lemts kļūt par filmas budžetu. Taču ceļojums atklāj, ka tēva sapnis par dēla kinokarjeru ir pretrunā jaunieša pragmatiskajiem plāniem.

title: Barons

original_title: Baroni


title: The Room without Water or the Gray Fractals

overview: Inspired by Alber Camus’s novel “The Plague”, this absurd drama tells a story of a single apartment. Its interior and inhabitants are constantly changing, their time and space relations are uncertain, but they all experience the fatality of the close presence of death.

title: Telpa bez ūdens jeb pelēkie fraktāļi

overview: Absurda drāma pēc franču eksistenciālisma rakstnieka Albēra Kamī romāna “Mēris” motīviem. Pilsētā plosās epidēmija, iedzīvotāji ir izolēti no apkārtējās pasaules un saskaras ar tiešu nāves klātbūtni.

title: Telpa bez ūdens jeb pelēkie fraktāļi

overview: Een absurd drama gebaseerd op de roman 'De pest' van de Franse existentialistische schrijver Albert Camus. Er woedt een epidemie in de stad, de inwoners zijn geïsoleerd van de wereld om hen heen en worden geconfronteerd met de directe aanwezigheid van de dood.

original_title: Telpa bez ūdens jeb pelēkie fraktāļi


title: Without Them

overview: Six theater and hip hop teachers take on a five month challenge to show the Latvian public that young men behind bars are more than just that. While seeming impatient, full of disbelief and even rude at first, it turns out to be a superficial impression given off by their masks that must be kept on at all time as an underage colony is a difficult place to be. It has its own rules and it’s not easy being creative there. Teachers help inmates reveal the talents within them that help transcending the monotony of the prison walls.

title: Bez viņiem

overview: Filmā redzamajiem jauniešiem cietumā kopā vēl jāpavada vairāk kā 60 gadi. Ko darīt ar tik daudz brīva laika?  Piecu mēnešu garumā seši jauni teātra un hip-hop pasniedzēji dodas radošā izaicinājumā, lai parādītu Latviešu sabiedrībai, ka puišiem aiz restēm ir kas vairāk, kā mēs visi domājām. Lai gan pirmajā iespaidā jaunieši liekas nepacietīgi, neticīgi un pat rupji, tās izrādās tikai ārējās maskas, kas viņiem ir jānēsā, lai izturētu sadzīvi vienā no nežēlīgākajām vidēm – pusaudžu vidū, nepilngadīgo kolonijā. Tajā valda likumi, noteikumi, un būt radošam nemaz nav tik viegli.

title: Without Them

original_title: Bez viņiem


title: How I Gave Up Smoking

overview: The habit of smoking will truly be broken by the end of this film. At the beginning of the film, however, a Scandinavian woman almost dies because the main character lights a cigarette at an airport.

title: Kā es atmetu smēķēšanu

overview: Šīs filmas beigās tiks atmesta smēķēšana. Bet filmas sākumā viena skandināviete gandrīz nomira, jo galvenais varonis lidostā aizsmēķēja cigareti.

title: How I Gave Up Smoking

title: Kā es atmetu smēķēšanu

overview: Aan het einde van deze film zal de gewoonte om te roken echt doorbroken worden. Aan het begin van de film sterft een Scandinavische vrouw echter bijna omdat de hoofdpersoon op een luchthaven een sigaret opsteekt.

job: Animation

original_title: Kā es atmetu smēķēšanu

title: Cómo dejé de fumar

country: MX


title: The Girls of Valmiera

overview: One of the first socially relevant poetic films in Latvian cinema history, documenting the lives of female workers at a fiberglass factory – their work, leisure, dreams, hopes, and also the problems caused by the "influx" of young women into the small town after the factory was built.

title: Valmieras meitenes

overview: "Valmieras meitenes" Latvijas kinovēsturē uzskata par vienu no pirmajām sociāli aktuālajām poētiskā stila filmām, dokumentējot stiklašķiedras rūpnīcas strādnieču dzīvi – darbu, atpūtu, sapņus, cerības un arī problēmas, ko izraisījis jauno sieviešu “pieplūdums” nelielajā mazpilsētā pēc rūpnīcas uzbūvēšanas.

title: The Girls of Valmiera

title: Девушки из Валмиеры

overview: «Девушки из Валмиеры» считаются одним из первых в истории латвийского кино социально значимых фильмов в поэтическом стиле, документирующих жизнь работниц стекловолоконного завода – работу, отдых, мечты, надежды, а также проблемы, вызванные «притоком» молодых женщины в маленьком городке после постройки фабрики.

job: Director

original_title: Valmieras meitenes


title: Year in Review

overview: Filmmakers of Riga poetic documentary school, Freimanis and Seleckis, were designated as the creative core for this documentary to be shot in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Latvia. The team was joined by the heavyweight poet Imants Ziedonis and Herz Frank as script writers.  Instead of one of the old, merited, medal rattling ‘combat camera- men’, “Year in Review” is an unusually vivid and unique film for the time.  The creative team were awarded the State Prize for the film.

title: Gada reportāža

overview: Freimaņa un Selecka pirmā kopīgā pilnmetrāžas filma GADA REPORTĀŽA (1965) – nozīmīgs stūrakmens Latvijas dokumentālā kino vēsturē, skaidrs apliecinājums, ka jaunā paaudze ir uzvarējusi 'veco gvardi', jo tieši jaunajiem un dumpīgajiem Freimanim un Seleckim kopā ar scenārija autoriem Imantu Ziedoni un Hercu Franku tika uzticēts veidot šo Latvijas jubilejas filmu, un tā kļuva par tēlainās poētikas koncentrātu, veidojot Latvijas tēlu no ietilpīgu metaforu fragmentiem.

title: Year in Review

title: Годовой отчёт

overview: Первый совместный художественный фильм Фрейманиса и Селецка - важный краеугольный камень в истории латвийского документального кино, яркое подтверждение того, что новое поколение победило «старую гвардию», потому что молодые и непокорные Фрейманис и Селецкис объединили юбилейный фильм, и он стал своеобразным юбилейным фильмом. концентрат образной поэтики, формирующий образ Латвии из фрагментов емких метафор.

original_title: Gada reportāža

title: The Report of the Year

country: GB


title: The Send-Off

overview: While shooting a documentary about a 'Komsomol' class who all went to save a struggling kolkhoz, the filmmakers also shot mud, broken tractors, flooded fields. The film turned scandalous and was not screened, because of it allegedly being anti-Soviet: defamatory of collective farming.

title: Ceļamaize

overview: Aivara Freimaņa un Ivara Selecka radošās sadarbības otrā filma, kas neizskaistināti atklāja jauniešu darbu laukos, sacēla skandālu un tika „novietota plauktā”. Vēstījumā par Tukuma rajona komjauniešu klasi, kura devusies stādāt uz atpalikušu kolhozu "Amula", autori atspoguļo dzīves realitāti un uzskatu, ka jaunatnei nav nepieciešama aizbildniecība un sīkumaina sekošana instrukcijām. Kā vēsta filmas teksts: "Aug spēks, kas dzīves ķēdei spēj atrast daudz svarīgākus posmus bez konsultācijām, bez direktīvām." Realitāte tā laika ideoloģijas apstākļos tiek uzskatīta par padomju dzīves nomelnošanu un filma atzīta par idejiski kaitīgu.

title: The Send-Off

title: Проводы

overview: Во время съемок документального фильма о комсомоле, который все отправился спасать колхозный колхоз, создатели фильма также снимали грязь, разбитые тракторы, затопленные поля. Фильм получился скандальным и не был показан, как якобы антисоветский: клеветнический на колхоз.

original_title: Ceļamaize

title: Bread for the Journey


title: A Catch

overview: A leisurely message about the people of the Zvejnieks collective farm, created in the style of Riga's poetic documentary cinema.

title: Lomi

overview: Nesteidzīgs vēstījums par kolhoza "Zvejnieks" ļaudīm, veidots Rīgas poētiskā dokumentālā kino stilistikā. Kinozinātnieces Ingas Pērkones vērtējumā: "Lomi tapa kā konceptuāls, teorētiski rūpīgi izplānots darbs. Filma skatāma arī kā kristālisks Aivara Freimaņa režijas laiktēls. ..vairums filmējumu jūrā ir kompozicionāli neparasti gan tā laika latviešu filmām, gan operatora Ivara Selecka kameras rakstībai."

title: A Catch

title: Уловы

overview: Неспешное повествование о людях колхоза «Звейниекс», выполненное в стиле рижского поэтического документального кино. По оценке кинооператора Ингаса Перконе: ««Уловы» создавался как концептуальное, теоретически тщательно спланированное произведение. Фильм можно рассматривать и как кристальную картину того времени в постановке Айварса Фрейманиса... Большая часть съёмок в море композиционно необычен как для латвийских фильмов того времени, так и для операторской работы Ивара Селецкаса».

title: La Capture

overview: Au-delà de la pêche, Aivars Freimanis filme une culture et des rites. Remarquable par ce regard quasi ethnographique, La Capture se trouve magnifié par la beauté des lumières et l’intensité chromatique de la photographie d’Ivars Seleckis.

job: Editor

original_title: Lomi


title: Stand Up, Teacher!

overview: The fates of the students involved in the Latvian educational system reforms and that of their teacher – the screenwriter and film director, Tālivaldis Margēvičs, are unusually intertwined. This leads to thoughts on various, current integration problems and on universal human values.

title: Mājskolotājs

overview: Latvijas izglītības sistēmas reformā iesaistīto skolēnu un viņu mājskolotāja – scenārista un kinorežisora Tālivalža Margēviča likteņi ir neparasti savijušies un liek aizdomāties gan par šobrīd tik populārajām, dažādajām integrācijas problēmām, gan par vispārcilvēciskām vērtībām.

title: Stand Up, Teacher!

job: Sound Director

original_title: Mājskolotājs


title: Ardievu, divdesmitais gadsimt!

overview: A chronicle created from archival materials, which in terms of form continues the path of montage films once begun by Braun. The events in the film take place during the period from the 1905 revolution to the manifestations of Latvia's efforts to regain independence in the Baltic Way and the Third Awakening.

title: Ardievu, divdesmitais gadsimt!

overview: No arhīvu materiāliem veidota hronika, kas formas ziņā turpina Brauna savulaik uzsākto montāžas filmu ceļu. Notikumi filmā Ardievu, XX gadsimt! risinās laikā no 1905.gada revolūcijas līdz Latvijas neatkarības atgūšanas centienu izpausmēm Baltijas ceļā un Trešajā atmodā.

title: Ardievu, divdesmitais gadsimt!

title: До свиданья, в двадцатом веке!

original_title: Ardievu, divdesmitais gadsimt!


title: Trip to Earth

title: Ceļojums uz zemi

overview: Pārdomas par mūsu civilizācijas likteņiem. Izmantoti 72 valstu kinoarhīvu materiāli.

title: Trip to Earth

title: Путешествие на Земле

overview: Размышления о судьбах нашей цивилизации. Использованы материалы из киноархивов 72 стран мира.

original_title: Ceļojums uz zemi


title: Amazon of the Avant-garde

overview: A film about the great 20th century sculptor whose work was inspired by the cubism of the 1920s, and her life story which contains all possible dramas for a creative person living in the previous century.

title: Marta Liepiņa-Skulme – avangarda amazone

overview: Dokumentāla filma par Latvijas mākslas vēsturē pirmo sievieti - tēlnieci Martu Liepiņu-Skulmi, kuras darbs un dzīve aizvadīti 20.gadsimta krustugunīs.

title: Amazon of the Avant-garde

job: Co-Producer


title: Paralelitāte

overview: The story of what we would do if we were given another chance to see our lost loved ones, even if only for a few minutes. One of the film's characters, Viktor, is given this opportunity, and he goes to see his wife. This is not a horror film or fantasy, but a drama about the human weaknesses that we all possess.

title: Paralelitāte

overview: Īsfilmas „Paralelitāte” stāsts ir par to, ja katram no mums būtu dota vēl viena iespēja satikt zaudētos tuviniekus, kaut vai uz pāris minūtēm – ko mēs darītu, kā rīkotos? Vienam no filmas varoņiem Viktoram tiek dota šāda iespēja, un viņš dodas pie savas sievas. Tā nav šausmu filma vai fantastika, bet gan drāma par cilvēka vājībām, kas piemīt katram no mums.

title: Paralelitāte

original_title: Paralelitāte


title: Augstākā prioritāte

overview: Rejecting the natural comforts of city life, young sociologist and researcher Elgars Felcis has moved with his family to the countryside, where he has established one of Latvia's few eco-communities. The goal of the community members is to become self-sufficient and live in harmony with the surrounding environment. The film portrays Elgars' daily life – farming and working on academic papers and lectures.

title: Augstākā prioritāte

overview: Neļaujoties dabiskajam pilsētas komfortam, jaunais sociologs un pētnieks Elgars Felcis ar ģimeni ir pārcēlies uz dzīvi laukos, kur izveidojis vienu no retajām eko kopienām Latvijā. Kopienas dalībnieku mērķis ir kļūt pašpietiekamiem un dzīvot saskaņā ar apkārtējo vidi. Filma portretē Elgara ikdienu – saimniekošanu un darbu pie akadēmiskiem rakstiem un lekcijām.

title: Augstākā prioritāte

original_title: Augstākā prioritāte


title: Diskrēts

overview: At 22, Kristaps still lives with his father, and their relationship is far from perfect. Every conversation turns into an argument because both men refuse to be open - Kristaps does not talk about his homosexuality, his father about his new relationship and how he appreciates his son's presence. The impetus to change comes when Kristaps meets his boss, Marek, who in Kristaps' eyes symbolises freedom.

title: Diskrēts

overview: Kristaps divdesmit divu gadu vecumā joprojām dzīvo ar tēvu, turklāt viņu attiecības ne tuvu nav ideālas. Katra saruna pārvēršas strīdā, jo abi vīrieši atsakās būt atklāti – Kristaps nerunā par savu homoseksualitāti, savukārt tēvs par savām jaunajām attiecībām un to, kā novērtē dēla klātbūtni. Impulsu ko mainīt Kristapam sagādā iepazīšanās ar priekšnieku Mareku, kurš Kristapa acīs simbolizē brīvību.

title: Diskrēts

original_title: Diskrēts


title: Sencis: Old Man

overview: A documentary that chronicles twin brothers searching for their absent father in faraway Russia. Having very few leads, the twin brothers – different in character and interests – are also looking for the ties that have never bound them as closely as they would have liked.

title: Sencis

overview: Dvīņu brāļi, kuri bērnībā auguši tikai ar mammu un omīti, dosies ceļā uz Troitslu, lai beidzot satiktu tēvu. Katram ir nedaudz bail no nākotnes, no nezināmā, tādēļ filmas mērķis ir fiksēt šo laikmeta iezīmi kā iedrošinājumu – lai domātu par nākotni, ir tai jātuvojas, jāpārvar bailes.

title: Sencis: Old Man

character: Brother 1

character: Brother 2

original_title: Sencis


title: Jānis. Elza. Mīlas grāmata

name: "Jānis. Elza. Mīlas grāmata." - filmas pašreklāma

overview: The chance meeting between Aspazija and Rainis in January 1894 changed not only the lives of Latvia's future royal couple of poetry, but also the lives of the entire Latvian people. This creative union gave birth to a new language and poetry, revolutionary ideas, and the demand for an independent state. Elza and Jānis' love story, full of twists of fate and difficult trials, is very intimate, poignant, and beautiful.

title: Jānis. Elza. Mīlas grāmata

overview: Aspazijas un Raiņa nejaušā satikšanās 1894. gada janvārī uz visiem laikiem izmainīja ne tikai nākamā Latvijas dzejas karaļpāra, bet arī visas Latvijas tautas dzīvi. Šajā radošajā savienībā dzima jauna valoda un dzeja, revolucionāras idejas un prasība pēc neatkarīgas valsts. Elzas un Jāņa mīlas stāsts, likteņa triecienu un smagu pārbaudījumu pilns, ir ļoti intīms, skaudrs un skaists.

title: Jānis. Elza. Mīlas grāmata

original_title: Jānis. Elza. Mīlas grāmata


title: Burnt by the Moon

name: Burnt by the Moon / Mēness nogurdinātais (2015) - TRAILER

overview: Gifted artist Raul has been stuck in a wheelchair for 15 years due to his life choices and his paintings have been the only way to express his feelings and desperation.

title: Mēness nogurdinātais

overview: Dokumentālā filma par reiz daudzsološo, tagad mazpazīstamo, taču spilgto gleznotāju Raulu Zitmani (1959–2015). Mākslinieks atklāti izstāsta savu neparasto dzīvesstāstu – skola, studijas, narkomānija, nokļūšana cietumā, līdz beidzot smaga slimība, kuras dēļ mūža pēdējie gadi tiek pavadīti ratiņkrēslā – bet atkal gleznojot.

title: Burnt by the Moon

original_title: Mēness nogurdinātais


title: Dolls

overview: Riga by night, two girls and a guy. Andris is a cab driver who mistakes the two girls for clients; they mistake the ride for an invitation to a fancy restaurant. The misunderstanding turns the night into a whirlpool of odd coincidences, pretense and giddy mischief.

title: Lelles

overview: Nakts. Rīga. Divas jaunas meitenes un vīrietis, kuru ceļi nejauši krustojas. Sandra un Inese domā, ka Andris viņas uzaicina uz restorānu, bet Andris ir taksometra šoferis, kurš Sandru un Inesi notur par klientēm. Vakariņas restorānā ir notiesātas, bet naudas, ar ko samaksāt, nevienam nav. Tā sākas pārpratumu kaskāde vienas nakts garumā.

title: Dolls

original_title: Lelles


title: In the Pipe

overview: An old plumber seeks for an exit in darkness. He had helped to build this system, which collects all the waste, bitterness and fear from the society above. But is there a way out? Listen to his story, where the soundtrack is the main player. Think about your profession, how long will it last in the turns of time?

title: Trubā

overview: Vecs santehniķis ir iesprostots cauruļvadu sistēmā. Savulaik viņš radīja sistēmu, kas sevī uzsūca rūgtumu, bailes, populismu un atkritumus, kurus augstāk esošā sabiedrība aizskalojusi. Meklējot izeju, rodas haoss un atmostas izmirušas profesijas.

title: In the Pipe

original_title: Trubā


title: Homo Ludens. Man Who Plays

overview: A young boy likes to play anywhere and anytime, with anything that is handy. A poetess plays with words, a composer with sound, and a filmmaker with images, the result of which is a cinematic poem that motivates the viewer to remember his Homo Ludens.

title: Homo Ludens. Cilvēks, kas spēlējas

overview: Sešgadīgs puika spēlējas. Jebkurā situācijā un vietā, ar visu, kas pagadās pa rokai. Dzejniece spēlējas ar vārdiem, komponists ar skaņu un filmētājs ar attēlu – tā visa rezultāts ir filma-dzejolis, kurš skatītājam rosina atcerēties savu "Homo Ludens".

title: Homo Ludens. Man Who Plays

original_title: Homo Ludens. Cilvēks, kas spēlējas


title: Sugarcane, Coati and Monowheel

name: Cukurvate, degunlāči un monocikls. Treileris (30sek)

overview: Nearly everybody has been to the circus to laugh about clowns, be afraid of the lions and to eat sugar cane. However, can anyone imagine that circus artists reside right there in the circus building - above the arena in the second floor hotel rooms - where they also prepare meals, do their laundry and try out their magic tricks? For over 125 years, despite the discomfort of non-renovated premises and ubiquitous animal odor, local and foreign circus artists follow their routine to create the circus miracle. Sugarcane, Coati and Monowheel is a film about those who dwell in Riga Circus and about what happens outside the arena before and after meeting audience under the circus dome.

title: Cukurvate, degunlāči un monocikls

overview: Kurš gan kaut reizi Rīgas cirkā nav smējies par klauniem, baidījies no lauvām un ēdis cukurvati? Tomēr – vai kāds zina, ka daudzi mākslinieki mitinās turpat cirka otrā stāva "viesnīcas" istabiņās, kur top arī ēdiens, tiek mazgāta veļa, un aizkulisēs izmēģināti maģiski triki? Jau vairāk nekā 125 gadus, neskatoties uz neremontēto telpu neomulību un visuresošo dzīvnieku smārdu, ārvalstu un vietējie mākslinieki tur nododas īpašai rutīnai, lai radītu cirka brīnumu. "Cukurvate, degunlāči un monocikls" ir filma par tiem, kuri mājo Rīgas cirkā, un par to, kas notiek ārpus manēžas pirms un pēc notikusi tikšanās ar skatītāju zem cirka kupola.

title: Sugarcane, Coati and Monowheel

title: Cukurvate, degunlāči un monocikls

overview: Bijna iedereen is wel eens naar het circus geweest om te lachen om clowns, bang te zijn voor de leeuwen en suikerriet te eten. Kan iemand zich echter voorstellen dat circusartiesten daar in het circusgebouw – boven de arena in de hotelkamers op de tweede verdieping – verblijven, waar ze ook maaltijden bereiden, de was doen en hun goocheltrucs uitproberen? Al meer dan 125 jaar volgen lokale en buitenlandse circusartiesten, ondanks het ongemak van niet-gerenoveerde panden en de alomtegenwoordige dierengeur, hun routine om het circuswonder te creëren. Sugarcane, Coati and Monowheel is een film over degenen die in Riga Circus wonen en over wat er buiten de arena gebeurt voor en na het ontmoeten van publiek onder de circuskoepel.

original_title: Cukurvate, degunlāči un monocikls


title: Restart

overview: The heroine is a widow and a fiancé who wants to begin a new and happy life. Conflicts in her family’s past prevent it, but she does not give up – she wants to clear away the ruins and do what she can. “Enough of looking for guilt, it’s time to find a solution,” she thinks, and takes action.

title: Re starts

overview: Filmas varone ir atraitne un līgava vienlaikus, kas grib sākt jaunu, skaistu dzīvi. Tam traucē pagātnes konflikti pašas ģimenē, bet varone nepadodas. Viņa grib novākt drupas un dara, ko var. "Pietiek meklēt vainīgos, ir jāmeklē risinājums" – viņa domā un rīkojas.

title: Restart

original_title: Re starts


title: Face

overview: His own image in the mirror was so important that one day he didn’t find himself there.

title: Seja

overview: Cilvēkam savs attēls spogulī bija tik svarīgs, ka reiz viņš sevi tur neieraudzīja.

title: Face

original_title: Seja


title: Gauja. Twice in the River

overview: A film documenting contemporary Latvian reality along the banks of the river Gauja while channelling one of the first Latvian sound documentary films, Gauja (1934). “Along with producers Sandijs Semjonovs and Gundars Rēders and editor Atis Klimovičs, we witnessed incidents and events along the banks of the river some 80 years later. We captured them along with the views of folks on this river in a documentally poetic style reflecting the reality in Latvia,” explains director Mārtiņš Grauds.

title: Gauja. Divreiz vienā upē

overview: Filma dokumentē Latvijas mūsdienu realitāti Gaujas krastos, atsaucoties uz vienu no pirmajām latviešu skaņu dokumentālajām filmām „Gauja" (1934). „Ar filmas producentiem Sandiju Semjonovu un Gundaru Rēderu, kā arī redaktoru Ati Klimoviču tvērām notikumus un nejaušības Gaujas krastos teju pēc 80 gadiem. Fiksējām gan notikumus, gan cilvēku pārdomas par šo upi, dokumentāli poētiskā stilā atspoguļojot Latvijas realitāti," filmas veidošanas procesu apraksta režisors Mārtiņš Grauds.

title: Gauja. Twice in the River

original_title: Gauja. Divreiz vienā upē


title: We’re Still Here

overview: The film portrays the political situation in occupied Latvia 37 years ago, when writer Imants Ziedonis formed a group of like-minded peers into ‘’Dižkoku atbrīvotāji’’ – DAGi. Film reels and photos of the time show Imants Ziedonis and the DAGi participants – Māra Zālīte, Anna Žīgure, Roze Stiebra, Andris Buiķis, Vitolds Kucins and others. Today, with their contemporary experiences, they reflect on a time when the dream of an independent Latvia seemed impossibly far away. We’re Still Here reminds the younger generations that it’s possible to do good in the name your nation and its future not matter the circumstances.

title: Mēstepatās

overview: Filma ieskicē politisko situāciju okupētajā Latvijā pirms 37 gadiem, kad Imants Ziedonis izveidoja domu biedru grupu "Dižkoku atbrīvotāji" – DAGi. Tālaika kino materiālos un fotogrāfijās ir iespēja redzēt Imantu Ziedoni un DAGu dalībniekus – Māru Zālīti, Annu Žīguri, Rozi Stiebru, Andri Buiķi, Vitoldu Kucinu un citus. Tagad viņi ar šodienas pieredzi vērtē laiku, kad sapnis par Latvijas valsti likās nereāli tāls. „Mēstepatās" atgādina jaunajai paaudzei, ka jebkuros apstākļos ir iespējams darīt pozitīvus darbus savas nācijas un valsts nākotnes vārdā.

title: We’re Still Here

original_title: Mēstepatās


title: Broken Pines

overview: The mundane life of Rita, a nurse and a single mum, changes when she sets eyes on a young photographer named Ernest. Meanwhile, an unexpected encounter with her ex-husband and the father of her child brings back hopes and desires of the past that challenge Rita’s true feelings.

title: Vējš pelēkās priedes nolauza

overview: Latvijas mazpilsēta. Pavasaris. Mūsdienas. Sieviete. Divi vīrieši. Varbūt tomēr trīs. Cerības un slēptas ilgas. Negaidītas un ļoti rūpīgi izlolotas tikšanās. Mirklis, kurā nākas izdarīt izvēli. Fotogrāfija. Rainis. Ezers. Priedes. Bet cik pelēkas?

title: Broken Pines

original_title: Vējš pelēkās priedes nolauza


title: Warmth

overview: An autobiographical story about a boy who experiences the death of a relative firsthand. The story evolves around the boy’s struggle to find an explanation to death.

title: Siltums

overview: Autobiogrāfisks stāsts, kurā septiņgadīgs puika pirmoreiz dzīvē sastopas ar nāvi. Kad pieaugušie neko nepaskaidro, viņš rod nāvei pats savu skaidrojumu un risinājumu.

title: Warmth

original_title: Siltums


title: Treniņa stunda

overview: The film tells the story of the struggle between good and evil, the victory of the new over the old, and the experience gained in life. These eternal values are revealed in the eyes of man, like a mirror of the soul. The film reflects the idea of the original work by combining cinematography, Igor Stravinsky's music, and elements of an ancient martial art – judo – expressed through expressive choreography. On May 29, 1913, the premiere of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" took place in Paris. The Paris audience was shocked and booed the ballet. Years passed, and versions of this ballet were staged by Pina Bausch, Heddy Malem, and the Royal Opera and Ballet Theatre in London.

title: Treniņa stunda

overview: Filma vēsta par Cīņu starp labo un ļauno, jaunā Uzvaru pār veco un Pieredzi, kas gūstama dzīvē. Kā dvēseles spogulī šīs mūžīgās vērtības atklājās Cilvēka acīs. Filmā kā oriģināldarbā ideja atspoguļota, apvienojot kinematogrāfiju, Igora Stravinska mūziku un sena cīņas veida – džudo – elementus, kas pausti kā izteiksmīga horeogrāfija.  1913. gada 29. maijā Parīzē, notika krievu komponista Igora Stravinska baleta "Svētpavasaris" pirmizrāde. Parīzes publika bija šokēta un baletu izsvilpa. Gāja gadi un savas šī baleta versijas iestudēja gan Pīna Bauša, gan Hedijs Mālems, gan Londonas Karaliskais operas un baleta teātris.

title: Treniņa stunda

original_title: Treniņa stunda


title: M Farm

overview: Life treads calmly in this quiet Latvian village. Almost like in a fairytale, with friendly neighbours, a safe environment, and a bustling social life. It is also the location of a successful organic farm, its produce well-known throughout the country. Tadeus, the owner, was once known as an exemplary citizen in the village. Obliging and considerate, he loved both his milk yielders – the cow, and little Laura, the granddaughter of his farm-worker Dangira. But this “love” was double-sided. One side was for the eyes of villagers, while the other was hidden behind a locked bedroom door.

title: M ferma

overview: Dzīve rāmi rit savu gaitu klusajā Latvijas ciematā. Gandrīz kā pasakā – draudzīgi kaimiņi, droša vide bērniem un rosīga sabiedriskā dzīve. Bet, tieši šeit nāk gaismā asinsstindzinošs, baiss noziegums.

title: M Farm

job: Camera Operator

original_title: M ferma


title: The Future is the Present of the Past

overview: A tragicomedy about the actions of four youths during the 10th Latvian parliamentary elections, and in the 100 days afterwards. Each represents a different political party and set of beliefs. In a time when Latvia is dominated by political nihilism, this film explores the political ideals of young people and their motivation to work towards a better future for their nation – through their hopes, work, victories and disillusionment.

title: Nākotne ir pagātnes tagadne

overview: Skumīgi priecīgs stāsts par Latviju desmitās Saeimas pirmsvēlēšanu laikā, vēlēšanu dienā un pēc tās. Filmas varoņi ir četri jauni cilvēki no dažādām politiskajām partijām - Jānis Egliņš no „Jaunā laika", Mitrofans Slobodjans no „Saskaņas Centra", Mirdza Šķila no „Tautas Partijas" un Māris Antons no „Pēdējās Partijas".  Filma stāsta par jaunu cilvēku politiskajiem ideāliem, vēlēšanos un motivāciju strādāt savas valsts nākotnes labā, cerībām, darbiem, uzvarām un vilšanos. Varoņiem līdzās - viņu vecvecāki, Latvija un tās nākotnes vēlētāji.

title: The Future is the Present of the Past

original_title: Nākotne ir pagātnes tagadne