Jacob lives in the city and dreams of becoming an architect like his busy dad. He spends a lot of time drawing buildings and daydreaming while his father is at work. One day dad needs to go away on business for longer than usual and Jacob has to spend the whole week with his bossy cousin Mimmi >..
An extraordinary and creative little girl attempts to comprehend the confusing adult world and prove her own value despite the lack of appreciation and love from her mother in late 1930s Europe. Confronted by her mother’s contempt for her, Bille >..
During the Soviet time the film “Four White Shirts” was known under the different, imposed by censorship, title “Breathe deeply …” It is a movie – phenomenon, because despite the fact that under the Soviets it was shelved and reached wider audience only twenty years after its completion >..
The Baltic animation icon Roze Stiebra created her movie inspired by folklore. >..
During the joyous hubbub of dancing maskers, the Sun’s and the Moon’s baby girl is kidnapped. The distraught parents beg humans to retrieve her, so Nabašnieks, along with the Girl and her little Brother, set out on the journey >..
Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they confront an ugly and evil witch who is determined to get rid of them >..
A film from the series “Munk and Lemmy “for children is a story about 2 friends who often have to use their clever ideas to help some animals who is in trouble.
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The legendary “The Child of Man” is a clear and bright movie about a boy’s childhood in countryside around the 1930-ties. A boy Bonifācijs Paulāns, nicknamed by his family Boņuks, has his own joys >..
In the 1920s, a resourceful man Edgars Ceplis establishes a joint-stock company that produces Latvian clay bricks for export. Number of people get involved in his venture, expecting the major profit promised by Mr. Ceplis, soon though >..
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“The Rescue Team” is comic puppet film series, based on original scripts by the Latvian artist and writer Maris Putnins.
Three young men, – Bembelate, Seelink and Poterick are dismissed from their job >..
The final year of Word War I. A German army surgeon Ulrich is sent to inspect a remote convalescent home for shell-shocked patients. In the strange world he encounters reality appears as dreamlike vision and becomes too challenging >..
Loneliness, disillusionment and the experience of first love reveal the character of Raya, a 17-year-old living in rural Latvia with her grandmother and her little brother Robis. A staggering turn of events shakes up their lives >..
Arvīds Lasmanis can’t hold any job for long because he is not ready to tolerate deceit and slapdash work. He still has to feed his family, by chance he finds a well-paid job as a gravedigger. A friend helps Arvīds to find a place >..
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In the Fog (Russian: В тумане) is a 2012 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. The film competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Golden Apricot at the 2012 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film. >..
Documentary “Ruch and Norie” is a human interest story about two contrasting people striking up a surprising, emotional and spiritual relationship . Japanese student Norie Tsuruta travels to Latvia to study Suiti community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti >..
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10 animation shorts, 91 min
Hare’s big day Little lazy bunny is shocked by a sudden spring morning hustle and bustle at his home. He`s not only being disturbed from his sleep, but also involved in various unprecedented tasks >..
After WW2 thousands of Latvians became refugees or went into the woods to continue armed resistance against the Soviet occupants. Their belief of a soon coming war for independence was used by the secret forces of Sweden >..
A crazy quest for sanity. The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover >..
Peter is the most ordinary person. He lives with his mother and works at the office, where he is the butt of his colleagues’ jokes. All goes well until his sexually aggressive female boss decides to take him to Africa. And then his pretty colleague starts flirting >..
Geneva, Switzerland 1935. Europe is struggling to be united as one yet the Woodrow- Wilson’s idea of a united Europe by the means of the League of Nations is being enforced. American missionaries since the 1920’s are trying to introduce the Europeans with the new sport >..
Now funny, then bitter but certainly a touching story about Martins Rubenis – the Latvian luger, Olympic bronze winner, a human rights activist and DJ in one person. Just like Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin he comes down the mountain to help people. >..
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Tale Kalna is a magnificent woman: hardworking, clever, strong and with a great sense for human relationships. In another life, Tale Kalna might have made it to the presidency of Latvia, but reality has made her a farmer with a small parcel of land, a couple of cows >..
“Mona” is a contemporary fairytale for adults about the ancient mystery of women, a deep but short-lived passion and human metamorphoses. A businessman from Riga arrives at his uncle´s funeral in a small Latvian village, a place virtually dependent on the slaughterhouse. >..
Jan, a guy in his twenties, and his friend Cracker, are involved in several crimes in their neglected suburb of the city. After meeting the “golden youth” beauty, Sabina, he looks for a fresh start in downtown circles >..
This film is about a small world found in the heart of Riga, and right in the middle of the Daugava River – Zaķusala (Rabbit Island) – a place that has preserved an ambience of another century. Janka lives on Zaķusala >..
This film is a deeply personal view on the life of artist Gustav Klucis, one of the foremost representatives of early 20th century Russian avant-garde art, whose life drama reflects the tragedy of a whole nation during the years of Stalin’s repressions. >..
Inta is a brusque, crusty woman who lives alone on the edge of a picturesque marsh. One day her solitude is intruded upon by the arrival of a documentary filmmaker. In his eyes Inta is an outstanding would-be film protagonist but the wild woman would >..
The old witch Black Mother seeks to control the world thorough sadness, by draining the tears of all who suffer loss. Her latest target is the Princess >..
