Hong Kong: one week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The movie follows six characters whose lives are all connected in one way or another. The day of changes comes when Amaya (Kaori Momoi) meets a charming Englishman, Paul. >..
After recovering from overseas mission Krists Lapins moves into a quiet neighborhood in Riga. His hopes for new, peaceful life are disrupted when an unexpected visitor arrives at night. Soon Lapins finds himself in a swirl of events >..
One night two strangers creep into Gadgetville, searching for a suitcase belonging to the old traveller dog Klaus. Girl puppy Lotte surprises the strangers who become frightened and flee, dropping the yellow stone they had taken from the suitcase. >..
In terms of social resonance, Vilis Lapenieks’ film The Fisherman’s Son has no equal. The film adaptation of Vilis Lācis’ popular novel was a national blockbuster and created such excitement that at its premiere on 2 January, 1940, the public at the Splendid Palace broke down the theatre’s doors. >..
This film is Jānis Streics’ dedication to Blaumanis – a fantasy peopled by the characters from Skroderdienas in their youth; names have been changed and the time has been shifted to a later date.
National consciousness awoke at the beginning of the 20th century >..
One of the first films, made during the Soviet times, which talks honestly about the complicated history of the Latvian people. During World War I, inspired by the idea of a free and independent Latvia, about 60, 000 men volunteered for the battalions of riflemen. >..
Using previously unpublished footage shot by amateurs in the era of 8mm cameras, the film reveals unseen thesaurus of cultural history.
Film is about the simple human life – love, hopes and dreams – of our parents, the generation that lived in the Soviet Latvia >..
| Ancient folk crafts and skills form a significant part of a nation’s cultural heritage. This DVD introduces eight Latvian craftsmen and craftswomen and unveil the secrets of their trade. |
Escaping from home. Escaping for a better life. Esaping from ourselves in the globalaized world.
Over the last years tens of thousands of Latvians have left Latvia searching for a better life in Ireland. This documentary shows the life they live far away from home and separated from their families: ther desires, emotions, life conditions and relationships.
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The unforgettable world of childhood in the pre-war independent Latvia seen trough the eyes of Janis Klidzejs, the author of the novel THE CHILD OF MAN, now living in emigration. This world is also close to Janis Streics, the film director who has adapted the novel for screen. >..
Animation films for kids and grownups.
In this DVD you will find 10 animation shorts including WONDERFUL DAY – the film selected for this year’s Berlin film festival >..
From fugitive of the II World War to the President – that is the story of Latvian nation destiny, what Vaira Vike-Freiberga tells. From refugee along the highest political jet set of the world. >..
JUST RELEASED!
In this DVD You will find 3 outstanding animation shorts made by Latvian animators:
WHEN APPLES ROLL, by R.Kalnaellis
RED RIDER, by M. Paulins
THE PRICKLY, by A.Bley
LITTLE DEVILS, bu I.Praulina >..
Cross your heart and hope to die! Can you honestly swear that at least once in your life you have not thought that robbing a bank is a good idea? Especially, if you’re five years old and that bank has just thrown your parents out of a brand new apartment, because your father has lost his job. >..
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Akmens un šķembas (Stone and Flinders, 1966)
20 years after WWII former friends Ričards, Jānis and Antra, whose fates were irreversibly and tragically affected by the war, the need to choose sides, and by betrayal, meet again. With the present day interweaving with memories, their paths, experiences and convictions are revealed. >..
By means of a sharp publicistic film the authors enter into “on equal ground” conversation with the young people who enter in life or who’ve taken their first independent steps in it. The problems confronted by them are of a new nature for the society. >..
Cheerful puppy-girl Lotte lives in a small seaside village with her father, a famous inventor, and her spirited mother. Lotte always has things she wants to do, and she is always eager to experience something new. The most important event in the village is the annual competition of inventors where the prize goes to the most efficient and wittiest invention. Who will be the winner this year? >..
“Philosopher Escaped” portrays Alexander Piatigorsky, expert on Buddhist and Indian thought, a paradoxical thinker and legendary figure in the Russian intellectual circles since the late sixties, an accomplished writer who “collects interesting people” and “does not care to prepare for death”. >..
A story about friendship and love against the miraculous victory over the joint German-Russian forces ensuring the survival of the Republic of Latvia as an independent state in 1919. >..
The four parts of this film created by four directors form a single narrative telling the life story of the main protagonist Theodor. Through brief glimpses from four different periods of his life the film touches upon the quintessential moments in the life of every human being. >..
The film is a testimony to the fight for political self-determination by the people of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia during 50 years of Soviet occupation. It combines the traditional Song Festival in these republics with personal stories describing the fate of people in the Baltic countries. >..
Latvian filmmaker Aigars Grauba directs the epic war romance Baiga Vasara (Dangerous Summer). Set in the capital city of Riga, the film involves a tragic love story during the Soviet invasion of Latvia in 1940. >..
Adopted by his grandmother, Madame Souza, Champion is a lonely little boy. Noticing that the lad is never happier than on a bicycle, Madame Souza puts him through a rigorous training process becomes worthy of his name. Now he is ready to enter the world-famous cycling race, the Tour de France. However during this cycling contest two mysterious men in black kidnap Champion. >..
The story tells about a young man, who is trying to live solely through the love for a Woman. He is trying to perfection this love in relationships with each of his women, in the same time being able to give the relationships up, if it loses genuineness. >..
Ilze, a working girl from a small village realizes that life in the countryside can offer her no future. One day she finds an ad in a paper about actor`s audition in the city. In an attempt to change her life she leaves for Riga regardless of her boyfriend Ojars` scepticism. >..
The Birds’ Opera is an opera for children which has been sell-out hit at the Latvian National Opera since it opened on December 22, 2000. By now, every child in Latvia knows the songs by heart. The story is based on Dr. Dolittle, and the plot revolves around a lost canary and an opera production performed by birds. >..
