Áigi (Time)
A reindeer herdsman's life is as gently monotonous as the tundra landscape itself. It flows unhurriedly in synchrony with the life of the reindeer herd from one migration to the other. The whole time span between these…
Blond Stories
Five blond ladies simultaneously confirm and break conventional stereotypes of blondes and their men. They love, dream, challenge, surprise - they live alongside us, each of them with her own blond story.
Bridges of Time
In the 1960s, cinema in the Baltic states, then still part of the Soviet Union, experienced its own new wave. Directors such as Herz Frank, Uldis Brauns, Ivars Seleckis, Mark Soosaar, Andres Sööt, Robertas Verba,…
The Church Will Arrive in the Evening
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, Father Gennady…
Contemporary
What prevails in contemporary art: the art or the present moment and what determines it.
Documentarian
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…
Double Aliens
A trip around the dead end.
Dreamland
This will be a story of a dumpsite – a singularly human kind of formation and a biotope in its own right. In choosing this seemingly unglamorous subject matter we are guided neither by social pathos, nor by “green”…
The Followers
What are the motifs for thousands of people to leave their living millieu and to follow a self-proclaimed prophet Visarion? What do the numerous immigrants from Latvia seek in the Doomsday? What is more degenerating -…
Have You Seen The Roller?
This is the film about the efforts of a young man to prolong the existence of a dying bird species. Only a few dozen years ago the Roller was a common breeder in Europe. Today Latvia is one of the last places, where…
Home of the Sun
About 400 years before the birth of Crist, near the village of Kali, on the island of Saaremaa, a gaint meteorite hit the Earth. It`s light, sound and force deeply affected people living hundreds of kilometres away. For…
In Limbo - sailors stranded ashore
Cases of crews abandoned by their unscrupulous shipowners on rusting cargo ships in ports thousands of miles from home have plagued seafarers from emerging nations for over a decade. In Limbo is the inside story of two…
Klucis. The Deconstruction of an Artist
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…
Lidija
A half an hour close-up of a life spanning almost a century and persevering under the harshest trials.
Ramin
Ramin Lomsadze, a 75-year-old Georgian wrestler who once won seven matches in 55 seconds, is getting ready for the fight with his last and most formidable opponent - loneliness. He gets on the train and sets off for a…
Ready and Done
Sigurds is a liftman in a major hospital in Riga. The lift he operates is half a century old, and it has obviously served its time. The frequent problems it causes may irk the lift users, especially when the lift stops…
Scarecrows
Sometimes we have to be frightening to be safe.
Sea of Attractions
With her gift for capturing the poetry of the moment, and using gentle irony, the Latvian documentarist observes activities in one of the lively areas on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Soldiers, fishermen, motorcyclists,…
Squaring The Circle
Every spring coming to the Lake Lubáns, which is the largest lake in Latvia, is accompanied by floods. The efforts to prevent the floods have been going on since the middle of the 19th century. Today the lake, encircled…
Stuck in Stikine
Five men from Latvia - 2 businessmen, an experienced traveler, a cameraman and their tough guide head out to tame the fastest flowing river in North America, Stikine, hoping to cover 150 miles of Pristine Northern…
Theodore
Every day, come rain or shine, Theodore used to bike the seven kilometres from his house to the village centre to sit and drink beer in the bus stop. For him, no doubt, this place was the centre of the Universe. With…
Three Men and a Fish Pond
Three elderly country bachelors idle away their time amidst the semi-wild nature, closer to birds and fish ponds than to humans.
Ukrainian Sheriffs
The advent of Euromaidan, and draft-dodgers abound. Town folks are dipping
in icy water and laughing, but are they divided in their loyalty? These sheriffs are taking you along for the ride.
Victor
The only thing we can be sure of in this world is that one day we shall die. In spite of that, we tend to live our lives as if it was never going to happen. Yet there are many among us who are deprived of the right to…
The Worm
Inese (41) and Karlis (62) occupy an illegally built hut in the suburbs of Riga in Latvia. After the collapse of socialism, they have found themselves at the bottom of the social ladder, doomed to fighting for mere…