Latvia Movies

A short documentary portrait of Jurģis, an autistic boy.

Shammies are playing Chutes and Ladders. Sockie is not doing too well, she would rather do something else, like, got married. But to whom?

Three children play football near the fence of the national army barracks. A bad thing happens - the ball flies over the fence. To retrieve the ball,...

When a chicken is kidnapped by two thieves, a lively adventure full of humor and with a surprising twist begin.

A cat's "songs" late at night interrupt the retired man's sleep. The noise is getting intolerable and the old man calls The Rescue Team. They arrive...

Katrīna is a typical city dweller who has lived in Mangaļsala all her life, but she has a less than typical passion. On one hand,...

The Latvian Song festival captured from an unusual angle - literally and figuratively. Faces and legs of singers, listeners and dancers, close-ups of...

The ruins of ancient Egyptian temples and medieval kasbahs in Morocco reminds us of the inescapable presence of the past in the creation of the new.

Over the years, eighty-year-old Irina Pilke, nicknamed the Little Bird, has depicted the events of her life as sketches in diaries. The pages reveal...

Latvia from a bird's eye view

This is a version of Riga. It does not exist in the scope of grand events, but rather in the mundane, in gestures and in that, which is recognisable....

On the night of August 18, 1991, a coup, or putsch, was attempted in Moscow. The coup threatened to return the Baltic States to the occupation of...

A young Latvian boy's life faces changes as his country is occupied by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

An observation of Latvia and its inhabitants over the course of 16 Sundays. An older woman popping to a cornershop next to her house in her morning...

The world seen through the eyes of children. The action takes place in Karosta, the former military port of Liepaja city – however, it is not...

The country's prime minister travels on a special train to visit the nation. At one stop, the train leaves without a driver. The Emergency Brigade is...

The director mixes excerpts from his documentaries Soviets and Homeland with footage of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

An easy-going, Blue-eyed Norwegian businessman seeking fame and fortune in the post-cold-war Riga. His involvment with a beautiful young Latvian...

For thousands of years, there has been a struggle between good and evil in the world; it also takes place within each person from birth to death. By...