Latvia Movies

In the mid – 1960’s, Latvia was a part of the Soviet Union. People lived identical lives, listened to the same radio stations. Children...

Ieva has been an obedient granddaughter for years – choosing a safe career in a bank as her grandmother wanted. Her mother left the family...

A young choir conductor is overcome by nerves right before his choir has to undergo the ultimate test - get through the selection for the national...

An observational reflection on the body and existing in one’s social as well as physical “skin”. “To break out of their...

Munks and Lemijs accidentally find a cave and go to explore it, but it turns out that the cave holds hidden treasures and the path to them is full of...

Project: Moving sees a young professional explore and debate the trend of young people leaving Rīga for somewhere more suitable for living,...

The first of Ansis Epners’s films capturing his travels to different continents, including his climb to a 5000 m base camp of Everest and his...

Alma is a middle-aged woman working for a transport logistics company. She lives a well-ordered life and puts all her creativity into cleaning her...

They met on Christmas Eve, beyond one's usual living-space: at the morgue. In an outburst of feelings, they try to manipulate each other in order to...

Pigtail loves the winter holidays, but this year, shortly before Christmas, Brother comes into the world, turning everything upside down. Grandmother...

The film invites Latvian youth to join the auxiliary ranks of the fleet. The film uses documentary footage of devastated Riga. Helpful training was...

A bureaucrat who has just declared himself as a new political force has disappeared… in a canteen; police are investigating. Combining the...

A portrait of Alexander – a man only 130cm tall, who surprises people around him with his great drive and achievements.

A film about Riga's more than 800 years of history and the city's development through the centuries. The film serves as a rich source of reference...

The documentary explores issues of beauty and acceptance in a culture increasingly saturated with idealised and unattainable ideals of femininity. ...

The film focuses on a bizarre state of affairs in the northern city of Valmiera where the corpse of a man has lain for nine years because of complex...

Imagine centuries ago several witches huddled around a steaming cauldron, gleefully consigning offensive items to the foul-smelling brew. Maggots,...

In 1941 almost 4,000 children under the age of 16 were deported from Latvia to Siberia. Some returned to Latvia, many perished, and many were left in...

The relationship between humans and a river throughout the seasons.

In 1850, Baron Vulfs, who had arrived from Germany, named the farmhouses on his Gaujiena estate after world capitals. In 2002, the people of Gaujiena...