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- DirectorLeonids LeimanisStarsVija ArtmaneUldis PucitisLucija BaumaneLate 19th century Latvia. Coachman Edgars is in love with maid Kristina though unable to overcome her mother's resistance. A charming, wealthy suitor arrives with a proposal but Kristina just can't forget Edgars.
- DirectorRolands KalninsStarsUldis PucitisDina KupleLiga LiepinaPhone technician Cezars Kalnins in his free time composes songs and performs in a band created with his friends. However getting the band to perform in public has to go a long way in getting permissions.
- DirectorLeonids LeimanisStarsEduards PavulsLiga LiepinaKarlis SebrisA painfully ironic story about life in Latvia in 1920s. A poor girl falls in love with an unemployed teacher of French.
- DirectorVaris BraslaGunars CilinskisStarsAstrida KairishaGunars CilinskisLilita OzolinaDoctor Rudolfs spends the summer in the countryside where he meets teacher Laura, the mother of two children and whose husband is in prison. Rudolfs falls in love with Laura but she struggles with a sense of duty to her family.
- DirectorJanis StreicsStarsLilita BerzinaOlga DregeUldis DumpisThe struggle of two related families for the eighty-year-old aunt's inheritance through comic and romantic events.
- DirectorIvars KraulitisStarsIlze ZarinaMonochrome split screen film. Left-hand side shows studio-based cellist playing the musical accompaniment to the film. The right hand-side shows exterior images of people in a cityscape, with main focus being on a girl's journey.
- DirectorAivars Freimanis
- DirectorHerz FrankA 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces.
- DirectorIvars SeleckisThe Crossroad Street is a small street in the outskirts of Latvia's capital Riga, and its various inhabitants with their destinies, everyday routines and neighborly relations form the micro-model of society during the Awakening.
- DirectorJuris Podnieks
- DirectorArnolds BurovsLittle Hawk fantasizes being out in the ocean with his father until a storm blows through.
- DirectorLaila PakalninaStarsIgors BuraksVadims GrossmansJaan TätteThe Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. The intriguing black-and-white is a contemporary retro tale about Cinderella's slipper, which, in this variation, is found on the beach in a border zone. Russian soldiers take on the role of the prince. But who is Cinderella?
- DirectorVaris BraslaStarsBaiba BrokaUndïne VïksneZane LeimaneUna's aunt is not evil, she's just lonely. Wise little Marta, who longs for her puppy just as much as Una's aunt longs for a husband, decides to help.
- DirectorAigars GraubaStarsJanis AmanisInga AlsinaVilis DaudzinsA story about the Latvian basketball team, which won the first-ever European Championships in 1935 and its enthusiastic head coach Valdemars Baumanis.
- DirectorAik KarapetianStarsIlya ScherbakovAgnese FrisfeldeAndris GrossYoung poor man from suburb tries to change after he falls in love wih a girl from a welthy family, even though he could never have any chance wtih her...
- DirectorJanis NordsStarsKristofers KonovalovsVita VarpinaMatiss LivcansRaimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
- DirectorLaila PakalninaA silent dissertation on the daily life of a truck driver who delivers clean linens to a children's hospital. He unloads the sheets and divides them up among the wards, where small, gripping dramas of life and death are unfolding. And every day it's the same story.
- DirectorLaila PakalninaThe morning begins when the mail is delivered - this has been a tradition for almost an eternity. This film looks at daily things, daily movements, daily life and the daily routines of the postman, which are nevertheless meaningful to those who await and receive newspapers and letters.
- DirectorLaila PakalninaA documentary film crew arrive at a Latvian garbage dump to investigate reports of a giant mutated worm living in the garbage. When the worm story proves to be a myth, rather than waste their trip, they decide to film the dump itself. Far from being a lifeless wasteland, the dump proves to be home to a multitude of birds and animals and a handful of people, all struggling to survive in an endless cycle of death, decay and rebirth. Insects and snakes, beavers and deer, men and machines play out their roles against the backdrop of an expanse of gently steaming garbage which, thanks to deft camera work, at times seems surreally beautiful.
- DirectorPeteris KrilovsStarsPeteris KrilovsTatjana ZelukinaEdvard KulaginA deeply personal view on the life of artist Gustav Klucis, one of the foremost representatives of early 20th century Russian avant-guard art, whose life drama reflects the tragedy of a whole nation during the years of Stalin's repressions. It is a story about boundless ambitions, hope, love and artist's responsibility that continues haunting him after his death.
- DirectorInese KlavaIvars ZviedrisInta 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 rather put a curse on the importunate intruder than let herself be filmed. But the filmmaker's persistence finally succeeds in melting the ice of Inta's heart... just in order to break it soon afterwards.
- DirectorDavis Simanis Jr.StarsLauma BalodeGustavs BriedisGints GrubeTwo young boys are forced to escape their native city of Riga. Later these same boys turn out to be among the most extraordinary personalities of the previous century: one becomes a leading commie film director and the other a mentor to the entire British Empire. This story will reveal the secrets of the remarkably parallel lives between Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin.
- DirectorReinis PetersonsA story about a bear who works as an acrobat-motorcyclist in a traveling circus during the day but yearns for wildlife and forest where his true happiness seems to dwell at night. One day, the bear decides to leave everything and takes off to the forest.
- DirectorEdmunds JansonsA world-famous boys' choir goes on a tour. In the hands of their severe conductor they are an obedient musical instrument. But left alone without supervision, they are just playful children. Once in Seoul the conductor is accidentally trapped in the elevator, and the boys are left alone.
- DirectorDace RiduzeOtis, a young firefly, is in trouble. He wants a girlfriend and he can't get his light to shine as bright as the others.
- DirectorNils SkapansAn ordinary day turns into an adventure and becomes and extraordinary day.
- DirectorJanis CimmermanisA desperate bullfighter in Spain, fleeing from an enraged bull, looks for help everywhere, until finally all that remains is to call Latvian professionals - the Emergency Brigade. Three men who know how to solve any problem rush to help despite the long journey across Europe.
- DirectorEvalds Lacis
- DirectorVladimir Leschiov
- DirectorRoze StiebraStarsIlga Rezniece
- DirectorVladimir LeschiovFormer pilots memories about flying, sea and women.
- DirectorAnete MeleceStarsAnette HerbstAnete MeleceHans RuchtiThe story of an obese kiosk lady who is stuck in the kiosk.
- DirectorReinis KalnaellisStarsEdgars KaufeldsZane DombrovskaLaima VaikuleSeven years of captivity come to an end and grief turns to joy when an unlikely hero rescues the princess to win her hand and the throne.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneStarsSigne BaumaneSigne Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.