Latvia Movies

During Latvia’s centennial year, 15 filmmakers created each his own film portrait of a person living in Latvia on the ...

A veterinarian routinely goes on house calls to treat sick animals. He is able to save most, but one time he arrives too late. The animal dies, and...

In commemorating WWII events in Latvia each year, several “controversial dates” arise. These are remembrance dates that are viewed...

A story about a boy's attempt to get his own hat. Based on the book and drawings of Latvian author Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš.

An animation film based on Latvian folk tales about Kurbads, a son of a mare, who saves princesses and defeats the evil witch.

When the last of her friends has been buried, an elderly lady is on her way home from the graveyard. Her own memories play out in front of her eyes...

An artist. A painter. The enfant terrible of the old Soviet and now post-communist 'petit bourgeois' society. A mother of three, no husband, and...

A documentary essay about an unusual 17-year-old who lives on an island in a marsh and draws his life.

A lazy little bunny is awaken by a sudden hustle and bustle one spring morning. Going to the henhouse for eggs turns into a dangerous adventure. In...

This is the second film based on themes from Margarita Stāraste’s fairy-tales. Rosie is a red colouring pencil, who, together with the...

There is an old saying attributed to Alexander the Great: he who will rule Afghanistan will rule the world. The film portrays “the roof of the...

A lonely old man lives in the countryside. The only thing left for him is to wait for the end of his days in the company of his family - his bees.

A teenage boy and his uncle compete for the love of a prostitute.

Based on interviews with over one hundred people including musicians, hockey fans, farmers, executives, and pensioners in the market. From Latvian...

This playful story of the mischievous dust fairies follows lively dust creatures as they dance around the nursery, travel up the chimney into the...

When in love, one has no idea the price that must be paid to keep this love alive. This is a film about a woman forced to choose between her own...

Nominated as one of the best Latvian short films in 2007

A group of Japanese tourists arrives to the Italian city of Pisa to see the famous crooked tower. There they are joined by a pensionerr from Latvia....

At the end of World War II, many Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians fled the Soviet rule. They stayed abroad for many years. Now, after the...

A story about the Livonian (Liv) language going extinct, and about the people still trying to keep it alive.