An Scaron A Epnera Studija Ave Movies

It’s discovered by chance that legendary Finnish film director Teuvo Tulio came from a remote village in Latvia near the Russian border. During...

Smiles belong only to humans. Perhaps some animals can smile, but I'm not sure about that. A smile is a sign of a warm heart, said the Dalai Lama...

Each one of us is like a comet - a piece of something big and beautiful, like a ball in motion! But in the life of a comet there are two great dares...

It's Latvia on the 20th of September, 2003 - the day of the referendum about joining the European Union. On the day of the referendum, twelve Latvian...

People escaping from home. Escaping to a better life. Escaping from themselves to a globalized world. Over the last years, tens of thousands of...

A group of children from the capital city of Riga arrive in the small border village of Ipiķi. The townsfolk immediately know that "they...

In the godforsaken land on both sides of the Latvian-Estonian border people are awaiting "the coming of Europe" in candlelight with no electricity....

The film is a mirror image of the choir Kamēr... (While...), which the viewer sees through the white dresses of the girls in the choir, through...

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...

Latvians have always fought under foreign flags, but have always wanted to return to their homeland.

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

An omnibus film consisting of ten parts, each directed by a different young director from the Latvian Academy of Culture. The unifying element of the...

A novella about Riga, composed of songs from the rooftops of Riga, sung by the girls of the Riga Dome School choir, recited by Riga residents, chance...

Sigurds operates a hundred-year-old lift in a large hospital in Riga, absorbing the sounds of daily hospital life while between floors. Meanwhile, in...

A young boy likes to play anywhere and anytime, with anything that is handy. A poetess plays with words, a composer with sound, and a filmmaker with...

Rūjiena is the northernmost town in Latvia. Life here flows slowly, with a unique, flowing spirit of sincerity, love, and a certain sense of...

Latvians think through mud and view the world through a “muddy” filter. Where does the mud come from, and why does it invariably remain:...

A struggling actress, a teacher, a former seaman, a policeman and a veterinarian all have a common line of work – conducting funerals. For one...

Edmunds Berzs is an architect who has achieved a comfortable life, but this causes him unease, so he decides to go to the country house where his...

An essayistic film about Ansis Epners’s family and his hometown of Riga, intertwining a broader perspective on Latvian history with his...