Latvia Movies

A man sitting under a tall apple tree is writing a letter.

At times soaring above the clouds, at times reaching the lowest of lows, I fight to survive and to find a place for myself.

Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being...

A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen...

Friends Munk and Lemmy try to grow a fruit tree in the desert, but they need water. Munk discovers a spring with unusual water—once poured on...

Unable to strike up a conversation with anyone at a party, a young man takes desperate measures to get attention.

A documentary about the first person in world history to row a boat across the Pacific Ocean from South America to Asia. The expedition lasted 715...

Ourelijs and Medards are two outwardly different individuals who have reached dead ends in life. Their reunion at former teacher's birthday party...

Walking through the streets of Riga, you meet all kinds of people, some may support Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Depending on where and when...

The parents have gone away, so the two sisters - Marta and Linda - need someone to take care of them. Their dictatorial spinster aunt Una, who...

Nils and his two best friends are invited to a 25 year reunion for their student years. Nils is given the task of holding the main speech. This comes...

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 tribute to late Latvian documentary film director Juris Podnieks. It was his plan to make this film about Latvia and Russia after the collapse of...

A documentary about Latvian film star Vija Artmane.

A documentary historical account of the fate of four thousand children deported in 1941. Only one in ten survived and can bear witness. We have...

The film tells the story of a series of events, coincidences and accidents caused by World War I, which allowed Latvians, like many other nations, to...

The 1960s brought hope for the huge Soviet empire - a hope that the regime will become more humane. The optimism and youthful energy of the decade...

Since Latvia regained independence in 1991, only a small number of all those who emigrated during the 1940s returned, though many of them had been...