Ģirts Ķesteris

The film tells the story of an artist avoiding a confrontation with power and the artistic and personal consequences of this choice. A powerful historical drama on the true story of Maria Leiko, famous actress who late in her career has to decide between fame and love for her grandchild, between her ideals or the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

Looking for solutions of an efficient management and creation significant ideas to flourish Latvian culture and education, leaders of the Riga Latvian Society decide to hold the 1st Latvian Singing Festival back in 1873. At the beginning there are only four of them, very soon others – Latvians, Baltic Germans and Russians get involved, both influential persons of the society, countless volunteers from Riga, Livonia and Courland governorates. Also twenty-year-old Anna, whose desire to sing is stronger, despite the obstacles she has like any woman in that period of history, finds a way to join. By singing she finds self-confidence, power, joy of life and sense of unity, flourishing together with the Latvian nation, becoming a symbol of woman’s freedom.

Una noche de pesadilla se desarrolla para David, un ex periodista del New York Times, cuando él y su nuevo y extraño vecino, Robert, golpean accidentalmente a una chica en su bicicleta. Aturdido y desorientado, David deja que Robert lo convenza de huir de la escena y dejar a la niña por muerta, para proteger su carrera. Robert no muestra remordimiento y, en nombre de la amistad, hace cosas indescriptibles para proteger el secreto. Ahora que la policía está buscando al asesino que se da a la fuga, las cosas comienzan a salirse de control cuando el periódico local de David lo envía a cubrir la historia en la que conoce a la hermana de la niña fallecida, Vanessa. A pesar de las circunstancias y de su profundo deseo de encontrar al asesino de su hermana, los dos inmediatamente tienen una conexión romántica, que sorprende y atormenta a David, mientras empuja a Robert a tomar medidas brutales para quedarse con su nuevo amigo.

En 1913, el mundo está a punto de cambiar de manera radical. Dentro de poco, millones de personas se dirigirán a las trincheras. Justo antes, Peter de Letonia está recorriendo Europa. Empieza a trabajar como portero en Riga, pero se ve envuelto en los planes revolucionarios de los comunistas, anarquistas, nacionalistas y protofascistas. Su odisea por Europa le hará vivir toda una serie de aventuras y desventuras.

We have sex in Latvia! A light comedy about building relationships - with passion and funny misunderstandings. All characters of this movie are in desire for flirt - be it at a swingers' party or during a sudden encounter with a beautiful stranger on the balcony.

1991, Riga Latvia. Lena, a child of divorced parents, escapes from home in the middle of the night when she is fed up with her fathers drinking habits. That's when her journey back home begins.

Durante unos momentos cruciales, el 26 de septiembre de 1983, Stanislav Petrov tuvo el destino del mundo en sus manos. Cuando una alarma de repente se encendieron a Soviética centro de alerta temprana nuclear Serpukhov-15, Stanislav fue responsable de reaccionar a un informe que cinco misiles nucleares estadounidenses se dirigían hacia la Unión Soviética. En lugar de tomar represalias, Stanislav siguió su instinto y se fue en contra del protocolo, convenciendo a las fuerzas armadas que se trataba de una falsa alarma. Su decisión salvó al mundo de un posible holocausto nuclear devastadora. Tres décadas después, este héroe olvidado fue en un espectacular viaje a los Estados Unidos, donde fue finalmente reconocido por su hecho histórico y encontró la fuerza para reconciliarse con su pasado. En su viaje, fue recibido por Walter Cronkite como “el hombre que salvó el mundo” y se reunió con Kevin Costner , Robert De Niro , Matt Damon , y Ashton Kutcher .

Adam’s first wife Lilith is mentioned in the ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve but from clay like he himself. Nevertheless Lilith was not recognised by Adam as his equal and left him after a quarrel heading for Babylon. She has no soul, and she is immortal. Lilith assumes different names, can change her appearance, and takes possession of men against their will. Once it's accomplished, she leaves her victims forever, marking them for either spiritual, or physical death. Whatever she does it is neither Good nor Evil. She is made of an altogether different matter. Inspired by the works of French writer Anatole France, Yevgeny Pashkevich‘s GULF STREAM UNDER THE ICEBERG consists of three dramatically interwoven stories with the immortal Lilith stalking through time and space with her demonic mission.

Historical reenactment of preparation in Nov. 17 and proclamation of independence of Latvia in Nov. 18, 1918 and in epicenter is only taken photograph of this historical moment.

Beatrise is drifting in life. She has based her existence on unsuccessful relationships that have collapsed, like sand castles, one after the other. Forced to re-evaluate things, she realizes that she can only achieve harmony by learning to rely on herself, and not on illusory feelings or words.

The relationships between two people are never easy. Especially when complicated by their professions. We are used to think that profession or occupation puts a stamp or a mask on peoples' personality. He is a pastor, she is a prostitute. Everything's clear. But underneath he is a man, she is a woman. Simple and difficult in the same time. Short film "Scortum" tells the story of the mazy relationships between sin and happiness which can never be solved.

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.

The film is about a middle-aged couple experiencing a midlife crisis. The husband and wife are tired of life together and start to forget the love they once shared in their youth.

An artist and his lover get trapped in their summer house by a gang of convicts.