Doctor
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.
Smoļanskis
Hardly anyone would have predicted that Žanis Lipke would miraculously become a hero. He was a completely ordinary Latvian blue-collar worker. In order to be able to support his family under wartime conditions, he worked at the German military aviation warehouses and supplemented his income by smuggling at night. This film attempts to answer the question whether Žanis’ courage stems from his adventurous and daring spirit, stubbornness, or a sense of responsibility towards people in need.
Algorithmic Specialist
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 .
Sergei Eisenstein
The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.
