Imants Ziedonis

An experimental documentary on rhythms and melodies of Riga. It asks its inhabitants two important questions - who owns Riga and is it in the right hands?

An audiovisual interpretation of one of the "epiphanies" by Imants Ziedonis.

Film dedicated to Latvian refugees scattered around the world by World War II.

An animation film by Roze Stiebra and Imants Ziedonis

An animation film based on Latvian folk songs, significant due to its artistic style which was far removed from the social realism which was the only accepted form of artistic expression in the Soviet Union at the time, and also due to its undertones related to national identity.

A lightly-humoured animation film explaining the origins and the idea behind "kolhoz" in the Soviet system.

Latvia, late 19th century. Farm-hand boy Jancis lives on a homestead with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His world does not reach beyond the horizon, and life progresses according to the seasonal cycle – from winter through spring, summer and autumn to the next St. George's Day when farmhands often had to move to the next farm.

An animation film based on a story by Imants Ziedonis about the relationship between a human and nature.

An animation film based on a story by Imants Ziedonis about the relationship between a human and nature.

Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.

Filmmakers of Riga poetic documentary school, Freimanis and Seleckis, were designated as the creative core for this documentary to be shot in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Latvia. The team was joined by the heavyweight poet Imants Ziedonis and Herz Frank as script writers. Instead of one of the old, merited, medal rattling ‘combat camera- men’, “Year in Review” is an unusually vivid and unique film for the time. The creative team were awarded the State Prize for the film.