Anna
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover of power in his country.
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An investigative journalist decides to take down an esoteric organization based around the implementation of structured water.
Zane Kalejs
An investigative journalist decides to take down an esoteric organization based around the implementation of structured water.
Ieva has been an obedient granddaughter for years – choosing a safe career in a bank as her grandmother wanted. Her mother left the family years ago when she had to look for work abroad. That has made ties between Ieva and her grandmother especially tight. Dissatisfaction with the constant adaption to the material world is flickering under the surface and Ieva lives her dreamlife with her friends. She plays the keyboard in a girl band and stays out late. When Ieva decides to have a provocative tattoo on her arm made, her grandmother goes completely nuts.
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라트비아의 현대사를 개인적 경험에 녹여 설득력 있게 보여주는 애니메이션. 소련 치하에서 공산주의 교육을 받으며 자란 소녀는 누구보다 모범적인 학생이 되려 한다. 학교에서 하라는 대로 잘 따르며 누구보다 앞장서는 학생 대표를 꿈꾼다. TV에선 늘 독일 나치나 서방 제국주의자들에 맞서는 소련군의 활약을 보여주고 소녀 역시 공산주의 전사가 되고자 한다. 소녀에게 이해가 안 되는 것은 할아버지가 공산주의를 좋아하지 않는다는 것이다. 자신이 사랑하는 사람들이 겪은 일들을 알게 되면서 소녀는 차츰 공산주의로부터 멀어지게 된다. 애니메이션 속에 다큐멘터리처럼 실제 있었던 사건의 화면과 실존 인물들이 등장하는 형식을 취한 작품.
Unable to deal with a personal crisis, Gatis is struggling with depression. He feels like he is burning out. By accident he ends up in a strange cult-type therapy group that seems to trigger his self healing process, though it feels like he is losing his sanity. Is he healing or going insane?
Film takes us deep inside the world of Latvian teenagers in 90s: combining the intimate diary of a teenager Jānis trying to find himself by joining a subculture, as well as a skillful, detailed and almost documentary-like depiction of the beginnings of the second independence of Latvia. “Jelgava ’94” is a portrait of a generation in the 1990s who are searching for their own identity and are fans of alternative culture. This is a touching story about us as youngsters, when everybody is against the whole world and tries not to become “one of them”. But can one keep the promise? The story is based on the best seller by Jānis Joņevs set in the 1994 in the Latvian city of Jelgava.
When the daughter of the Sun and the Moon is stolen, desperate parents call people to get their baby back. Helpers are given only three days: if at that time, the Sun's daughter will not be found, she will lose her strength and become an ordinary girl. A journey of danger and adventure, which teaches everyone not only to be brave and resourceful, but also helpful. The Latvian animated film is based on folklore motifs.
Two border patrol agents come across a mysterious crashed van near the border of Latvia and Russia.
A brother and a sister come to visit their grandmother in the countryside to attend their father's funeral. It takes just a few days of being in the middle of nowhere for things to get out of control.
