Ivars Seleckis

Through six very different families, documentary “The Land” shows the variety of the countryside in the 21st century, the contradictions of countryside living as well as illusions about farmer’s life. There are various reasons why our protagonists chose to live in the homesteads, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Some were done with spending too much time in an office, traffic and living a virtual life, they wanted real, tangible things. Some have moved to countryside by their own choice, but some by predisposition of their families. But what unites them all - they aspire for the stability provided by their own land and house. Together with our protagonists, we will spend one year’s cycle of farmer’s life, that will start with the spring sowing and finish with the autumn harvest and land preparation for the next year.

At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.

Герои документального фильма «Продолжение следует» - пятеро детей, за которыми зритель наблюдает на протяжении их первого года в школе. Семья Карлиса живет в латышской глубинке. Бабушка и дедушка Глеба приехали в Латвию только в советское время. Родители Зейн – городские жители в первом поколении. Семья Анастасии переехала в город из деревни. Мама Анет живет и работает в Англии. Этот фильм - рассказ о том, как выбор родителей отражается на детском мышлении.

Seven versions of Riga, the city on the Baltic Sea, and its features as seen by outstanding European film directors: Sergei Loznitsa (The Old Jewish Cemetery), Ivars Seleckis (On Ķīpsala), Audrius Stonys (Riga Boats), Jaak Kilmi (Littering Prohibited!), Jon Bang Karlsen (Cats in Riga), Rainer Komers (Daugava Delta), and Bettina Henkel (Theatre Street 6).

This is the 3rd film in almost 30 years about the daily lives of the people living in this small street of Pārdaugava. We first met them in the late 1980s when the Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse. We visited them again in the wild 1990s. And now we meet them in 2013, again in a whole different world.

This is the 3rd film in almost 30 years about the daily lives of the people living in this small street of Pārdaugava. We first met them in the late 1980s when the Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse. We visited them again in the wild 1990s. And now we meet them in 2013, again in a whole different world.

The story of rural people in 2004 - at the time when Latvia joined the European Union. A thorough study of the situation in rural Latvia over the course of the last thirty years, where the conflict between the familiar and the new, and desire and opportunity has fostered creative thinking in farmers looking to be masters of their own land. In the film we see a German farmer who bought property in Latvia; the head of a large parish; a family of young former citizens; eco lifestyle supporters - soybean growers, including an organic farm and its owner who takes a loan from a bank for the first time.

The story of rural people in 2004 - at the time when Latvia joined the European Union. A thorough study of the situation in rural Latvia over the course of the last thirty years, where the conflict between the familiar and the new, and desire and opportunity has fostered creative thinking in farmers looking to be masters of their own land. In the film we see a German farmer who bought property in Latvia; the head of a large parish; a family of young former citizens; eco lifestyle supporters - soybean growers, including an organic farm and its owner who takes a loan from a bank for the first time.

The story of rural people in 2004 - at the time when Latvia joined the European Union. A thorough study of the situation in rural Latvia over the course of the last thirty years, where the conflict between the familiar and the new, and desire and opportunity has fostered creative thinking in farmers looking to be masters of their own land. In the film we see a German farmer who bought property in Latvia; the head of a large parish; a family of young former citizens; eco lifestyle supporters - soybean growers, including an organic farm and its owner who takes a loan from a bank for the first time.

Uldis Brauns' conversation with Ivars Seleckis about films and time.

Ten years have passed since we made the film “Crossroad Street”, about a small street in the suburbs of the city of Riga. Now we’ve come back. Perhaps it was a sense of duty, perhaps nostalgia that brought us back – who knows? Perhaps it was both. Daiga, Aldis, Osis – they’re all our people. The first film had an impact on both the filmmakers and the residents of Crossroad Street. We found friends whom we want to meet again and again. Society has become more prosperous, several value systems coexist side-by-side. People often live in these systems as though they were in different worlds that never meet. We felt that the world inhabited by our people is sinking into oblivion, and so we wanted to show that it still has its own turbulence, that Crossroad Street resembles Latvia’s palm – the place where a fortune teller can see the lines of its destiny.

Ten years have passed since we made the film “Crossroad Street”, about a small street in the suburbs of the city of Riga. Now we’ve come back. Perhaps it was a sense of duty, perhaps nostalgia that brought us back – who knows? Perhaps it was both. Daiga, Aldis, Osis – they’re all our people. The first film had an impact on both the filmmakers and the residents of Crossroad Street. We found friends whom we want to meet again and again. Society has become more prosperous, several value systems coexist side-by-side. People often live in these systems as though they were in different worlds that never meet. We felt that the world inhabited by our people is sinking into oblivion, and so we wanted to show that it still has its own turbulence, that Crossroad Street resembles Latvia’s palm – the place where a fortune teller can see the lines of its destiny.

A documentary about farmers in Latvian countryside.

A documentary about farmers in Latvian countryside.

Zolitude is inhabited mainly by immigrants. An extremely denational environment, a disorderly everyday life, depressing standard type architecture - these are the problems faced by the film's characters.

Zolitude is inhabited mainly by immigrants. An extremely denational environment, a disorderly everyday life, depressing standard type architecture - these are the problems faced by the film's characters.

Действие фильма происходит в бурном 1988 году, когда вся страна находится на пороге перемен. Место действия - маленькая тихая улочка на окраине Риги, в Иманте. Люди, о которых идёт речь, живут своей обособленной жизнью, так хорошо знакомой автору сценария фильма, проведшему на этой улице своё детство. Среди героев этого киноромана мы видим водителя такси, молодую маму, инвалида, проповедника и их соседей. В противоречивом драматизме этих, казалось бы, простых людей можно увидеть символичный слепок судьбы целого народа.

Действие фильма происходит в бурном 1988 году, когда вся страна находится на пороге перемен. Место действия - маленькая тихая улочка на окраине Риги, в Иманте. Люди, о которых идёт речь, живут своей обособленной жизнью, так хорошо знакомой автору сценария фильма, проведшему на этой улице своё детство. Среди героев этого киноромана мы видим водителя такси, молодую маму, инвалида, проповедника и их соседей. В противоречивом драматизме этих, казалось бы, простых людей можно увидеть символичный слепок судьбы целого народа.

Веселый, юмористический и немного ироничный по поводу событий в Советской Латвии в 1987 году.

Своими мыслями о жизни и творчестве делится артист Народной сцены СССР композитор Раймонд Паулс. Авторы акцентируют внимание на непростой повседневной работе талантливого художника.

Своими мыслями о жизни и творчестве делится артист Народной сцены СССР композитор Раймонд Паулс. Авторы акцентируют внимание на непростой повседневной работе талантливого художника.

A sequel-of-sorts to "Sieviete, kuru gaida?", where the authors focussed on the role of a woman in society. Now their turning their focus on men.

A sequel-of-sorts to "Sieviete, kuru gaida?", where the authors focussed on the role of a woman in society. Now their turning their focus on men.

Молодой фермерский мальчик отправляется на поиски невесты.

A film about a woman's role in the society.

A film about a woman's role in the society.

1620 год. Турайда, замок недалеко от Зигвальда. По всей стране свирепствуют голод, чума и грабежи толп наёмников. Внучка старой Качи - красавица Майя, прозванная Турайдской Розой, прислуживает в замке. Её хозяйка - дочь владельца Хелена-Шарлотта. Находящийся в замке командир наёмников Якубовский домогается любви Майи, но у девушки есть жених - простой сельский парень Касперс. Не желая позора, Турайдская Роза, предпочла смерть бесчестию.

The degradation of a human under the influence of alcohol.

Двое молодых людей – Марис и Инесе — отправляются в романтическое мотоциклетное путешествие по бесконечным, залитым щедрым летним солнцем просторам Латвии в поисках истины и свободы. Колеся по дороге, на своем пути молодые влюбленные находят новых друзей. Но не все встречные готовы принять новую молодежную субкультуру...

Reportage about competition for draft horses which turns into cinematographic parable about people’s desire to achieve the impossible.

A documentary about farmers in the Latvian countryside.

A documentary about farmers in the Latvian countryside.

Soviet Union's routine explained through the life of common people.

Первый латвийский документальный фильм о маленьком городе Кулдига.

Первый совместный художественный фильм Фрейманиса и Селецка - важный краеугольный камень в истории латвийского документального кино, яркое подтверждение того, что новое поколение победило «старую гвардию», потому что молодые и непокорные Фрейманис и Селецкис объединили юбилейный фильм, и он стал своеобразным юбилейным фильмом. концентрат образной поэтики, формирующий образ Латвии из фрагментов емких метафор.

Поэтическое документальное наблюдение о повседневной жизни латвийской рыбацкой деревни, где многовековые традиции и закаленные ветром мужчины и жены соседствуют с оптимизмом новых зданий и улыбающимися лицами нового поколения.

Во время съемок документального фильма о комсомоле, который все отправился спасать колхозный колхоз, создатели фильма также снимали грязь, разбитые тракторы, затопленные поля. Фильм получился скандальным и не был показан, как якобы антисоветский: клеветнический на колхоз.

Советская пропагандистская короткометражка о Риге и рижанах в возрасте 20 лет.