Maija Selecka

Using previously unpublished footage shot by amateurs in the era of 8 mm cameras, the film is about the simple human life of those who lived in the Soviet Latvia from 1940 until 1991, a time when a double-moral reigned in society.

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.

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.

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.

Мучительный выход дитя человеческого в мир Божий. Высший смысл бытия и земная радость мужчины и женщины.

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.

A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence. A close-up look at his emotional journey through the trial, imprisonment and beyond.

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

A documentary about the role of a victim in crime.

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 collective portrait of the Latvian Red Riflemen is made up of memories told by the old men themselves. Unique and harsh are their destinies during the World War I and the revolution, at the opposite fronts of civil war, in 1930s. The victories of the Riflemen, their courage, confidence, pain and tragedy. The authors of the film have been able to save these tales from the relentless flow of time and make everyone realise the role of the Latvian Riflemen in history and nation.

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.

Follows the life of a 16 yearo-old convict through the Soviet penal system.

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