Documentarian Movies

Documentarian Ivars Zviedris began filming Faithful unto Death after meeting a woman who unknowingly carried a surgeon's tool in her abdomen for 27...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European...

The documentary “Residents” probes problems in Latvia in general and Latvia’s medicine in particular with the story of two...

They prepare the resting place for us all. They do their work by standing by the side of people when they are in grief, and are the last hands to...

They fell trees in the forest, work in brigades and live in trailers or empty apartments far from home. The work is heavy. During moments of respite,...

The film begins with closing of the oldest prison in Latvia – the Brasa Prison was built in 1905 and cannot ensure normal functioning. Inmates...

A dialogue between a mother and her son.

The world is being ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and a state of emergency has been declared in Latvia. Street musician Normunds tries to fight the...

An attempt to understand the people chanting "Atlaist Saeimu!" (Sack the parliament!) year after year. Though rarely attracting a great deal of...

The film focuses on a bizarre state of affairs in the northern city of Valmiera where the corpse of a man has lain for nine years because of complex...

Alekss arrives at the Murjāņi sports school to become a champion. He’s introduced to the ironclad daily routine, which starts at 7 AM...