Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija

A young woman gets flashbacks from her previous lives - flashbacks of how she died. Is her fate doomed to repeat itself again?

In a cabin in the woods, an eerily pale woman holds a mysterious casket, a dark liquid dripping from her fingers. Inside a car wash, a driver looks for dead ones on his tablet. What’s the connection between them?

Instead of Einars Pelšs' eighth poetry book, he publishes his collected works, but the buyer of the book receives an ordinary brick. He translates the authors of the Russian Golden Age and publishes them under his own name, challenging the boundaries of literature. Is a poet who makes fun of art unique or exactly what we expect from contemporary authors? Einarrative is an extraordinary story that portrays the narrative of the life of Einārs Pelšs. In the film, this narrative is an experience of contrasting changes both in its visual style and in Einars’ poetic works and personality, allowing him to get involved in the depiction of the narrative himself, making the film as Einārs Pelšs' audiovisual collected works.

Small incident makes a man realize that the world doesn't care about him. He then sets out on a way to personal revolution.

Struggling composer Filip returns to his roots, seeking inspiration for a new song while grappling with a mid-life crisis. His younger brother, who has been tending to the inherited land, isn't exactly thrilled about Filip's company. As Filip battles self-doubt and the looming threat of abandoning his musical dreams, his brother sees an unexpected opportunity for both of them.

The film tells a story about a young girl's efforts to escape from her parents' house in the countryside, where the dynamics of alcohol addiction and co-dependence exist between her parents.

Mia, an obedient daughter of a piano teacher, challenges her mother’s patience as she grows up and learns more about the life outside her room together with a boy next door. This coming-of-age story, entirely shot from a fixed top-down perspective of Mia’s room, depicts short snippets spanning 16 years of a girl’s life. What begins as a simple daily life of a child slowly turns into a dramatic teen experience, culminating in a decision that took all these years to come to.

Despite a Covid-19 lockdown in Riga, an illegal party is taking place at a loft. This party is secretly being watched through the window of the opposite house. When the observer is noticed by one of the party-goers, events take an unexpected turn.

Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings…

Inspired by Alber Camus’s novel “The Plague”, this absurd drama tells a story of a single apartment. Its interior and inhabitants are constantly changing, their time and space relations are uncertain, but they all experience the fatality of the close presence of death.

At the age of 24, Rex was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him paralysed. Now bedridden and depressed, Rex continues to exist because of his mother, who despite her age and ailments works and cares for her son. Between painful sleepless nights, his fantasies and his desires Rex will be forced to solace.

A timid 17-year-old at summer camp finds solace in a group leader’s friendship, but soon realizes his intentions are not innocent.

Jusis is a young boy who's obsessed with everything to do with samurais. It's his birthday, and the neighborhood kids tell him that somebody's defecated on his trampoline.

After hearing many success stories about direct sales companies, Roberts decides to try his luck in selling vacuum cleaners door to door. On the first work day he finds out about the possible bonus in case of at least 2 successfully closed sales deals. At a glance the task seems quite easy. Once Robert faces the reality in a block of flats and encounters its peculiar inhabitants, the task no longer seems to be so simple.

An intimate portrait of a young couple, Zoryana and Edgars, and their hardships as young, 17-year-old parents, living in the countryside in a remote part of Latvia. The limited job opportunities available in their rural area have left the family mired in poverty. Zoryana becomes a hostage between her two closest people, her mother and Edgars – she must choose between her mother’s advocacy of countryside as the best place for raising a family and life in the city, which would offer more creature comforts and more opportunities to earn a living. Zoryana Horobraya sweeps us along on Zoryana’s journey, as she tries to escape the protective bubble of her mother and define her own family’s happiness and existence.