Leonarda Kļaviņa-Ķestere

La Première Guerre Mondiale s’achève, et pourtant une nouvelle bataille se prépare. L’Allemagne, sous couvert d’aider les états baltes à devenir indépendants, lance une guerre pour coloniser cette région et étendre son territoire. A Riga, ville assiégée, le peuple se prépare au combat. Parmi eux, Martin quitte sa ferme et sa femme pour rejoindre la résistance.

The Estonians and Latvians join hands in this jointly produced Baltic comedy about love and theft centering on light-fingered Margita. Everything and anything that hasn't been nailed to the spot winds up in her possession - whether it's a wallet belonging to a passer-by or a Jeep. But the police are on to her and the streets of Riga are becoming just a little too dangerous for Margita these days (played by rising Latvian star Rezija Kalniņa). She decides to break camp and hitchhike her way up north coming to rest at a little place called Vineeri in Estonia, where she soon finds herself looking after an entire household, including three men and a small boy.

Liv’s estranged alcoholic dad is about to die. The doctors at the hospital make no sense. Her husband is about to have a midlife crisis. Her washing machine is broken. She thinks she’ll be fine, as these are regular adult problems. Spoiler alert: she won’t.

Beatrise is drifting in life. She has based her existence on unsuccessful relationships that have collapsed, like sand castles, one after the other. Forced to re-evaluate things, she realizes that she can only achieve harmony by learning to rely on herself, and not on illusory feelings or words.

The two sisters' parents have gone abroad to earn the living, so the girls Marta and Linda needs someone to take care of them. For that they have their dictatorial spinster aunt Una, who desperately wants to get married, and has a sympathy for the jeweler Ivo. Meanwhile, Marta is working hard to get a promised puppy, but her plans are ruined, as her aunt feels a strong despise for dogs. So, the relations between the girls and their aunt becomes really tense. Until the perfect plan of the sisters - to help the aunt to get married, to get rid of her.

Members of a class of the 1980s hold an annual gathering. All together spend one night remembering the passions and hopes of youth and realising what has been achieved or missed.

A love circle between a dishonest government employee, a freelance actress, a passionate dancer, and godmother of a local mafia cartel. It could be serious if it wouldn’t be so funny.

In the mid – 1960’s, Latvia was a part of the Soviet Union. People lived identical lives, listened to the same radio stations. Children wore the same boots and ate the same porridge every morning. Only their dreams and desires for something different set them apart from each other. For little Dace this is a moment, where stand still of childhood’s happiness turns into time for growing up. "A fullfilled expression of Beauty in the passage of Life." (Dmitry Rancev, "The Independent", Latvia) "Competent and Spartan…" (Jan Ingman, catalogue of "Stockholm IFF")