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History Behind The Screen. 35 mm 2018
Some of the most iconic images in Latvian visual history were taken 30 years ago, when the so-called Singing Revolution took place. This documentary that includes well-known and previously unseen 35 mm footage, is about those who took these shots, told in their own voices, their own emotions and memories.

The Secrets of the Pyramid of Djoser 2010
Latvian scientists – archaeologists, radar and photogrammetry specialists, architects, geologists, historians, computer programmers and others, banded together to create a unique technology for exploring archaeological sites, and made a sensational find in 2007. In the oldest stone building in the world – Egypt’s Pyramid of Djoser – the Latvian scientific expedition discovered new underground rooms and a network of galleries. This new information has forced a revaluation of previous assumptions about the role and function of pyramids.

Double Portrait of a Coin 2008
Using previously unpublished footage shot by amateurs in the era of 8 mm cameras, the film is about the simple human life of those who lived in the Soviet Latvia from 1940 until 1991, a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.

Treading the Pharaoh’s Dust 2005
For the first time in the history of world cultural heritage preservation, a Latvian scientific expedition explores the ancient Karnaka temple in Egypt using the most up-to-date technique: three-dimensional laser scanning.

For All My Life 2003
Life of a modern Roma community of about 100 people living in the small Latvian town of Sabile. In spite of the attempts of the government aimed at integrating Roma kids with the rest of the society, the community's life is still completely different from the life in the rest of the country.

Viktorijas bērni 2003
The protogonist of this documentary is Victoria - a lady who's become a person who provides emotional support to a multitude of children in her neighbourhood.

Ceļš uz Sidneju 2001

Brīvība tiešajā ēterā 2001

Nesalauztie 2001

Dragon's Egg 1996
The film’s protagonists Ieva and Apollon are former workers of a collective farm. Once they loved each other passionately. Yet it was in "another" life, the time of kolkholzs. The attempt to revive that love ends up in a tragedy. However the story goes on. The events around their burial are so intriguing that mass media raise them to the level of the United Nations.