Guna Zariņa
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1972-10-01
Locus Natus: Latvia - USSR
Et ut:
Forest
It’s November and “the planets realigned a week ago,” says a police inspector in complete astrological earnestness. A desperate...
release : 2021.10.15popularis : 0.364
The Good Neighbor
A nightmarish evening unfolds for David, a former New York Times journalist, when he and his strange new neighbor Robert, accidentally hit a girl on...
release : 2022.06.17popularis : 12.282
Riga's Lilac
Everyone has their own emotional overwhelm regarding a bad smell. Lizete, an amateur interviewer, is eager to record the moments when it is revealed....
release : 2019.10.20popularis : 0.78
My Family Tree
A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen...
release : 2013.09.27popularis : 0.594
Dawn
Based on a Soviet propaganda story about Young Pioneer (the Soviet equivalent of a Boy Scout) Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s...
release : 2015.11.23popularis : 1.643
Betrayal
While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.
release : 2012.08.30popularis : 15.406
The White Helicopter
The film is based on true events leading up to the historical 2013 resignation of Benedict XVI. After succeeding John Paul II, and serving as Pope...
release : 2024.08.09popularis : 1.311
Can’t Help Myself
Estere spends her days by the sea selling ice cream. Trying to find peace, she listens to meditation podcasts and self-help books. Meanwhile,...
release : 2022.10.19popularis : 0.755
Reply with Photo
The shy scientist Lars decides to publish a small ad in order to find a girlfriend. From the 218 replies, he selects Brigita, an attractive Latvian...
release : 1999.08.20popularis : 0.629
The Return of Sergeant Lapins
After recovering from an overseas mission, Krists Lapins moves into a quiet neighbourhood in Riga. His hopes for a new, peaceful life are disrupted...
release : 2010.11.26popularis : 1.102
The Chronicles of Melanie
The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force...
release : 2016.11.01popularis : 1.024
Out
OUT is an odyssey about 50 year old family man Agoston wandering through East Europe. After loosing his lifelong job in a power plant of small Slovak...
release : 2017.06.15popularis : 0.874
Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness
Pigtail loves the winter holidays, but this year, shortly before Christmas, Brother comes into the world, turning everything upside down. Grandmother...
release : 2017.09.09popularis : 0.321
Stones (Elements)
A man in a grey coat roams the city. He is interested in boys and men. Those good enough for him will get a green bag. Marija is home alone. She is...
release : 2008.05.04popularis : 0.849
Paradise 89
Summer, 1989. City girls, Paula and Laura, spend their summer holidays in a small town with their cousins, Maija and Linda. Four girls, left...
release : 2018.02.23popularis : 3.088
Breathing Into Marble
Based on a Lithuanian writer’s novel “Breathing Into Marble” the film focuses on the challenges of a modern family. It is a...
release : 2018.03.17popularis : 0.922
Bille
A family film based on the book Bille by Vizma Belševica. An extraordinary, lonely yet spiritually strong little girl attempts to comprehend...
release : 2018.04.20popularis : 0.854
Homo Novus
Riga in the 30s. Wild bohemian lifestyle is the name of the game for every artist worth his salt. A young man from the countryside, poor but...
release : 2018.09.26popularis : 1.142
Still River
A Greek couple, Anna (Katia Goulioni) and Petros (Andreas Konstantinou), have recently moved to a small industrial town in Siberia. It’s a long...
release : 2019.03.21popularis : 0.699
Jelgava '94
Film takes us deep inside the world of Latvian teenagers in 90s: combining the intimate diary of a teenager Jānis trying to find himself by...
release : 2019.09.17popularis : 1.353
Oleg
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being...
release : 2019.10.04popularis : 2.299
The Mystery of the Old Parish House
In this movie (based on a true story) within a movie, a director tries to film the tale of an old KGB activist living in a parish house. In the...
release : 2000.07.11popularis : 0.805
Before The Day Breaks
When the daughter of the Sun and the Moon is stolen, desperate parents call people to get their baby back. Helpers are given only three days: if at...
release : 2018.11.16popularis : 0.346
The Hunt
After the lives of several people are tied into a intriguing knot upon meeting police officer Krasts one hot summer day, they’re all brought...
release : 2009.09.10popularis : 0.541
Leaving by the way
A tale about a nine-year old boy's relationship with the world around him, shot in one of Latvia's poorest and most beautiful regions - Latgale
release : 2001.11.14popularis : 0.313
Wedding
Wedding rituals and a love triangle.
release : 2000.12.26popularis : 0.298
Silence (Elements)
There should be silence in a museum. And someone should see to it that the silence is there. It's the logical order of things. However, it might seem...
release : 2009.04.11popularis : 0.137
The Water (Elements)
Maria decides to go for a swim in the pool even though it looks deserted and she’s warned that the water is cold. When she gets into the pool...
release : 2006.01.01popularis : 0.563
Fire (Elements)
Even before Marija was born it was clear that she would be a person getting in trouble all the time. However, that’s not all. The most...
release : 2007.01.01popularis : 0.293
Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods
A tragicomic tale about the relationship of Guna and the twice older writer Gints. Guna has lost her job, but Gints hasn’t written anything in...
release : 2018.01.01popularis : 0.863
Māra
This creative documentary tells the story of women in art – what she has to sacrifice in her personal life and what choices have to be made in...
release : 2014.05.04popularis : 0.34
Broken Pines
The mundane life of Rita, a nurse and a single mum, changes when she sets eyes on a young photographer named Ernest. Meanwhile, an unexpected...
release : 2013.01.01popularis : 0.205
Selection
The time for the annual great graveyard celebration is approaching in a small town. Scientist Laila can’t attend it alone this year. She has to...
release : 2009.03.08popularis : 0.322
Still Life
Elīna returns to the summer house of her childhood to show it to buyers. The visceral presence of her dead grandmother forces her to reflect on...
release : 2021.01.25popularis : 0.476
The Buzz in the Void
Ainars has been a principal of a local music school for forty years until he is unexpectedly fired. Ainars feels betrayed. Seeing him unhappy, his...
release : 2021.04.11popularis : 0.324
Ordinary People
After his wife kicks him out of the house, an elderly, anti-social and quite conservative man Arvīds decides to reconnect with his grandson by...
release : 2015.01.02popularis : 0.21
Lame-o’s
Lame-o’s is set just before the Millennium, in 1999, and is the story of three school friends who are among the most unpopular girls in their...
release : 2021.08.27popularis : 0.537
My Love Affair with Marriage
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how...
release : 2023.06.07popularis : 3.577