Movies: Ansis Epners

An omnibus film consisting of ten parts, each directed by a different young director from the Latvian Academy of Culture. The unifying element of the ten shorts is the place where they take place - the airport. A lot can happen there - including a st...

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Relations of two sportsmen who often forget that they are not the only ones in the stadium....

The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political satire – if people in positions of power hadn’t got worried by the rushes they saw, which lead them to terminate the production. In 1992, Rolands Kalniņš made...

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Edmunds Berzs is an architect who has achieved a comfortable life, but this causes him unease, so he decides to go to the country house where his mother lives. There he wakes up to find himself locked in a cage in the middle of the forest. Edmunds, p...

A meditation on Henrik Ibsen's plays "Brand" and "Peer Gynt"....

Reflections on human’s relationship with horses throughout the ages and their depiction in art are shown in parallel to the draft horse competition....

A portrait of the prominent Latvian painter Maija Tabaka, showcasing her work process and life of artists from that time....

Film director Sergei Eisenstein’s childhood impressions in Riga left a lasting impact on his work. The film depicts his early experiences growing up in a multicultural city and discovering the allure of art....

Newsreel edition with stories about archery competition and marathons in running, cycling and car sports, using the form of personal narrative behind the scenes....

A look at mass physical education events, competitions and sports festivals in Latvia, such as orienteering, cycling, running and other activities with a special emphasis on integrated musical numbers....

The daily life of the students at the Riga Choreography School consists of physically demanding training, where young people of various ages are working towards the goal of becoming professional dancers....

The story of the famous Latvian basketball team "TTT" from the lips of the team's long-time captain....

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"Klaidonis" has spent almost 15 years in Paris before returning home to Latvia. "Klaidonis" – that's the name of the barge, whose former owner is the Latvian Džeimss Krogzemis. The film is a mosaic of Krogzemis' life and feelings - impressions of Par...

The first of Ansis Epners’s films capturing his travels to different continents, including his climb to a 5000 m base camp of Everest and his visit to the Chitwan National Park on the Nepal-India border....

An essayistic film about Ansis Epners’s family and his hometown of Riga, intertwining a broader perspective on Latvian history with his family’s story of deportation and key elements of Epners’s personality and creative work....

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