Juris Podnieks Studio Movies

In 1986, Juris Podnieks made his film "Is it easy to be young?". The film became extremely popular and very soon was shown in 85 countries, which was...

For 91-year-old Ruta acting is not just a career: it is her lifestyle. Once again, she starts working on a new role. This time the theme of the play...

A jolly, care-free, slightly absent-minded Witch loses her magic button. What would the world have looked like if the witch hadn’t found it...

The existence of two parallel communities – one Latvian, the other Russian, is the reality of present day Latvia. After the restoration of an...

An ordinary day turns into an adventure and becomes an extraordinary day.

Young police detective Romāns Skulte joins the Riga Central Precinct in the mid-1990s. In no time at all, Skulte’s youthful enthusiasm...

A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.

Latvian Imants Tillers is one of the most important Australian artists of his generation, creator of installations, sculptures, paintings and graphic...

Sometimes even those who are used to crawling, get to fly.

The story of young lives in the young offenders unit in Cēsis, Latvia. A place governed by its own codes and order, where unwritten rules are...

Artis Baranovskis is a "registrator". He helps his clients by setting up fake companies. An hour before leaving to his own wedding, Artis has to find...

It is year 1994. Spring. In Jelgava – a small town in Latvia. Jānis (14) – behaves well at school, shows interest in all subjects,...

A father who has just been released from prison strives to reconnect with his son. Good intentions are hindered by unexpected obstacles. An...

Jemma Skulme (1925-2019) experienced many different times during her long life, and the conversation revealed how time and events have influenced the...

Even if you’re born to fly, it's not an easy thing to learn. And not everyone succeeds.

It is a planet where there can never be more than one being at a time. If one arrives, the other must leave.

A film about the outstanding Latvian film director Juris Podnieks, who during his lifetime gained the fame of a fighter for justice and an...

A film about the attack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1991 when Latvia was regaining its independence from the Soviet Union. Several people...

Imagine centuries ago several witches huddled around a steaming cauldron, gleefully consigning offensive items to the foul-smelling brew. Maggots,...

“Under the Upturned Moon” is a documentary that tells an outstandingly gripping story of two journalists investigating the depths of...