List of Latvian films
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A list of films produced in Latvia since 1991. For an A-Z list see Category:Latvian films
Before 1962[]
1962–1990[]
1991–1999[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | ||||||
| The Child of Man (Cilvēka bērns) | Jānis Streičs | Akvelīna Līvmane, Jānis Paukštello |
Won award at the Chicago Children's Film Festival | |||
| (Mērnieku laiki) | Varis Brasla | Elita Kļaviņa |
Drama | |||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Laila Pakalniņa | - | Documentary | ||||
| Crime | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Laila Pakalniņa | - | Documentary | ||||
| Drama | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| Mystery | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Varis Brasla | Jānis Paukštello |
Family | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| The Shoe (Kurpe) | Laila Pakalniņa | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| 1999 | ||||||
2000–2009[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| Dangerous Summer (Baiga vasara) | Artūrs Skrastiņš |
Drama, War | ||||
| Viesturs Kairišs | Guna Zariņa | Lielais Kristaps in 2001 | ||||
| (Vecās pagastmājas mistērija) | Jānis Streičs | Renārs Kaupers |
Thriller | |||
| 2001 | ||||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Inga Alsiņa Rēzija Kalniņa |
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| Pitons | Laila Pakalniņa | Lielais Kristaps in 2003 | ||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Drama, Short | ||||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| Laila Pakalniņa | - | Documentary | ||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Animation | |||||
| Short comedy | Greek language | |||||
| Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat (Ūdensbumba resnajam runcim) | Varis Brasla | Baiba Broka Jānis Paukštello Artūrs Skrastiņš |
Family | Lielais Kristaps in 2005 Won award at the Chicago Children's Film Festival | ||
| 2005 | ||||||
| Rēzija Kalniņa Jānis Paukštello |
Drama | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Ķīlnieks | Laila Pakalniņa | Jēkabs Nākums |
Comedy | |||
| Viesturs Kairišs | Elita Kļaviņa |
Drama | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
Nora Ikstena |
- | Animation/Documentary | ||||
| Tõnu Aav Algimantas Masiulis |
Documentary | |||||
| - | Animation | |||||
| Midsummer Madness | Maria de Medeiros Dominique Pinon Gundars Āboliņš |
Comedy | ||||
| Iveta Pole Artuss Kaimiņš |
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| Defenders of Riga (Rīgas sargi) | Jānis Reinis Elita Kļaviņa |
War | ||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| Roze Stiebra | - | Animation | ||||
| Signe Baumane | - | Animation | ||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| Vogelfrei | Jānis Kalējs |
Drama | Lielais Kristaps in 2007 | |||
Rēzija Kalniņa Ģirts Ķesteris |
Drama | |||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Laila Pakalniņa | Guna Zariņa |
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| Drama | ||||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Animation | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| Comedy, Adventure | ||||||
Laila Pakalniņa |
- | Documentary | ||||
| The Soviet Story | Edvīns Šnore | - | Documentary | English | ||
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | Documentary | |||||
| Viesturs Kairišs | Mārtiņš Rubenis | Documentary | ||||
| - | Animation | |||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Roze Stiebra | - | Animation | ||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| Armands Zvirbulis | Gundars Āboliņš |
Comedy, Crime, Family | ||||
| Guna Zariņa Andris Keišs |
Drama | |||||
| - | Animation | |||||
| - | Documentary, Short | |||||
| - | Documentary | |||||
| - | Vilis Daudziņš |
- | ||||
2010s[]
| Original title | International title (or translation in English) | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Amaya | Hong Kong Confidential | Māris Martinsons | Kaori Momoi Andrius Mamontovas Kristīne Nevarauska |
Drama, Comedy | ||
| Jānis Streičs | Rēzija Kalniņa Artūrs Skrastiņš |
Drama, Comedy | ||||
| Portrait documentary | ||||||
| (Controversial history) | , | Documentary | The documentary is about different historical narratives regarding World War II and the occupation of Latvia; as held by Latvians, and Russians and the Jews in Latvia. | |||
| Seržanta Lapiņa atgriešanās | Return of Sergeant Lapins | Andris Keišs Guna Zariņa |
Drama, Comedy | |||
| - | Documentary, Biography, Drama | |||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Gundars Āboliņš |
Comedy | |||||
| - | Mārtiņš Freimanis Kristīne Nevarauska |
Drama, History | ||||
| Kolka Cool | Kolka Cool | Iveta Pole Artuss Kaimiņš Andris Keišs |
Drama, Comedy | |||
| Iveta Pole Artuss Kaimiņš Andris Keišs Aigars Apinis |
Drama, Comedy | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Sapņu komanda 1935 | Dream Team 1935 | Inga Alsiņa |
Drama, History, Sport | |||
| ; | Crime, Drama | |||||
| Drama | ||||||
| Golfa straume zem ledus kalna | Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg | Drama | ||||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Mammu, es tevi mīlu | Mother I Love You | |||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| The Lesson | Andris Gauja | |||||
| Juris Kursietis | Drama | |||||
| Māris Martinsons | Kaori Momoi Hannah Levien |
Drama about a Latvian worker in USA | Filmed in California, United States | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Dawn | Laila Pakalniņa | |||||
| Ruch and Norie | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| Exiled | Ulrich Matthes | Documentary | Award Lielais Kristaps in 2016. Best Actor for performance - Ulrich Matthes | |||
| Feature film | ||||||
| — | Documentary film | Filmed in North Korea | ||||
| Melānijas hronika | The Chronicles of Melanie | Viesturs Kairišs | Sabine Timoteo | Documentary, Feature film | ||
| — | Ģirts Ķesteris Kristīne Nevarauska Jānis Jubalts |
comedy | (18+) | |||
| 2017 | ||||||
| — | Andris Keišs |
comedy | (18+) | |||
| — | Raimonds Elbakjans | Nils Ušakovs |
Shortfilm | Documentary about the mayor of Riga | ||
| Liberation Day | Uģis Olte, Morten Traavik | Documentary film | Norwegian, Slovenian and Latvian film, filmed in North Korea | |||
| Jaak Kilmi | Märt Pius Karl-Andreas Kalmet Veiko Porkanen Esko Salminen |
Comedy | Estonian and Latvian co production | |||
| 魔法の着物; |
Māris Martinsons | Kaori Momoi Issey Ogata Artūrs Skrastiņš Mārtiņš Sirmais Andris Keišs members of band Brainstorm |
Comedy | Japanese and Latvian co production | ||
| (Eight stars) | - | Documentary about Latvian Riflemens | The author of the script : Dainis Īvāns, . | |||
| (Grandfather more dangerous than a computer) | Varis Brasla |
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Comedy, family film | |||
| Firstborn | Kaspars Znotiņš |
Action thriller | ||||
| (The Wounded Rider) | Documentary about Freedom Monument of Latvia and its author Kārlis Zāle | |||||
| Reinis Spaile | - | Documentary about investigation of Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse | Runed in LTV | |||
| 2018 | ||||||
| Nameja gredzens | The Pagan King | Edvin Endre, James Bloor, Aistė Diržiūtė, Andris Keišs, Artūrs Skrastiņš, , , , , , , , , , |
Historical fiction action film about Semigallian duke Namejs and his conducted Semigallian freedom struggles against the Crusades. | |||
| (The fund of criminal excellency) | Oskars Rupenheits | Lauris Kļaviņš, Andris Daugaviņš, Jana Rubīna, Juris Riekstiņš, Māris Mičerevskis |
First Latvian criminal comedy. | Filmed only with resources from donors. | ||
| (Paradise '89) | Magda Lote Auziņa, Marta Ģertrūde Auzāne, Līva Ločmele, Evelīna Ozola, , , , , Guna Zariņa |
Film about the events of the 1989 Baltic Way, Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the restoration of independence of Republic of Latvia through the eyes of two sisters - Paula and Laura and their cousins. | ||||
| Turpinājums | (The continue) | Documentary | Film about five kids and their view of events in Latvia and politics. There will be continue of film after seven years. | |||
| (The cheaters) | , Rēzija Kalniņa, Ralfs Eilands, , , , , |
Comedy | (18+) | |||
| (The sun was driving in the sky) | Roze Stiebra | Kaspars Znotiņš, , , Guna Zariņa, Vilis Daudziņš, , , , , , , , , , , , , | Animation | |||
| (Kurts Fridrihsons) | Docummentary about Kurts Fridrihsons | |||||
| () | , | Docummentary | ||||
| (Lustrum) | Docummentary about KGB activities in Latvia and lustration | |||||
| () | Audrius Stonys, | Docummentary | Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian co-production. | |||
| (Homo Novus ) | , , Kaspars Znotiņš, Andris Keišs, , , , , Vilis Daudziņš, Guna Zariņa, , Andrejs Žagars, Baiba Broka, , , Gundars Āboliņš, , Kaspars Kambala, , , Intars Busulis, | Historical drama | ||||
| () | , | Docummentary | ||||
| (The Mover) | Artūrs Skrastiņš, , , | Film about Žanis Lipke | ||||
| (Bille) | , , Artūrs Skrastiņš, , Gundars Āboliņš, , Guna Zariņa | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| (1906) | , , , , , , , , | |||||
| () | Andris Keišs, , Kaspars Znotiņš, , | Animation | ||||
External links[]
- asc Films with Latvia as primary country of origin (by year/ascending) at the Internet Movie Database
- National Film Centre of Latvia catalogs of Latvian films since 2005
Categories:
- Lists of films by country of production
- Latvian films
- Lists of mass media in Latvia