Movies

  • 2008
    Igarka, Hope and Butterfly

    Igarka, Hope and Butterfly

    Igarka, Hope and Butterfly

    02008HD

    In 1941 almost 4,000 children under the age of 16 were deported from Latvia to Siberia. Some returned to Latvia, many perished, and many were left in...

    Igarka, Hope and Butterfly
  • 2020
    The Children of Siberia. We Remember

    The Children of Siberia. We Remember

    The Children of Siberia. We Remember

    02020HD

    Every year on June 14, the Siberian Children Foundation goes on a trip to Siberia to remember their loved ones who stayed there. Along with the...

    The Children of Siberia. We Remember
  • 2015
    God's Lost Sparrows

    God's Lost Sparrows

    God's Lost Sparrows

    02015HD

    Near the end of the Second World War, when it became clear that Latvia would be re-invaded by the Soviet Army, some 150,000 of its citizens fled to...

    God's Lost Sparrows
  • 2015
    Īvāns

    Īvāns

    Īvāns

    02015HD

    The documentary about Dainis Īvāns, leader of the National Awakening movement between late 1980s and early 1990s, a human symbol of the...

    Īvāns
  • 2023
    Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?

    Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?

    Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?

    02023HD

    Why did we travel to Siberia for 20 years? Why did we make this film? How did we see Siberia? People who were deported as children in 1949 and 1941...

    Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?
  • 2009
    Agapitova and the Rescued

    Agapitova and the Rescued

    Agapitova and the Rescued

    02009HD

    This is a film about the return of an individual to the Far North, and to the past. Agapitova, Igarka – the vast lands of Siberia, to which...

    Agapitova and the Rescued
  • 2005
    Reiz bija Sibīrija

    Reiz bija Sibīrija

    Reiz bija Sibīrija

    02005HD

    In 1941, 15,420 Latvian residents were deported to Siberia, including 4,000 children. More than 400 of them survived and currently live in Latvia....

    Reiz bija Sibīrija
  • 2018
    Kurts Fridrihsons

    Kurts Fridrihsons

    Kurts Fridrihsons

    02018HD

    The significance of Kurts Fridrihsons reaches beyond the importance of his art, because during the Soviet period there were not many personalities...

    Kurts Fridrihsons
  • 2006
    Atcerēties vai aizmirst?

    Atcerēties vai aizmirst?

    Atcerēties vai aizmirst?

    02006HD

    Residents of the Cēsis district – Vizma Rass, Zigrīda Perevalova, and Andris Eglītis – recount their suffering during...

    Atcerēties vai aizmirst?
  • 2012
    Lonely Island

    Lonely Island

    Lonely Island

    02012HD

    Five stories and many more lives that are affected, they flow by each other and sometimes intersect. In one way or other we talk about emotional...

    Lonely Island
  • 2005
    Greetings From Siberia

    Greetings From Siberia

    Greetings From Siberia

    02005HD

    People who were forcefully deported from Latvia to Siberia by the Soviet Union in 1941 and 1949 when they were kids. They haven't come back. Many...

    Greetings From Siberia
  • 2010
    Remember Siberia I

    Remember Siberia I

    Remember Siberia I

    02010HD

    An emotional, figurative and historical study of the memories of people who were deported to Siberia as children on June 14, 1941. The suffering of...

    Remember Siberia I
  • 2015
    Victor and the Night

    Victor and the Night

    Victor and the Night

    02015HD

    The protagonist of the film, Viktors, after losing his eyesight not only gets over depression and sense of estrangement but goes on living a...

    Victor and the Night
  • 2007
    John Dored's Island

    John Dored's Island

    John Dored's Island

    02007HD

    John Dored was the first Latvian cinematographer to train with the famous Pathé, actively film on the front lines of WWI, and the only...

    John Dored's Island
  • 2007
    600 Stories That Have to Be Told

    600 Stories That Have to Be Told

    600 Stories That Have to Be Told

    02007HD

    Interviews were conducted over a seven year period with 670 people who were deported to Siberia as children in 1941. Fragments of their memories form...

    600 Stories That Have to Be Told
  • 2011
    Train Station Latvians 1937

    Train Station Latvians 1937

    Train Station Latvians 1937

    02011HD

    Latvians have left their land for all corners of the earth over the last centuries – either driven out for disobeying the powers at large, or...

    Train Station Latvians 1937