Juris Bartkevičs

Squeal (2022)

Lost in remotest part of Eastern Europe, Sam is a foreigner, searching for his biological father Lagzdins where a minor road accident leads to a chance meeting with a pig-farmer's daughter, who captures him and makes him a forced laborer on the farm. ...

The Good Neighbor (2022)

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive. ...

II Lines (2020)

Twelve uncomfortable, deeply personal and painful stories by women who have had an abortion are read, told and 'experienced' by six male actors. Does that make a difference? Will the society listen now? ...

Still River (2019)

A Greek couple, Anna (Katia Goulioni) and Petros (Andreas Konstantinou), have recently moved to a small industrial town in Siberia. It's a long process to adapt, especially for Anna, since Petros is quite occupied with his job. That will cause a conflict b ...

Vectēvs (2019)

A granddaughter spends a week with her grandparents and falls in love with their kittens. However, when her grandfather, without attempting to discuss or understand, prepares to drown the kittens, the girl rebels against the incomprehensible morality and p ...

Homo Novus (2018)

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 ambitious, arrives in the capital, where he hopes to make his mark in the artistic circles. What follows is a strin ...

Gūtenmorgens un Vienciems (2016)

Guttenmorgen leaves the government office to see how people live in the countryside, and on the way he gets stuck in Vienciem. ...

Alias Loner (2014)

Based on true events that took place in the vicinity of Līvāni in 1945 after Soviet re-occupation. Catholic priest Antons Juhņevičs, serving in the Vanagi parish, hid local men on church premises so they could escape conscription into the Red Army. Fin ...

The Little Ant (2009)

In the cemetery of small town, a Man and a Woman, both middle-aged, meet at sunset. He has a terrible plan of how to battle with cemetery vandals, but she is suspicious of his real purpose. ...

Don't Talk About It (2007)

Beatrise is drifting in life. She has based her existence on unsuccessful relationships that have collapsed, like sand castles, one after the other. Forced to re-evaluate things, she realizes that she can only achieve harmony by learning to rely on herself ...

You're Sexy When You're Sad (2005)

The characters of the movie are closely twisted. Each of the heroes is a slave to their own passions. Only through strong will and some happy event they will be able to free themselves from their addictions. ...

Wild Beast (2005)

In the near future of 2012, the government asks for each citizen to have 30 Lats on their credit card. Anybody not having this amount of money is deemed to be maliciously poor and arrested. ...

Dear Life (1989)

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on K ...

Suncandle (1986)

Young Juris is being raised by his mother alone in a rural village. She is in love with Jānis, a collective farm driver, and the two plan to get married. As the wedding approaches, Juris prepares a special secret gift for them—a "sun candle" plant he is ...

Tereona galva (1982)