Kaspars Znotiņš

Kafka. In Love (2024)

In 1920, Franz Kafka wrote 120 letters to writer and journalist Milena Jesenská. A love which filled Kafka's life with light and hope and, at the same time, illuminates his fears and the darkness in him. ...

Limonov: The Ballad (2024)

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov's ...

The White Helicopter (2024)

The film is based on true events leading up to the historical 2013 resignation of Benedict XVI. After succeeding John Paul II, and serving as Pope for eight years, Joseph Ratzinger shocked the world by becoming the first Pope to voluntarily resign in over ...

Dzejnieks un Auķis (2023)

The film, like fragile, sensual, philosophical poetry, evokes the youth of the Poet (Imants Ziedonis) and Auķa (the actress Ausma Kantāne-Ziedone was called Imants), when poetic words in letters and postcards were the lifeline for another person. In his ...

My Love Affair with Marriage (2023)

From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the more she ...

24 Hr Sunshine (2023)

Martin has fulfilled the European dream: he has a beautiful spouse, a nice house and a well-set business. When he turns 40, he starts to ask: is this all there is, and what's next? An existential comedy/drama about success, sense of freedom and the meaning ...

Nr. 105555 (2023)

The film is based on the diary of Arkus Gunārs Reninger about his experiences in Salaspils concentration camp in 1944, which are visually partially covered by archive materials and prisoners' drawings, but mostly the viewer will see the specific location ...

Let's Start From the Beginning (2022)

The middle aged rock enthusiast Raimonds has a dream to become a guitar player for a legendary rock and roll band. He attempts to achieve this goal by making a music video for them. However, drama starts, when a young film student, Rūta, gets involved. ...

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. ...

Wild East (2021)

A runaway bride, a young peasant, mysterious illusionists and a manic investigator become entwined in a murderous affair at a Baltic German baron's manor. ...

Dawn of War (2020)

A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks. ...

My Favorite War (2020)

Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War. ...

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 ...

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (2019)

Summer adventure story about two kids who spend summer in city suburb, where together with talking dogs they rescue the romantic wooden-house neighborhood from reconstruction. ...

Before The Day Breaks (2018)

When the daughter of the Sun and the Moon is stolen, desperate parents call people to get their baby back. Helpers are given only three days: if at that time, the Sun's daughter will not be found, she will lose her strength and become an ordinary girl. A j ...

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 ...

Firstborn (2017)

A psychological thriller about a middle-aged intellectual who, in an attempt to restore his reputation in his wife's eyes, accidentally commits a murder. As time passes, he begins to see a link between the deceased, his wife's pregnancy and the mysteriou ...

Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness (2017)

Pigtail loves the winter holidays, but this year, shortly before Christmas, Brother comes into the world, turning everything upside down. Grandmother arrives from the countryside, because Pigtail's parents no longer have time to take her skating, but Pigta ...

How Shammies Built a House (2015)

Shammies long to have a pet. They know they would need to take care of it and everyone is ready to build a house for it. But what kind of pet it will be? ...

Kā Lupatiņi slēpās (2015)

Kā Lupatiņi veseļojās (2015)

How Shammies Tidied Up (2015)

Shammies' room is so messy it is not possible to find anything anymore. Mr. Cat suggests to spring-clean. To tidy up the house Shammies need to find out where each thing lives. ...

Gūtenmorgens un Jāņi (2013)

About how Gūtenmorgens, unwilling to celebrate Jāņi, defends Latvian traditions and finds a fern flower. Gūtenmorgens tries to dampen his friends' enthusiasm for celebrating Jāņi, until Bērziņš finds him a foreign journalist to be his partner for ...

Gutenmorgen and the Third Eye (2011)

Gutenmorgen is an eccentric family man who tends to see his life in bright colours. In order to improve his failing eyesight, Gutenmorgen decides to open a third eye. Gutenmorgen begins mediating with a self-proclaimed guru and hopes that this unconvention ...

The Return of Sergeant Lapins (2010)

After recovering from an overseas mission, Krists Lapins moves into a quiet neighbourhood in Riga. His hopes for a new, peaceful life are disrupted when an unexpected visitor arrives one night. Krists soon finds himself in a swirl of events involving a mys ...

The Hunt (2009)

After the lives of several people are tied into a intriguing knot upon meeting police officer Krasts one hot summer day, they're all brought together again on a full moon winter night. Intrigue develops among a couple of lovers, Gints and Elga, three adven ...

Bitter Wine (2007)

Donats is a modern-day Don Juan juggling the various women in his life seemingly without any consequences, until he falls in love with Agnese. Her husband, Ralfs, turns out to be a formidable opponent. ...

The Mystery of the Old Parish House (2000)

In this movie (based on a true story) within a movie, a director tries to film the tale of an old KGB activist living in a parish house. In the summer of 1941 the activist tortured and killed Latvians in the cellar of the house. Although the old man hires ...

Latavio, or Life Nr. 2 (1997)

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 strike b ...