Igarka, Hope and Butterfly

Igarka, Hope and Butterfly

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...

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The Balance Sheet of Siberia

The Balance Sheet of Siberia

The year 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the deportations of June 14 1941, when 15 425 residents of Latvia (Latvians, Jews, Russians, Poles)...

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Juris Jurjāns. Seven Days of Painting, Talking, Silence

Juris Jurjāns. Seven Days of Painting, Talking, Silence

In the documentary, director Dzintra Geka has created an engaging portrait of Latvian painter Juris Jurjāns. The film delves into his world...

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Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?

Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?

The Children of Siberia

The Children of Siberia

On June 14, 1941, more than 15,000 Latvian inhabitants, including approximately 4,000 children of Latvian, Jewish, Polish and Russian ethnicity...

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Seeking Tisse

Seeking Tisse

The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films of...

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1949. The Route from Ķekava to the Omsk District

1949. The Route from Ķekava to the Omsk District

The 1949 deportations were one of the most tragic aspects of contemporary Latvian history. 43,000 people were deported to Siberia for life, with...

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600 Stories That Have to Be Told

600 Stories That Have to Be Told

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

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Train Station Latvians 1937

Train Station Latvians 1937

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 due...

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Lisments Who Changed Roja

Lisments Who Changed Roja

A documentary about Miķelis Lisments - a controversial director of fishermen kolkhoz "Banga" in Roja, a village in North-West Latvia.

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Remember Siberia I

Remember Siberia I

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...

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The Children of Siberia. We Remember

The Children of Siberia. We Remember

Ilmārs Blumbergs

Ilmārs Blumbergs

The story of the secret of self-creativity, the loneliness of the soul, the meridians of con-sciousness and the scope of man. Ilmārs Blumbergs...

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Gvido Zvaigzne

Gvido Zvaigzne

In January 2011, Latvia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in January 1991. Film producer Andris Slapiņš was...

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The Sixties

The Sixties

The 1960s brought hope for the huge Soviet empire - a hope that the regime will become more humane. The optimism and youthful energy of the decade...

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Where Did The Fathers Go?

Where Did The Fathers Go?

The children who were sent to Siberia in 1941 have not seen their fathers – in their memories they recollect: “My father was arrested, he was sent...

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Atcerēties vai aizmirst?

Atcerēties vai aizmirst?

The Fathers Over There

The Fathers Over There

Andris Caune, Ojārs Grensbergs, Imants Grāvītis and Jānis Zemtautis spent many years in the Gulag camps. They survived. In 1954, a riot broke out...

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Katra diena simtgadē. Gadalaiki.

Katra diena simtgadē. Gadalaiki.

Konstantīns

Konstantīns

A documentary about Latvian freedom fighter Konstantīns Čakste who was the son of the first Latvian president and who perished in 1945.

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