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...
See moreThe 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)...
See moreJuris 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...
See moreTālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc mēs braucām?
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...
See moreSeeking 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...
See more1949. 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...
See more600 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...
See moreTrain 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...
See moreLisments Who Changed Roja
A documentary about Miķelis Lisments - a controversial director of fishermen kolkhoz "Banga" in Roja, a village in North-West Latvia.
See moreRemember 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...
See moreThe Children of Siberia. We Remember
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...
See moreGvido Zvaigzne
In January 2011, Latvia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in January 1991. Film producer Andris Slapiņš was...
See moreThe 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...
See moreWhere 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...
See moreAtcerēties vai aizmirst?
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...
See moreKatra diena simtgadē. Gadalaiki.
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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