Baltics

An unusually artistic experimental film from Latvia that moves in the sphere of the creation and the world of ballet. Narrated, interpreted and acted by Juris Strenga. - And God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.

Anna Scemelinska has never left left Plesova, a little village in the east of Latvia. Her life has been determined by hard work and austerity - and singing.

Live rock'n roll from the Baltic countries.

Erik live by night. He works in a nightclub, dressed up as a woman to rob rich clients. One day Erik's father arrive uninvited. A surprise visit that brings out memories of complicated childhood.

A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.

A Gestapo officer must find an enemy agent from the asylum.

Semi-autobiographical story by Oskar Luts about friendship, love and life in a small Estonian country boarding school in the late 1800s.

In the follow-up of "Kevade" and "Suvi" the same characters have reached their middle-age. Everybody are living quiet family-life but Kiir the tailor who one more time decides to become a farmer and get married.

Propaganda story about a 'Young Pioneer' Pavel Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin's secret police and was in turn killed by his own family.

A young woman Egle is forced to marry the king of serpents, her brothers seek to avenge their sister.

Three Students from Lithuania are dreaming of escaping to the US. When they are trying to fulfill their dreams they quickly get involved in a crime.

2 short documentaries about ethnic arts today.

"Ritual of White Night" explores the music creation of a Russian "Gothic" band, "Moon Far Away". It concentrates on the relationship between religion and artistic creation in contemporary sub-culture.

"Lithuania. The Twilight of the Gods" depicts creative Lithuanian people. Despite the nation's sad history, their unique culture is still alive.

An American motivational speaker embarks on a quixotic day in Latvia, where he meets a colorful cast of characters and begins to question the very nature of his existence.

In the Lithuanian village of Lietuvos a farmer brings his sheltered nephew, Joni, to the rich Bani. By biting the prospective host's hand, the teenager gains the nickname of "the devil's seed."

Lithuania, 1968. After serving in the Soviet Army, Lukas comes back from Prague to his friends: Andrius, a state prosecutor's son, Julius, an unsuccessful artist, and Beatrice, who is attractive to all of her friends in her purity.

Originally called "From Hell to Hell and Back to Heaven". Only in the final stages of production, when the film was almost complete, that the events of the hero were noticeable with biblical events.

Danguole Rasalaites came from Lithuania to Sweden when she was 16 years old. She was stripped of her passport and held in an apartment in Malmö where she was forced to prostitute herself.

About a girl in a country shack and the creepy demon inside the girls' mind. Evil forces separates from the girl, in the shape of a physical copy of her body and becomes a spooky threat. Since the girl is weakened the demon returns to her. The force of foreign evil now rules the girls' life. Inspired by the chapter "Mud Shadows" from the book "The Active Side of Infinity" by Carlos Castaneda.

After his star actress, Indre, murders her mother, rich-kid filmmaker Romas plans her escape from Lithuania. His Mexican boyfriend Carlos helps them reluctantly. On the road, Romas begins shooting an improvised experimental film. As events take an unexpected turn, their secrets, memories and emotions make this journey wilder than any film Romas could have imagined

Luke is an up-and-coming DJ from an affluent New York family with a Lithuanian father and an African-American mother. When Luke hears from an estranged grandmother in Lithuania, he defies his parents and decides to visit this far-away country, flying straight to the capital city Vilnius. He falls in love with the city, a rebellious girl called Marta, and the local music scene - the beatmakers - promoted by an aggressive gay manager, Andy. Luke's grandma's connections get him a deal with the municipality to become the manager of a new nightclub, and he takes up the challenge... but the deal turns out to be poisoned, forcing Luke to rebel in ways he never imagined.

A rookie policeman is left alone in a private clinic to guard a comatose suspect of World War II crimes. His shift is long over, yet nobody comes to replace him. However, the youngster is determined not to leave his post until he gets permission from his authorities to do so. Lack of sleep, loneliness, hunger and the persistence to serve his duty turn the young man into a ticking time bomb at the very wrong time. He must decide how far he can go guarding this suspect who is hated to death by everyone.

The series tells about the three occupations and mass exterminations that took place in the middle of last century, the Holocaust , the terror, the attempt to physically and spiritually crush Lithuania.

In 1942, in Vilnius, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beans stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jewish Chief of Police, Gens, uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others.

Created as a reaction to the state's homophobia in Lithuania, a short film "Porno Melodrama" tells an original story about the dangers of love. Jonas enjoys his life with his boyfriend Matas, but he wants to emigrate from homophobic Lithuania. In order to earn money, Jonas accepts to star in a porno film with his ex-girlfriend Akvile. But what if some unrequited love still lingers in Akvile's heart?..