Movies: Juris Podnieks

A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The director was awarded the State Prize of the USSR in 1982. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the...

A film about the outstanding Latvian film director Juris Podnieks, who during his lifetime gained the fame of a fighter for justice and an "eye-opener". Podnieks has created testimonies about the most important events of the twentieth century in the...

A collective portrait of the Latvian Red Riflemen is made up of memories told by the old men themselves. Unique and harsh are their destinies during the World War I and the revolution, at the opposite fronts of civil war, in 1930s. The victories of ...

Portrayal of a generation of rebellious teenagers growing up under Communist rule in Latvia....

A dynamic, emotional film about sports and the fellowship of athletes from different countries, joining their forces in the fight for peace. The film was shot during the Goodwill Games in 1986 in Moscow....

A 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces....

An autobiographical work from Herz Frank. Images guide us through the countries in which he worked, interspersed with fragments from his earlier films: births, autopsies, circumcisions, prisoners awaiting execution and other shocking themes....

A series of documentaries exploring life in the Soviet Union during the glasnost era of the late 1980s....

A film portrait of the poet Ojars Vacietis....

Homage to the woman artist....

A film about the well-known Latvian artists, choir conductors - Imants and Gido Kokars....

A film about the former partisan commander Vilis Samsons....

A documentary on elderly Naivist painters in 90ies Latvia. These people find a lot of joy and harmony in their amazing creations even if they might not know a lot about the conventional art....

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The life of a 16 yearo-old convict through the Soviet penal system. The "restricted area" is a penal colony and Borstal, a "work camp" for delinquent children and young people. The film shows the contradictions in the notion of corrective education....

The last film of Juris Podnieks, it is dedicated to the memory of cameramen Andris Slapins and Gvido Zvaigzne, who died tragically during the shooting by OMON forces in the center of Riga in 1991....

About Māris Grīva, the coach of Dainis Kūla, the Olympic champion in javelin throwing, who trains young javelin throwers in Ventspils....

Intended for foreign viewers, the film explores Latvia’s history and present day, national traditions, culture, and nature, with the filmmakers traveling in a horse-drawn carriage....

The film is an emotional story about fateful historical events in the 20th century, which took place in three Baltic countries- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The story is also about their efforts to gain independence....

Afterword for the film "Homeland" - January 1991. Death of Andris Slapiņš and Gvido Zvaigzne....