Viesturs Kairišs Movies

  • 2020
    The Sign Painter

    The Sign Painter

    The Sign Painter

    6.52020HD

    A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his...

    The Sign Painter
  • 2016
    The Chronicles of Melanie

    The Chronicles of Melanie

    The Chronicles of Melanie

    6.22016HD

    The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force...

    The Chronicles of Melanie
  • 2001
    Magic Flute

    Magic Flute

    Magic Flute

    02001HD

    “As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close...

    Magic Flute
  • 2022
    January

    January

    January

    6.52022HD

    It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the...

    January
  • 2018
    Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods

    Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods

    Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods

    02018HD

    A tragicomic tale about the relationship of Guna and the twice older writer Gints. Guna has lost her job, but Gints hasn’t written anything in...

    Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods
  • 1997
    Latavio, or Life Nr. 2

    Latavio, or Life Nr. 2

    Latavio, or Life Nr. 2

    01997HD

    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...

    Latavio, or Life Nr. 2
  • 2024
    Wild South

    Wild South

    Wild South

    02024HD

    Stories about Tartu and Southern Estonia, capturing the tricks and mysteries about the arts of survival. Renowned filmmakers from Estonia and abroad...

    Wild South
  • 2024
    Cohabitants

    Cohabitants

    Cohabitants

    02024HD

    Piirissaar is a tiny Estonian island in Lake Peipus, on the very border of Russia. The Russian Old Believers who inhabited the island appeared here...

    Cohabitants
  • 2009
    Lohengrin from Varka Kru

    Lohengrin from Varka Kru

    Lohengrin from Varka Kru

    02009HD

    A creative a portrait of Latvian luger and Olympic medal winner, Martins Rubenis, who won the first Latvia's Winter Olympic medal of the games in...

    Lohengrin from Varka Kru
  • 2007
    The Dark Deer

    The Dark Deer

    The Dark Deer

    02007HD

    17-year-old Ria is a sensitive and mysterious young woman. Ria's mother has suffered in a car accident and has stopped speaking since her daughter's...

    The Dark Deer
  • 2014
    The Invisible City

    The Invisible City

    The Invisible City

    02014HD

    A story about a city built as a paradise but turned into hell – a city slowly turning into paradise again, just in a different way. Igor has...

    The Invisible City
  • 2000
    Wedding

    Wedding

    Wedding

    02000HD

    Wedding rituals and a love triangle.

    Wedding
  • 2014
    Pelican in the Desert

    Pelican in the Desert

    Pelican in the Desert

    5.52014HD

    Latgale is a land on the very eastern edge of the European Union. Sometimes it seems like a land in the middle of a body of water. At other times, it...

    Pelican in the Desert
  • 2004
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    02004HD

    An emotional and stylistically consistent documentary musical depicting the staging of Bernstein’s West Side Story with deaf youths. The...

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 2001
    Leaving by the way

    Leaving by the way

    Leaving by the way

    02001HD

    A tale about a nine-year old boy's relationship with the world around him, shot in one of Latvia's poorest and most beautiful regions - Latgale

    Leaving by the way
  • 2004
    The Monument

    The Monument

    The Monument

    02004HD

    Viesturs Kairišs’ 2004 documentary The Monument investigates the interpretation of Riga’s Soviet Second World War memorial in the...

    The Monument