Films produced by Juris Podnieks Studio

In 1986, Juris Podnieks made his film "Is it easy to be young?". The film became extremely popular and very soon was shown in 85 countries, which was...

Even if you’re born to fly, it's not an easy thing to learn. And not everyone succeeds.

Young police detective Romāns Skulte joins the Riga Central Precinct in the mid-1990s. In no time at all, Skulte’s youthful enthusiasm...

A jolly, care-free, slightly absent-minded Witch loses her magic button. What would the world have looked like if the witch hadn’t found it...

For 91-year-old Ruta acting is not just a career: it is her lifestyle. Once again, she starts working on a new role. This time the theme of the play...

Imagine centuries ago several witches huddled around a steaming cauldron, gleefully consigning offensive items to the foul-smelling brew. Maggots,...

A father who has just been released from prison strives to reconnect with his son. Good intentions are hindered by unexpected obstacles. An...

A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.

A little girl’s father has to go to London. The little girl and her toy rabbit would like to go with him. Of course that’s out of the...

Jemma Skulme (1925-2019) experienced many different times during her long life, and the conversation revealed how time and events have influenced the...

The existence of two parallel communities – one Latvian, the other Russian, is the reality of present day Latvia. After the restoration of an...

An ordinary day turns into an adventure and becomes an extraordinary day.

The story of young lives in the young offenders unit in Cēsis, Latvia. A place governed by its own codes and order, where unwritten rules are...

Sometimes even those who are used to crawling, get to fly.

It is a planet where there can never be more than one being at a time. If one arrives, the other must leave.

Latvian Imants Tillers is one of the most important Australian artists of his generation, creator of installations, sculptures, paintings and graphic...

Folded, rewritten, thrown away, wrinkled, crossed out, stuffed in a pocket, handed to the book keeper, only to find out later that it was the wrong...

Rudolf is a 13 year-old boy obsessed with filmmaking. As a matter of fact, it’s the only thing he’s really fond of. His main interest is...

A film about the attack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1991 when Latvia was regaining its independence from the Soviet Union. Several people...

A film about the outstanding Latvian film director Juris Podnieks, who during his lifetime gained the fame of a fighter for justice and an...

In 1986, Juris Podnieks made his film "Is it easy to be young?". The film became extremely popular and very soon was shown in 85 countries, which was...

Even if you’re born to fly, it's not an easy thing to learn. And not everyone succeeds.

Young police detective Romāns Skulte joins the Riga Central Precinct in the mid-1990s. In no time at all, Skulte’s youthful enthusiasm...

A jolly, care-free, slightly absent-minded Witch loses her magic button. What would the world have looked like if the witch hadn’t found it...