Aivars Freimanis

At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct...

Documentarian Aivars Feimanis lived on the Liv Coast, in Melnsils. It's home to Latvia’s ancient indigenous Livs - a small Finno-Ugric people...

Documentarian Aivars Feimanis lived on the Liv Coast, in Melnsils. It's home to Latvia’s ancient indigenous Livs - a small Finno-Ugric people...

A feature shot as a documentary, with minimal interference in the surrounding action. The resulting film is a truthful and innocent portrayal of the...

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia...

Latvia, late 19th century. Farm-hand boy Jancis lives on a homestead with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His world does not reach beyond...

Latvia, late 19th century. Farm-hand boy Jancis lives on a homestead with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His world does not reach beyond...

A poetic documentary observation of everyday life in a Latvian fishing village, where centuries-old traditions and wind-hardened men and women live...

A feature shot as a documentary, with minimal interference in the surrounding action. The resulting film is a truthful and innocent portrayal of the...

A Latvian poetic documentary about the town Kuldīga.

A Latvian poetic documentary about the town Kuldīga.

Joyful, humorous and slightly ironic look on the daily life in Soviet Latvia in 1987.

A happening with Latvian composer and writer Marģeris Zariņš.

Joyful, humorous and slightly ironic look on the daily life in Soviet Latvia in 1987.

A happening with Latvian composer and writer Marģeris Zariņš.

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia...

Portrait of a 75 year old ambulance driver Juris Kairišs.

Portrait of a 75 year old ambulance driver Juris Kairišs.

A short experimental documentary by Latvian filmmaker Aivars Feimanis.

A story about the Livonian (Liv) language going extinct, and about the people still trying to keep it alive.

A story about the Livonian (Liv) language going extinct, and about the people still trying to keep it alive.

A short experimental documentary by Latvian filmmaker Aivars Feimanis.

A poetic documentary observation of everyday life in a Latvian fishing village, where centuries-old traditions and wind-hardened men and women live...

Aivars Freimanis' documentary consisting of small episodes from a trip to Kurzeme.

Aivars Freimanis' documentary consisting of small episodes from a trip to Kurzeme.

A documentary about Indulis Ranka, a Latvian sculptor.

A documentary about Indulis Ranka, a Latvian sculptor.

A tragicomic story about the passions and commotions behind the closed doors of communal flats in Riga.

A story about the backstage of travelling Latvian puppet theatre "Maska". The group consists of three actors and a tiny bus. They travel around the...

A story about the backstage of travelling Latvian puppet theatre "Maska". The group consists of three actors and a tiny bus. They travel around the...

A young couple of biologists and their two children move from Riga to a nature reserve where they're provided with an old country cottage. They start...

A young couple of biologists and their two children move from Riga to a nature reserve where they're provided with an old country cottage. They start...

A young couple of biologists and their two children move from Riga to a nature reserve where they're provided with an old country cottage. They start...

While shooting a documentary about a 'Komsomol' class who all went to save a struggling kolkhoz, the filmmakers also shot mud, broken tractors,...

Filmmakers of Riga poetic documentary school, Freimanis and Seleckis, were designated as the creative core for this documentary to be shot in honour...

While shooting a documentary about a 'Komsomol' class who all went to save a struggling kolkhoz, the filmmakers also shot mud, broken tractors,...