Ansis Epners Movies

The film explores and attempts to decipher the complex ornaments encoded in the traditional folk costume accessory, Lielvārde’s belt,...

Reflections on human’s relationship with horses throughout the ages and their depiction in art are shown in parallel to the draft horse...

The daily life of the students at the Riga Choreography School consists of physically demanding training, where young people of various ages are...

A history teacher returns to the scene with his students and reenacts what happened in 1941, when he was the only one of the 178 people sentenced to...

Architect Edgars Šēnbergs – a man from the park bench – in the park between the University of Latvia and the Freedom Monument...

Four young men after university are sent to work as managers in a collective (kolkhoz). The film is about how these people try to achieve something...

Intended for foreign viewers, the film explores Latvia’s history and present day, national traditions, culture, and nature, with the filmmakers...

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

Film dedicated to Latvian refugees scattered around the world by World War II.

A playful narrative both above and below street level, focusing on the employees who maintain the underground communications of the city of Riga.

Reflections on the moral values that develop in a person during school years. The author tells about his former school in Mazsalaca.

An essayistic film about Ansis Epners’s family and his hometown of Riga, intertwining a broader perspective on Latvian history with his...