Ivars Zviedris

Most Popular Ivars Zviedris Trailers

Total trailers found: 32

Ex-Amen Trailer (2005)

26 September 2005

A struggling actress, a teacher, a former seaman, a policeman and a veterinarian all have a common line of work – conducting funerals.

Vaira smaida Trailer (2007)

06 July 2007

Smiles belong only to humans. Perhaps some animals can smile, but I'm not sure about that. A smile is a sign of a warm heart, said the Dalai Lama when he met with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.

Ready and Done Trailer (2006)

06 June 2006

Sigurds operates a hundred-year-old lift in a large hospital in Riga, absorbing the sounds of daily hospital life while between floors.

Kamēr... Trailer (2005)

30 April 2005

The film is a mirror image of the choir Kamēr... (While...), which the viewer sees through the white dresses of the girls in the choir, through the beads of sweat on the conductor's nose, through close-ups of the choir members at moments when the musical ecstasy reaches its climax.

...vēlos mājās pārnākt Trailer (2007)

14 June 2007

Latvians have always fought under foreign flags, but have always wanted to return to their homeland.

Gravediggers Trailer (2024)

05 March 2024

They prepare the resting place for us all. They do their work by standing by the side of people when they are in grief, and are the last hands to touch the grave towel that lowers the deceased a meter and a half below the ground.

See You Never Ever Trailer (2022)

27 February 2022

The film begins with closing of the oldest prison in Latvia – the Brasa Prison was built in 1905 and cannot ensure normal functioning.

Made in Ireland Trailer (2019)

09 November 2019

Latvian children born in Ireland are a part of the nation that dreams in English, and marks a peculiar page of recent Latvian history.

Rīga Trailer (2007)

19 August 2007

A novella about Riga, composed of songs from the rooftops of Riga, sung by the girls of the Riga Dome School choir, recited by Riga residents, chance encounters with foreigners, cyclists and pedestrians, tram drivers and lovers.

Wonderful Losers: A Different World Trailer (2017)

21 November 2017

They're called water carriers, domestics, 'gregarios', 'Sancho Panzas' of professional cycling. Always at the back of the group, with no right for a personal victory.

Bach vs Covid Trailer (2022)

04 May 2022

The world is being ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and a state of emergency has been declared in Latvia.

Afigenna Trailer (2019)

09 November 2019

A dialogue between a mother and her son.

Murjāņi School Trailer (2015)

03 November 2015

Alekss arrives at the Murjāņi sports school to become a champion. He’s introduced to the ironclad daily routine, which starts at 7 AM and ends at 8 PM, with practices twice a day and the rest of the time filled with lessons, exams and homework, just like at any other school.

Latvian Gold Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A documentary about the almost mythical "Latvian gold" - where it comes from and what's being done with it.

Treehouse Ipiķi Trailer (2013)

16 November 2013

A group of children from the capital city of Riga arrive in the small border village of Ipiķi. The townsfolk immediately know that "they aren’t locals, they’re from the capital.

Body Bureaucracy Trailer (2022)

10 November 2022

The film focuses on a bizarre state of affairs in the northern city of Valmiera where the corpse of a man has lain for nine years because of complex and contradictory communications between the relatives and various responsible institutions.

eu Trailer (2004)

30 April 2004

It's Latvia on the 20th of September, 2003 - the day of the referendum about joining the European Union.

The Misunderstood Trailer (2020)

24 November 2020

An attempt to understand the people chanting "Atlaist Saeimu!" (Sack the parliament!) year after year.

Homo Ludens. Man Who Plays Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

A young boy likes to play anywhere and anytime, with anything that is handy. A poetess plays with words, a composer with sound, and a filmmaker with images, the result of which is a cinematic poem that motivates the viewer to remember his Homo Ludens.

Mud Trailer (2010)

24 July 2010

Latvians think through mud and view the world through a “muddy” filter. Where does the mud come from, and why does it invariably remain: in this country, this language, and in our souls? Mud doesn’t just appear from tears falling upon dry earth.

Dziesmusvētki Trailer (2003)

01 October 2003

The Latvian Song festival captured from an unusual angle - literally and figuratively. Faces and legs of singers, listeners and dancers, close-ups of details and moods.

Get Lost Trailer (2005)

29 September 2005

In the godforsaken land on both sides of the Latvian-Estonian border people are awaiting "the coming of Europe" in candlelight with no electricity.

Faithful unto Death Trailer (2024)

04 December 2024

Documentarian Ivars Zviedris began filming Faithful unto Death after meeting a woman who unknowingly carried a surgeon's tool in her abdomen for 27 years, following an appendectomy.

Mazpilsēta Trailer (2002)

15 October 2002

Rūjiena is the northernmost town in Latvia. Life here flows slowly, with a unique, flowing spirit of sincerity, love, and a certain sense of civic pride.

Palīdzības piemineklis Trailer (2024)

13 November 2024

The monument to help is a small shop in the center of Alūksne – a social, cultural, and human place in the small city of Malēnija, where everyone knows, loves, and hates each other.

Fedya. Theodor. Tulio Trailer (2011)

01 November 2011

It’s discovered by chance that legendary Finnish film director Teuvo Tulio came from a remote village in Latvia near the Russian border.

Tide Trailer (2009)

29 September 2009

People escaping from home. Escaping to a better life. Escaping from themselves to a globalized world.

Residents Trailer (2017)

12 November 2017

The documentary “Residents” probes problems in Latvia in general and Latvia’s medicine in particular with the story of two energetic young interns, Kārlis and Laura.

Lumberjacks Trailer (2017)

01 December 2017

They fell trees in the forest, work in brigades and live in trailers or empty apartments far from home.

Documentarian Trailer (2012)

12 April 2012

Inta is a brusque, crusty woman who lives alone on the edge of a picturesque marsh. One day her solitude is intruded upon by the arrival of a documentary filmmaker.

2018 Trailer (2019)

01 January 2019

During Latvia’s centennial year, 15 filmmakers created each his own film portrait of a person living in Latvia on the background of centenary events.

Latvian Coyote Trailer (2019)

01 December 2019

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European Union border.