Ivars Vigners

An old puppet maker tells his little friend the story of his first love.

Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.

When a night patrol spots a man fleeing and throwing a bag into the water, little do they know it is the first clue in a murder investigation. Around the same time, a woman is found dead in the city park, and divers soon recover the discarded bag containing a large sum of money belonging to the victim. Suspicion falls on one of her acquaintances, who admits to having argued with her—but insists he is innocent. Despite his motive and connection to the victim, he has a solid alibi, leaving investigators with a mystery to unravel.

This small satirical film, through the means of a puppet film, addresses the drinking Vice in our lives.

The International Folklore Festival in Riga brought together groups from all over Latvia, neighbouring Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Belarus and the Baltic Sea Basin. The documentary covers the main events of the festival, concerts, parades and meetings.

Screenwriter Vasiliev became interested in the fate of Lapinsh, the former captain of the supertrawler "Malachite." Lapinsh was removed from his position and stripped of his captain’s license after an accident that occurred more than six months ago—the supertrawler "Malachite" ran aground. The case was examined by the court. In search of the truth, Vasiliev followed the trail of these dramatic events...

Ten years have passed since we made the film “Crossroad Street”, about a small street in the suburbs of the city of Riga. Now we’ve come back. Perhaps it was a sense of duty, perhaps nostalgia that brought us back – who knows? Perhaps it was both. Daiga, Aldis, Osis – they’re all our people. The first film had an impact on both the filmmakers and the residents of Crossroad Street. We found friends whom we want to meet again and again. Society has become more prosperous, several value systems coexist side-by-side. People often live in these systems as though they were in different worlds that never meet. We felt that the world inhabited by our people is sinking into oblivion, and so we wanted to show that it still has its own turbulence, that Crossroad Street resembles Latvia’s palm – the place where a fortune teller can see the lines of its destiny.