Inese Zandere

An animation by Roze Stiebra, Lielais Kristaps award for Best animation film 1998.

A film documenting contemporary Latvian reality along the banks of the river Gauja while channelling one of the first Latvian sound documentary films, Gauja (1934). “Along with producers Sandijs Semjonovs and Gundars Rēders and editor Atis Klimovičs, we witnessed incidents and events along the banks of the river some 80 years later. We captured them along with the views of folks on this river in a documentally poetic style reflecting the reality in Latvia,” explains director Mārtiņš Grauds.

Little foxes march to the thunder of a drum. Will Dad manage to get them to breakfast?

This film about four legionnaires attempts to give them back their past. Kazimirs Šusts, Jānis Mencis, Imants Zeltiņš, Kārlis Smiltēns – they were born and raised at the same time as the Latvian state, and together with it they were drawn into a war in which both the state and the people's hope and struggle was to stay alive. However, the war did not destroy them, and each of them survived and found refuge in the Latvian state. They had enough strength to resist the hostile Soviet present and the difficulties of exile, to maintain their humanity, to work and to await the return of the Latvian state.

A sister and brother dream of the same adventures, though each interprets their dream differently. A dream travels where we are not, and where each misfortune turns into a new opportunity, but the goal always remains unattainable.

Shammies are four curious little creatures: Sockie, Hankie, Mitten, and Pillow. They are eager to explore the world and find out answers to tricky questions, like - who lives in the bathroom?, can one get well by eating candy?, what is the best place to hide? Luckily, their dear companion Mr Cat is always around to help. The adventures of Shammies, which are particularly enjoyed by pre-schoolers and are screened at film festivals around the world, are compiled in a collection of cut-out animation shorts, namely: How Shammies Bathed, How Shammies Guessed, How Shammies Teeter-tottered, How Shammies Were Getting Married, How Shammies Played Hide and Seek, How Shammies Got Well, How Shammies Built A House, How Shammies Tidied-Up, How Shammies Told Time, How Shammies Travelled, How Shammies Had Breakfast.