Directed by: Laila Pakalniņa, Latvia, 2010, 30 min., documentary / English subtitles
Rubiks' road is a bicycle path connecting Rīga and Jūrmala, and is still unofficially dubbed after the former Soviet Latvia Communist Party leader. While we filmed walkers, joggers, cyclists, dogs, birds, trains, mopeds and planes, Latvian citizen Alfrēds Rubiks, who strongly opposed Latvian independence, was elected to European Parliament.
Valkyrie Limited
Directed by: Dāvis Sīmanis, Latvia, 2009, 52 min., documentary / English subtitles
Cast: Januss Johansons, Inga Misāne, Ģirts Rāviņš, Gatis Gāga, Elīna Vāne
The documentary draws a portrait of an opera director who is staging Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. He is torn between the tragicomic routine of an opera house and his own perception of Wagner and the Ring cycle. The film witnesses the director's drama in maintaining the fragile link between a well-constructed performance and his own vision that lies within the music and the narrative, and is seen as German expressionism-like nightmares.
