Saule brauca debesīs / Before the Day Breaks

Roze Stiebra, drawn animation, 75 min, 2018, Latvia, universal audiences, dialogue.

The Sun and Moon have a baby, and mummers arrive to welcome the Daughter of the Sun. Amid the joyous crowds, no one notices that the Daughter has disappeared, and everyone is suddenly stunned to see an empty cradle. However strong the Sun and Moon are, they cannot find their Daughter nor bring her back home. It turns out they need a human being! 

We invite you view different short-film collection (drawing, puppet-animation).

When Apples Roll/Kad āboli ripo

colour pencil drawings, 2 D, 2009, Latvia, no dialogues

Cat lives in an antique wood cabinet with his devoted friend Mouse. There is an apple orchard on the fringes of the old town. But this autumn, while Cat is picking apples, things turn out differently. All of a sudden a strange egg rolls into the orchard.

Funny Alphabet/ Joka pēc alfabēts

Joka pēc alfabēts / Funny Alphabet Reinis Kalnaellis, classic animation, 3 min, 2015, children, lyrics

A short and witty story featuring the adventures of various animals in alphabetical order. With a fun song and entertaining characters, it helps children learn the Latvian alphabet.

Ursus/Ursus

Reinis Pētersons, charcoal drawing, 10 min, 2011, Latvia, universal, no dialogue

A charcoal-on-paper animation about a circus bear on a motorcycle who decides to leave the daily routine and takes off into the forest, where his true happiness seems to dwell.

Hedgehogs and the City/ Eži un lielpilsēta

Ēvalds Lācis, puppet animation, 10 min, 2013, children, no dialogue

One spring morning, the animals wake up from their winter slumber to find that a city has replaced their forest. They realise they will need to find new strategies for surviving, and it turns out that the hedgehogs take to capitalism quite naturally

WAIKIKI/Vaikiki

A brown cacao ball and white marshmallow girl “from different shelves” accidentally meet at a confectionery. Neither the brown, nor the white relatives wish to accept the stranger of a different colour and try to cover the differences with either sugar or cocoa powder. Against all odds, friends find their land of happiness.

Wonderful Day/ Burvīga diena 

Plasticine animation, 15 min, 2010, children, no dialogue

 The carefree and flighty Witch lives with her grey tomcat, listens to tango music and enjoys life. That life becomes even more exciting when a very ordinary day turns into an adventure and becomes an extraordinary day

Spring/ Pavasaris

Nils Skapāns, clay animation, 6 min, 2000, children, no dialogues:

It is a bit funny and a bit sad story about snowmen and…spring. Everyone has got their time and place in this world. Like that rabbit who managed to get fresh carrots in spring.