We invite you to view animations of Rija films by producer Vilnis Kalnaellis

Crazy Fox / Traka Lapsa   

Agnese Aizpuriete, classic animation, 7 min, 2019, children, no dialogues

Crazy Fox has wandered into a seaside village, where she experiences all sorts of unusual and alarming things: she saves a snail, eats too many pears, jumps around on a trampoline and becomes friends with a mermaid by helping her to escape from an aquarium.

Singing Hugo and His Incredible Adventures/ Dziedošais Hugo un viņa neticamie piedzīvojumi

Reinis Kalnaellis, kids, family, 2D animation, 10 min, 2017, no dialogues

Hugo is a little different than the other roosters in the coop. With his avian baritone, he dreams of singing on stage. Thieves can’t thwart Hugo’s dream; on the contrary, they transport him to another world where adventures begin.

When apples roll/ Kad āboli ripo

Reinis Kalnaellis,  colour pencil drawings, 2 D, kids, 7 min, 2009 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.

 Insomnia / Bezmiegs

Classical animation, 7 min, 2004, adults, no dialogue

She arrives in the night, silent as a cat. She will not let him fall asleep until he feeds her. She wants milk, which he will find between a dream and reality. Her name is Insomnia. The glimmering characters drawn in coloured pencil highlight the turbulent state between sleep and wakefulness.

VETERINARIAN/ VETERINĀRĀRSTS

Classical animation, 18 min, 2007, kids, no dialogue

 Every day veterinarian is saving and treating all kind of animals, but once he does not succeed. After death of one of his patients the heart of kind man is tearing apart until he finds forgiveness.

Black Box/ Melnā kaste     

2D, pencil drawings, black&white, 15 min,2006, dialogues Latvian/English

 In Territory untouched by globalization only strange individuals are scurrying around, one of them – Hoggie – a creature of unknown origin. In search of a new brand Flying Hedgehog Ball arrives to the Territory. After various misunderstandings image of Hoggie is published on magazine covers all over the world.
It`s all because of Black Box.

To Swallow the toad/ Norīt krupi

2D, colour, 10 min, 2010, no dialogue

 Once upon a time, in a small town, lived round intellectuals. They were clever, kind-hearted, far-sighted and successful. The basis for their success was their ability to swallow toads (i.e. to swallow their pride). Square inhabitants also lived in the town. These were pragmatic realists who answered good with good, bad with bad, and did not swallow any toads. Calm symbiosis reigned, until one day a square resident accidentally discovered that the round inhabitants swallowed toads

Away/ Projām

3D computer animation, 75 min, 2019, young adults, no dialogues

A boy wakes up in the desert next to a downed airplane. A mysterious monster emerges from the wreck and starts pursuing the boy. His only salvation is an oasis, but it’s too lonely to live there for very long. One day the boy finds an orphaned bird, teaches it to fly, and soon both of them are ready to head out into the world to look for others like them.