Movies: Januss Johansons

An absurdist farce centering around a school in post-Soviet Latvia. After a rather disgusting prank (someone defecates in the school attic), the tyrannical headmistress deems that no one can leave until the culprit is caught. When the photographer's ...

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A true story of a 17 going on 18 year-old boy called Modris. He’s a guy who goes to school, has a girlfriend and some good friends. He has a small gambling addiction, which makes his relationship with his mother difficult. It’s also hard because the ...

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 dram...

Set designer Lyv, talented thirty something who lacks self-confidence, is trying for a baby with her boyish husband, but when her alcoholic father ends up unconscious in a hospital, Lyv realises how much this past relationship still impacts her every...

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“Collective.Me” is an ironic comedy about the concept of lies and loss of faith. In a small village, a paper mill is expecting a visit from the Ministry. While the director and his team is looking for creative tools to subvert official’s attention,...