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A list of films produced in Latvia since 1991. For an A-Z list see Category:Latvian films
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1991 | ||||||
The Child of Man (Cilvēka bērns) | Jānis Streičs | Romualds Ancāns Akvelīna Līvmane, Jānis Paukštello | Won award at the Chicago Children's Film Festival | |||
The Times of the Land-Surveyors (Mērnieku laiki) | Varis Brasla | Elita Kļaviņa Juris Žagars Uldis Dumpis | Drama | |||
Depression | ||||||
1992 | ||||||
Anna Ziemassvetki | Laila Pakalniņa | - | Documentary | |||
Duplet | Aloizs Brenčs | Juris Žagars Eduards Pāvuls Ģirts Jakovļevs | Crime | |||
Daleko ot Sankt-Peterburga | ||||||
Spider | ||||||
1993 | ||||||
Baznīca | Laila Pakalniņa | - | Documentary | |||
Būris | Ansis Epners | Ivars Kants | Drama | |||
1994 | ||||||
1995 | ||||||
Dragon's Egg | Tālivaldis Margēvičs | Normunds Laizāns Ināra Slucka | Mystery | |||
1996 | ||||||
Ziemassvētku jampadracis | Varis Brasla | Jānis Paukštello Lāsma Zostiņa | Family | |||
1997 | ||||||
1998 | ||||||
Checking Out | ||||||
The Shoe (Kurpe) | Laila Pakalniņa | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
1999 | ||||||
Gravitacijas lasts |
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