Juris Podnieks Studio Movies

A jolly, care-free, slightly absent-minded Witch loses her magic button. What would the world have looked like if the witch hadn’t found it again!?

“Under the Upturned Moon” is a documentary that tells an outstandingly gripping story of two journalists investigating the depths of Islamic community...

Vija Celmiņš – Latvian-American painter and graphic artist, who has gained international recognition thanks to her special signature – reproductions o...

Rudolf is a 13 year-old boy obsessed with filmmaking. As a matter of fact, it’s the only thing he’s really fond of. His main interest is horror films...

A father who has just been released from prison strives to reconnect with his son. Good intentions are hindered by unexpected obstacles. An unforgetta...

How the Stripped one and the Dotted one were playing in one sandbox and how it all ended.

A documentary about the band of Latvian exhile musicians, "Čikāgas piecīši".

In 1986, Juris Podnieks made his film "Is it easy to be young?". The film became extremely popular and very soon was shown in 85 countries, which was...

Imagine centuries ago several witches huddled around a steaming cauldron, gleefully consigning offensive items to the foul-smelling brew. Maggots, wor...

An ordinary day turns into an adventure and becomes an extraordinary day.

A documentary about the creative process of Latvian artist Ilmārs Blumbergs, also featuring poet Imants Tilbergs who is trying to write one and the sa...

Sometimes we got lost. And then we have to be found again, so that no one is sad.

Even if you’re born to fly, it's not an easy thing to learn. And not everyone succeeds.

At the end of World War II, many Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians fled the Soviet rule. They stayed abroad for many years. Now, after the regainin...

Regularly hanging upside-down improves one’s sex life, while loss of consciousness should be used for self-development. These are views expressed by t...

The film is a sequel of the legendary documentary “Is It Easy To Be Young?”, which was created in the year 1986 by Juris Podnieks. You once again meet...

A story about Penguins. About their ‘consolidated’ society and unified thinking. About fashion and the crowd instinct. Yet despite all this, the prota...

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 g...