Ģirts Krūmiņš

2

Roses of Autumn (2004)

The film is about a middle-aged couple experiencing a midlife crisis. The husband and wife are tired of life together and start to forget the love they once shared in their youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Streičs
CAST:  Romualds Ancāns  •  Maija Doveika  •  Lauris Dzelzītis  •  Baiba Kranāte

The film is about a middle-aged couple experiencing a midlife crisis. The husband and wife are tired of life together and start to forget the love they once shared in their youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Streičs
CAST:  Romualds Ancāns  •  Maija Doveika  •  Lauris Dzelzītis  •  Baiba Kranāte

Defenders of Riga (2007)

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aigars Grauba
CAST:  Jānis Reinis  •  Elita Kļaviņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Romualds Ancāns

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aigars Grauba
CAST:  Jānis Reinis  •  Elita Kļaviņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Romualds Ancāns

You're Sexy When You're Sad (2005)

The characters of the movie are closely twisted. Each of the heroes is a slave to their own passions. Only through strong will and some happy event they will be able to free themselves from their addictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvīds Krievs
CAST:  Mārtiņš Freimanis  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Kristīne Nevarauska  •  Regnārs Vaivars

The characters of the movie are closely twisted. Each of the heroes is a slave to their own passions. Only through strong will and some happy event they will be able to free themselves from their addictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvīds Krievs
CAST:  Mārtiņš Freimanis  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Kristīne Nevarauska  •  Regnārs Vaivars

The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)

The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viesturs Kairišs
CAST:  Sabine Timoteo  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Baiba Broka  •  Erwin Leder

The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viesturs Kairišs
CAST:  Sabine Timoteo  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Baiba Broka  •  Erwin Leder

Dawn (2015)

Based on a Soviet propaganda story about Young Pioneer (the Soviet equivalent of a Boy Scout) Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s secret police and was in turn killed by his family. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laila Pakalnina
CAST:  Antons Georgs Grauds  •  Vilis Daudziņš  •  Wiktor Zborowski  •  Andris Keišs

Based on a Soviet propaganda story about Young Pioneer (the Soviet equivalent of a Boy Scout) Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s secret police and was in turn killed by his family. His life exemplified the duty of all good Soviet citizens to become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laila Pakalnina
CAST:  Antons Georgs Grauds  •  Vilis Daudziņš  •  Wiktor Zborowski  •  Andris Keišs

Potom (2016)

The fading beauty of past that is still alive this day  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ieva Epnere
CAST:  Ģirts Krūmiņš

The fading beauty of past that is still alive this day  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ieva Epnere
CAST:  Ģirts Krūmiņš

Homo Novus (2018)

Riga in the 30s. Wild bohemian lifestyle is the name of the game for every artist worth his salt. A young man from the countryside, poor but ambitious, arrives in the capital, where he hopes to make his mark in the artistic circles. What follows is a string of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Viduleja
CAST:  Igors Šelegovskis  •  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Kristīne Krūze  •  Kaspars Zvīgulis

Riga in the 30s. Wild bohemian lifestyle is the name of the game for every artist worth his salt. A young man from the countryside, poor but ambitious, arrives in the capital, where he hopes to make his mark in the artistic circles. What follows is a string of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Viduleja
CAST:  Igors Šelegovskis  •  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Kristīne Krūze  •  Kaspars Zvīgulis

Vogelfrei (2007)

Four directors capture simple, yet quintessential experiences of a single individual in different periods of his life - childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gatis Šmits  •  Jānis Putniņš  •  Anna Viduleja  •  Jānis Kalējs
CAST:  Igors Suhoverhovs  •  Kārlis Spravņiks  •  Ints Teterovskis  •  Liubomiras Laucevicius

Four directors capture simple, yet quintessential experiences of a single individual in different periods of his life - childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gatis Šmits  •  Jānis Putniņš  •  Anna Viduleja  •  Jānis Kalējs
CAST:  Igors Suhoverhovs  •  Kārlis Spravņiks  •  Ints Teterovskis  •  Liubomiras Laucevicius

Riga's Lilac (2019)

Everyone has their own emotional overwhelm regarding a bad smell. Lizete, an amateur interviewer, is eager to record the moments when it is revealed. Dealing with the topic of bad odour's influences on society, this is an animated short film for adults in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lizete Upīte
CAST:  Ieva Segliņa  •  Gatis Gāga  •  Liena Šmukste  •  Edgars Samītis

Everyone has their own emotional overwhelm regarding a bad smell. Lizete, an amateur interviewer, is eager to record the moments when it is revealed. Dealing with the topic of bad odour's influences on society, this is an animated short film for adults in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lizete Upīte
CAST:  Ieva Segliņa  •  Gatis Gāga  •  Liena Šmukste  •  Edgars Samītis

Night Walks (2018)

Tonight, Anna and her dad have decided to walk home through the forest. Anna takesa torch and dad lights it up for her. The silent nocturnal forest is as enchanting as it is scary – and the bright flameas protective as it is blindingly bright.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lizete Upīte
CAST:  Ieva Segliņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš

Tonight, Anna and her dad have decided to walk home through the forest. Anna takesa torch and dad lights it up for her. The silent nocturnal forest is as enchanting as it is scary – and the bright flameas protective as it is blindingly bright.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lizete Upīte
CAST:  Ieva Segliņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš

II Lines (2020)

Twelve uncomfortable, deeply personal and painful stories by women who have had an abortion are read, told and 'experienced' by six male actors. Does that make a difference? Will the society listen now?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alise Zariņa
CAST:  Klāvs Mellis  •  Jānis Kronis  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Gatis Maliks

Twelve uncomfortable, deeply personal and painful stories by women who have had an abortion are read, told and 'experienced' by six male actors. Does that make a difference? Will the society listen now?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alise Zariņa
CAST:  Klāvs Mellis  •  Jānis Kronis  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Gatis Maliks

Wedding (2000)

Wedding rituals and a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viesturs Kairišs
CAST:  Guna Zariņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Andris Keišs  •  Jānis Zariņš

Wedding rituals and a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Viesturs Kairišs
CAST:  Guna Zariņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Andris Keišs  •  Jānis Zariņš

Hide-and-seek (2001)

A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina’s husband as a suspect for a murder because he is unable to remember his location at the time of the fateful event. Gradually, Anderson is convinced that Oto has not only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Putniņš
CAST:  Vigo Roga  •  Elita Kļaviņa  •  Elza Radzina  •  Oļģerts Kroders

A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina’s husband as a suspect for a murder because he is unable to remember his location at the time of the fateful event. Gradually, Anderson is convinced that Oto has not only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Putniņš
CAST:  Vigo Roga  •  Elita Kļaviņa  •  Elza Radzina  •  Oļģerts Kroders

Wild Beast (2005)

In the near future of 2012, the government asks for each citizen to have 30 Lats on their credit card. Anybody not having this amount of money is deemed to be maliciously poor and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Vingris
CAST:  Rūdolfs Plēpis  •  Juris Bartkevičs  •  Kaspars Pūce  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš

In the near future of 2012, the government asks for each citizen to have 30 Lats on their credit card. Anybody not having this amount of money is deemed to be maliciously poor and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jānis Vingris
CAST:  Rūdolfs Plēpis  •  Juris Bartkevičs  •  Kaspars Pūce  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš

Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods (2018)

A tragicomic tale about the relationship of Guna and the twice older writer Gints. Guna has lost her job, but Gints hasn’t written anything in years. Whilst running away from an unsatisfactory relationship and the lack of creative self-expression, Guna gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Elīna Martinsone
CAST:  Marija Linarte  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Ivars Krasts

A tragicomic tale about the relationship of Guna and the twice older writer Gints. Guna has lost her job, but Gints hasn’t written anything in years. Whilst running away from an unsatisfactory relationship and the lack of creative self-expression, Guna gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Elīna Martinsone
CAST:  Marija Linarte  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Guna Zariņa  •  Ivars Krasts

Seeking Tisse (2017)

The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films of Sergei Eisenstein. The creators of the film develop the story and cross the lines drawn by biography, trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dzintra Geka-Vaska
CAST:  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Eduard Tisse

The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films of Sergei Eisenstein. The creators of the film develop the story and cross the lines drawn by biography, trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dzintra Geka-Vaska
CAST:  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Eduard Tisse

Gutenmorgen and the Third Eye (2011)

Gutenmorgen is an eccentric family man who tends to see his life in bright colours. In order to improve his failing eyesight, Gutenmorgen decides to open a third eye. Gutenmorgen begins mediating with a self-proclaimed guru and hopes that this unconventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elīna Eihmane
CAST:  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Andris Keišs  •  Elita Kļaviņa

Gutenmorgen is an eccentric family man who tends to see his life in bright colours. In order to improve his failing eyesight, Gutenmorgen decides to open a third eye. Gutenmorgen begins mediating with a self-proclaimed guru and hopes that this unconventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elīna Eihmane
CAST:  Kaspars Znotiņš  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Andris Keišs  •  Elita Kļaviņa

Lame-o’s (2021)

Lame-o’s is set just before the Millennium, in 1999, and is the story of three school friends who are among the most unpopular girls in their class. The friends are determined to radically change the situation. The three friends at the centre of the story are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Elīna Martinsone
CAST:  Asnāte Sofija Rožkalne  •  Ludmila Karpova  •  Katrīna Dambeniece  •  Gerda Embure

Lame-o’s is set just before the Millennium, in 1999, and is the story of three school friends who are among the most unpopular girls in their class. The friends are determined to radically change the situation. The three friends at the centre of the story are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marta Elīna Martinsone
CAST:  Asnāte Sofija Rožkalne  •  Ludmila Karpova  •  Katrīna Dambeniece  •  Gerda Embure

The Buzz in the Void (2021)

Ainars has been a principal of a local music school for forty years until he is unexpectedly fired. Ainars feels betrayed. Seeing him unhappy, his wife Anita decides to act. When the new principal candidate arrives at the music school, the world created by the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beate Olekte
CAST:  Guna Zariņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Tom J. Benedict  •  Baiba Broka

Ainars has been a principal of a local music school for forty years until he is unexpectedly fired. Ainars feels betrayed. Seeing him unhappy, his wife Anita decides to act. When the new principal candidate arrives at the music school, the world created by the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beate Olekte
CAST:  Guna Zariņa  •  Ģirts Krūmiņš  •  Tom J. Benedict  •  Baiba Broka
2