Rūdolfs Apse

Forgotten and, perhaps, unheard Latvian myths and ghost stories.

A people-pleasing waiter sabotages his own evening trying to impress his boss; a self-conscious friend competes for attention at someone else’s birthday dinner; and two sisters turn a simple meal into a battlefield. Through quiet frustrations and misplaced priorities, the night unravels into an elegant mess of misunderstandings. No wonder this restaurant’s online reviews are so confusing.

Ketija is a troubled orphan who wants to escape her everyday life and fulfill her dream of becoming an architect. At a party, seeing an opportunity, she tries to steal money to start a new life. Her attempt is noticed and a chase begins, which ends in an accident, and Ketija ends up in the hospital. There she is approached by one of the richest families in Latvia, who recognize her as their daughter who disappeared eight years ago.

In the summer of 1987, Estonia languishes under Soviet rule, stifling free expression. 17-year-old Mihkel, a rebellious musician, and his rival Hendrik learn of a Finnish talent scout visiting Estonia. To impress him, they must journey to a distant rock festival on the other side of the country. They assemble a group, including Mihkel's secret love Liisa. Amid rivalry and chaos, they navigate challenges, discovering their true selves along the way.

Schwamme Jr., a perfectionist inventor, lives in sterile isolation, haunted by his father’s legacy as the creator of the sponge. When a construction crew arrives to relocate his house, his obsessive order collides with outside chaos, triggering a surreal chain of events that forces him to confront the futility of control.

Alice von Trota returns to her father’s manor in Latvia in 1919 to sell it and start a new life. She meets the hostile resistance of the local workers and discovers she has been lured into a carefully tailored trap set by a demonic lawyer, a decadent underground organisation and its necrophile leader. While escaping the clutches of her “helpers”, she meets some silent-cinema enthusiasts and learns to use the cinematograph as a tool for healing and self-discovery, as a weapon against her enemies and as a way to create a masterpiece.

Forgotten and, perhaps, unheard Latvian myths and ghost stories.

Ketija is a troubled orphan who wants to escape her everyday life and fulfill her dream of becoming an architect. At a party, seeing an opportunity, she tries to steal money to start a new life. Her attempt is noticed and a chase begins, which ends in an accident, and Ketija ends up in the hospital. There she is approached by one of the richest families in Latvia, who recognize her as their daughter who disappeared eight years ago.