The Cat's Mill 1993
A white cat owns a mill, but loses the mill to a black cat and the devil. Latvian animation.
A white cat owns a mill, but loses the mill to a black cat and the devil. Latvian animation.
A modern tale about a girl, a dragon, and a prince - who likes her only when she has the right shoes on.
Fantadroms is a Latvian children's sci-fi cartoon by production company Studio Dauka. The episodes were released sporadically between 1985 and 1995, and all thirteen of them were released as a collection on DVD in 2006. The hero of the show is a yellow shape-shifting robot called Indrikis XIII, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through space, mediating various disputes between the other characters. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis XIII and Receklite - the flying purple cat-octopus with whom he is in love with, and the rat – who is in love with Indrikis. Other recurring characters include a cow, a (human) woman, and an amorphous pink blob. The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter, which allows the show to cross language barriers.
A film for children about how a baby comes into this world. The sexual revolution happened in Latvia thanks to Māris Putniņš, an artist and soon-to-be among the most visible Latvian puppet animation specialists. In 1989, he published a series of drawings showing that babies aren’t brought by storks or found in cabbage patches in the famous children’s magazine Zīlīte. This popular-science film by Roze Stiebra recreates this long-kept-from-children truth on the big screen.
A story about a boy's attempt to get his own hat. Based on the book and drawings of Latvian author Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš.
An animated lullaby for children by Latvian poet Māris Čaklais.
Follows the story of the gradual evolution of cruelty, which starts from seemingly innocent pranks and, strengthened by the indifference of others, grows to tragic proportions.
One day, World order is disrupted by the interference of talking objects in the independent sphere of People. Accepting the new order is the wisest decision that People can make. An Ashanti folk story.
A tiny witch tries to milk an immense cow. Things get out of her control.
A story about the fearless Brer Rabbit and the greedy, brazen and boastful Boss Lion who uses the gullibility of the little brothers to rule over their simple lives. Rabbit comes up with a brave plan and a way to defeat the horrible Lion with his resourcefulness. The final film of film studio Dauka.