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Roze Stiebra's animated films based on fairytales, poems, songs and more.
About an amazing acquaintance and friendship. The plot of the picture is based around a bunny and a cat.
Children, sitting around the table, are engaged in "adult" conversations.
There is no end to transformations. Different living beings arise from each other, pass into each other as in an endless string of surprises and fun.
It's so cool to run barefoot through the fields and puddles in the summer, enjoying the sun, the sky and everything that surrounds you!
Fantasies of a little boy admiring a blooming flax field.
A lyrical sketch about how dreams can lead to the land of dreams and fairy tales.
The girl is trying to find out who has the most beautiful moustache.
Little foxes march to the thunder of a drum. Will Dad manage to get them to breakfast?
An animation by Roze Stiebra, Lielais Kristaps award for Best animation film 1998.
According to an ancient folk tradition, Yuletide is celebrated after Christmas. It is difficult to understand who is circling in this motley dance – real animals, evil spirits or just funny mummers.
The mouse drove, the cart squeaked' led the sleeping squirrel Migu migu alone', until both two fell asleep.
Give us, mouse, a sweet sleep for the little baby tightened, silenced, sleep in the headrest itself.
Influenced by the mood of the winter solstice, a story is raised about the approach of lonely creatures in the bustle of the holiday, in the mysterious light of the campfire flame and the Moon. Snow is falling, everyone is dancing, and everyone is finding a mate. But there is Christmas!
A fun and exciting story about Christmas as an adventurous adventure – the daughters carefully prepare for the holiday, set the table and puck, but then a bunch of stilts invade the house and fascinate everything with them in the Dance Carousel, in which all the masquerade characters usual in the traditions of Latvian folklore swirl.
A playful portrayal of a merry royal couple who set off on a secret journey without subjects in order to enjoy simple human freedom at least a little. But the world is so full of various coincidences - Leopards growl in the trees, hungry crocodiles swim, snakes, monkeys and other surprises also appear that the King and Queen have to meet.
The story of a lovely snake family. How they spend a holiday by the sea – swim, play ball, sail, sunbathe, eat ice cream. Like all of us. And then evening comes, and the holiday is over.
Romantic portrayals as mystical characters-white rhinos-on a hot African night, ringing golden bells, create a rain of stars that roll over the Earth inspiring all living beings. When the miracle work is done, they themselves plunge into the sea of emerald green thistles and turn into orchids.
Who will tell you how deep the Fox cave is or how far is the edge of the sky? A lot of questions - you need to look for answers yourself.
The motives of Latvian folk songs are based on a romantic message about human life. A bird, a human child, a fish and clouds – these are the images of the film, which are created and illuminated by the eternal sun. There is also the fiery Fox and The Wolf encountered in winter, also the little flying animal from the depths of the past. All of them live, rush, strive and yearn for the endless variations of being. One circle of The Sun, one life, moment and eternity here and there, in the mystical world "beyond nine lakes".
An animated lullaby for children by Latvian poet Māris Čaklais.
