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Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they confront an ugly and evil witch who is determined to get rid of them because they have moved into a house on the edge of her wood. The witch hates neighbours and through magic and evil planning she turns Prop and Berta's friends, the Teeny burpers, into dangerous hoodlums who begin to terrorize the nearby town. Prop and Berta manage to overcome the witch and turn her into a good person, restoring peace in the little town and breaking the spell which binds their friends.
Jan 2001
No one knows how it happened, but not long ago a Latvian bear arrived on the Estonian island of Ruhnu. The islanders were really afraid. At first they tried to catch the bear, but were only able to find his footprints. Later they invited a professional hunter from Finland with a special bear dog. Still no success...
Jun 2008
One day, Tiger and his friend Gārni find a lost baby bird in the forest. They decide to help it find its parents. However, this turns out to be not so easy. The friends have no choice but to take the chick to their home. Everything would be fine, but at night mysterious flying beasts with glowing eyes arrive and kidnap the baby...
Jan 1998
A father goes to work in the morning, leaving his young son at home. The boy decides to take care of the birds he sees in the backyard, which he thinks have no real home. He builds a birdhouse and eventually the birds flock to his caring owner's backyard garden. When the parents return home in the evening, they find that the previously quiet and peaceful mansion is surrounded not only by birds but by a veritable garden of beasts...
Jan 1996
When the last of her friends has been buried, an elderly lady is on her way home from the graveyard. Her own memories play out in front of her eyes all over the city. At the local coffin store, she has to face a choice – a coffin or an old sledge. She says her goodbyes and takes off towards the nearby forest. It isn’t easy to make death charming and almost jovial, but director Rene Turtledove accomplishes it in this animation short about an elderly woman who has buried one too many friends and decides there are better ways to spend her money and her time than on the local coffin shop.
Jan 2017
Tiger Kalamazoo is visited by distant relatives - a family of cats from the city. The tiger and his friend greet the visitors happily, but they do not behave as expected by their friends. Life in the tiger's house becomes increasingly difficult and the tiger has to find a way to politely get rid of the intolerable visitors.
Oct 1999
A man continues to throw rubbish into the forest, to the great annoyance of both the forest ranger and the forest animals, but when he refuses to stop, more drastic measures have to come into use – and this is where the forest ranger luckily gets the help of a dog, a cat and a mouse, who have had enough of the litter lout.
Oct 2015
A cinematographic animation film directed by Jānis Cimmermanis. The screenplay is based on a work by Fricis Dziesma published in 1948, on the tradition of grain threshing in the Kurzeme region. Alongside the human lives, there are also the joys and woes of the little animals, and the lively whirl of intertwining events carries the viewer into the distant past, perhaps recognizing the fond memories shared by their parents or grandparents.
Mar 2004
Two bunnies find a precious thin carrot, only to have it stolen by an angry badger. They are often bullied by the bigger beasts of the forest, until the bunnies stumble upon a mysterious, medium-sized vegetable, setting in motion a chain of events that will change their fate forever.
May 2024
One spring morning, animals wake up from their winter sleep and find that their forest is taken over by people who have built a city there. They understand they need to find new survival strategies and learn to earn money.
Dec 2012
A cat's "songs" late at night interrupt the retired man's sleep. The noise is getting intolerable and the old man calls The Rescue Team. They arrive immediately, without even finishing their supper.
Mar 2002
The bee has not yet been born, but its fate has already been decided – work to collect honey. But even bees can "fall out of frame". This also happens with the hero of this film - Juris. Whether by chance, or naturally, or on purpose, the little bee, whose destiny is to collect honey, becomes the rescuer and a father of a new bee hive.
Sep 2023
People are in the habit of searching afar for what is really at arm’s length. In the end, if people are destined to meet, they will find each other.
May 2007
Andulis, a little bat, wakes up at the wrong time and discovers that he, unlike his fellow bats, loves sunlight and warmth. After making friends with Little Mouse, who looks almost like him, Andulis is surprised to find out that, unlike his own dwelling, Little Mouse’s house is not upside down.
Jul 2025
Peter often unwittingly triggers a whole series of ridiculous and tragicomic actions.
Oct 2006
Peter often unwittingly triggers a whole series of ridiculous and tragicomic actions. He finds a way to catch a bunch of burglars...
Jan 1993
A mysterious memory game about the Master – Arnolds Burovs (1915-2006), the founder of puppet animation in Latvia – retelling his life’s story through archival footage, film imagery and newly-created animation, which transports the Master to the dreamland of Bimini.
Feb 2016
Friends Munk and Lemmy try to grow a fruit tree in the desert, but they need water. Munk discovers a spring with unusual water—once poured on the sapling, it blossoms, greens, and bears fruit at miraculous speed. Their acquaintance, Green Sloth, also wanting the fruit, accidentally spills the magical water and brings a prehistoric skeleton to life. Only after a perilous chase and some clever moves do the two friends manage to overcome the aggressive skeleton and escape safely.
Apr 2009
Otis, a young firefly, is in trouble. He wants a girlfriend and he can't get his light to shine as bright as the others.
Feb 2003
A raccoon and his wife are having a regular nice day in their home in a tree. That's until they hear the noise of a woodchuck attacking their lovely abode...
Jan 1999