Jānis Ābele Movies

  • 2019
    Jelgava '94

    Jelgava '94

    Jelgava '94

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    Film takes us deep inside the world of Latvian teenagers in 90s: combining the intimate diary of a teenager Jānis trying to find himself by...

    Jelgava '94
  • 2020
    When You Look At Me

    When You Look At Me

    When You Look At Me

    02020HD

    A problem that every film director has faced – how do you film something that does not exist? A director is making a documentary about an actor...

    When You Look At Me
  • 2014
    Restart

    Restart

    Restart

    72014HD

    The heroine is a widow and a fiancé who wants to begin a new and happy life. Conflicts in her family’s past prevent it, but she does not...

    Restart
  • 2022
    81 Meters

    81 Meters

    81 Meters

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    Spring 2021. A cinephile invites you on an intimate trip through the last surviving cinema houses in Latvia. This documentary essay, shot on super...

    81 Meters
  • 2015
    Six Feet Above

    Six Feet Above

    Six Feet Above

    92015HD

    The young Jekabs, Linda and Rihards enjoy the spring full of romance and bohemian way of life. The apple-trees are in blossom in Riga and the war...

    Six Feet Above
  • 2018
    7 Billion Years Before the End of the World

    7 Billion Years Before the End of the World

    7 Billion Years Before the End of the World

    72018HD

    Two twenty-somethings from Latvia meet in the south of France. Leo studies restoration, Anna has lived in Marseille for some time and works as a...

    7 Billion Years Before the End of the World
  • 2024
    Blank Page Syndrome

    Blank Page Syndrome

    Blank Page Syndrome

    02024HD

    A documentary essay examining the creative process of creating a book from the writer's first thought to the printing of the typescript.

    Blank Page Syndrome
  • 2023
    Importance of Hydration

    Importance of Hydration

    Importance of Hydration

    02023HD

    A melancholic view facing a mirror of water. It deceives the film’s protagonist, who wallows in longing and memories of his lost lover. The...

    Importance of Hydration
  • 2014
    Short Day

    Short Day

    Short Day

    02014HD

    An ordinary old folks’ home on the Latvian border – one of many, where our parents, grand-parents and other relatives spend their old...

    Short Day