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New Documentary Explores Legacy of Latvian Filmmaker Juris Podnieks

11/3/2025

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Podnieks on Podnieks is a documentary about Juris Podnieks, a Latvian filmmaker whose work reached 40 million viewers in former Soviet Union.
The film premiered at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and explores Podnieks' life through diaries, photographs, and footage.
Co-directors Anna Viduleja and Antra Cilinska uncovered Podnieks's journals, revealing his creative process and the societal changes he documented.
Juris Podnieks died in 1992.

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Podnieks on Podnieks is a documentary about Juris Podnieks, a Latvian filmmaker whose work reached 40 million viewers in former Soviet Union.
The film premiered at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and explores Podnieks' life through diaries, photographs, and footage.
Co-directors Anna Viduleja and Antra Cilinska uncovered Podnieks's journals, revealing his creative process and the societal changes he documented.
Juris Podnieks died in 1992.