RIGA IFF 2024

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.

Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school.

An immersive journey through the life and work of Jan Svankmajer, last standing hero of Surrealism and author of some of the most unique masterpieces in the history of cinema.

Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.

Children of War and Peace is an archival documentary film that looks into nationalist education and the roles assigned to children which were directly guided by the state and authorities. All activities were aimed at military readiness for when the time comes.

As Ódinn investigates decades-old deaths at a juvenile treatment centre, he begins to suspect that the sinister secrets he uncovers are connected to his ex-wife's mysterious suicide.

Six people unknowingly form a cycle of masturbation as they each cause others to privately indulge in their fetishes.

Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

The last moments of a creature made out of fruits and vegetables.

Examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Friendship shared between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.

Edward, civil servant, flees fiancée Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them.

The story is about three friends who spend a long weekend in a remote cabin, intending to hunt deep in the Swedish woods. However, one day all animals vanish without a trace and the forest turns eerily quiet.

A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, intercut with images of doors and wire-meshed windows.

Two pieces of meat fall in love.

Skalde lives in a small rural community, far from a world that may no longer exist. She is an interloper in her own home, having been born to an 'outsider' mother and therefore marked by a social stigma she cannot easily erase. Displaying a loyalty to the codes of the community, she has earned the respect of the village elder. However, when she encounters a mysterious girl in the local woods, Skalde risks everything by befriending her, eventually giving the girl a home. She attempts to hide her subterfuge to maintain her standing with the villagers, but her plans threaten to unravel.

Visiting estranged grandparents, eighteen-year-old Lilja auditions in town. Feeling at home in their mansion, she becomes entangled with the family's dark past and learns life-threatening secrets.

Various objects are having a sunny outing together in the nature.

An adaptation of cult author Deborah Levy's unique and provocative novel about love, loss and longing. A woman invites a naked stranger found floating in the pool of her family holiday villa to help her set those she loves free.

A young man took over his father's real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.

A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some knowledge of the subject is essential in order to understand the film, which is entirely visual.

A nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.