The Red Barn (Sarkanais šķūnis), dir. Pēteris Krilovs, documentary hybrid film, 73', Latvia
The 20th century dreamt of utopia but instead experienced tragedies. This film looks at San Francisco-based Latvian artist and playwright Raimonds Staprāns’ nearly century-long experience of trying to define life and statehood. It constructs an exact replica of one of his paintings, and asks actors to portray characters from his plays. Keeping in mind the symbolically charged image of the red barn in the painting, it deliberately incites arguments between the actors, the director and the crew about the motivations of the characters as well as alternative actions or decisions that they could have taken but did not.
To be released October 2026
Director, scriptwriter Pēteris Krilovs
Cinematographer Valdis Celmiņš
Production Designers Kristīne Abika, Dāvis Līcītis, Mārtiņš Blanks
Sound Director Pēteris Pāss
Editor Paula Ločmele
Original Music Aleksandrs Tomass Matjussons
Protagonist Raimonds Staprāns
Producer Uldis Cekulis
Executive Producer Agne Skane
Production Company VFS Films
Supported by
National Film Centre of Latvia
Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia
Foundation Mākslai Vajag Telpu
Contacts
Uldis Cekulis
uldis@vfs.lv
vfs.lv