Baltic Tribes (film)

Baltic Tribes: Last Pagans of Europe (Latvian: Baltu ciltis: Eiropas pēdējie pagāni) is a 2018 Latvian popular science documentary film co-directed by Lauris Ābele and Raitis Ābele about the Baltic people during the 13th century. The film consists of historical reconstructions, live action scenes, and computer animations supplemented with a voice-over narration by scientific experts of the field.^[1]

Baltic Tribes
Directed by	Lauris Ābele Raitis Ābele[1]
Written by	Toms Ķencis[1]
Produced by	Dace Siatkovska Kristele Pudāne Thom Palmen[1]
Starring	Kaspars Aniņš[1]
Cinematography	Mārcis Ābele[1]
Music by	Kaspars Bārbals[1]
Production company	Tritone Studio[1]
Release date	16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)[1]
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	Latvia

In 2016, the film received financing from the National Film Centre's special fund for the 100th Anniversary of the Latvian Republic.^[2] In 2018, Baltic Tribes were nominated for a Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival award in the category of "Best Documentary".^[3] On 21 October 2018, Baltic Tribes premiered in the U.S. at the Baltic Film festival, ⁣which took place at the Scandinavian House.^[4]

Plot

Lars, a merchant from Gotland island, travels through the lands of Curonians, Latgalians, Selonians, Semigallians, Prussians, Yatvingians, Galindians, Eastern Old Lithuanians, and Samogitians.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2018	Lielais Kristaps	Best Make-Up (Aija Beata Rjabovska)	Won
		Best Documentary	Nominated
		Best Editing (Gunta Ikere)	Nominated
		Best Director of a Documentary (Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele)	Nominated
		Best Cinematography of a Documentary (Mārcis Ābele and Jānis Indriks)	Nominated