Our Fire Films

After a Latvian folk tale, a short about a bride, who so loves her bridegroom, that she is willing to follow him even in death and beyond.

Type: short film (colour (mostly))
Status: released
@ YouTube (Latvian // with English subtitles);
@ Vimeo (with English subtitles)
Date of release: 31st of October 2009
Length: 5 minutes
Genre: horror
Soundtrack: original soundtrack by Vaarna (download)
Licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Team: Andris Krastiņš, Mārtiņš Links, Zane Ozola, Duke, Jānis Lasmanis, Jānis Krūmiņš, Edgars Lilje. Thanks to: Jānis Traviņš and Jūlija Stefanoviča.

Dead Bridegroom Takes Away the Bride (short film; eng-subs) from Andris Krastiņš on Vimeo.

A girl is walking home after dark, but a winter witch by magic leads her true self (soul) away from the safe path (as witches in folklore do), while a shadow shell of the girl continues to walk as if nothing had happened. Realms change and the girl is walking deep in the dark forest of her own psyche, and the witch is leading her deeper and deeper into the dark, where she finally meets the winter witch eye to eye.

Shot and edited in less than 2 hours. Original material 6 minutes, shot with Canon HV20 and a small led flashlight. A submission for the thedvchallenge.com 15th (charity) contest, theme – cold.

Music by Sniegavīru Rūpnīca, my friend is in the band and I’ve got the permission to use the song in this film. The song is called “Raganu karaspēks” or “Army of witches”, which is attacking with fire amid a storm and everybody is screaming for help. The version of the song in this video is edited to suit the story rhythm.

See it @ ExposureRoom or Vimeo.

Winter witches from Andris Krastiņš on Vimeo.

Dream Lover is about a girl, who dreams. She dreams herself and her lover, and the game is between herself and herself. She lives and is born from her experiences in the dream realm. Alas, “it is never just a dream”.

Dream lover (short film) from Andris Krastiņš on Vimeo.

Type: short film (b&w)
Status: released
@ exposureroom.com (download and view);
@ vimeo.com (download and view)
Date of release: 1st of October 2008
Length: 13,5 minutes
Genre: fantasy / horror
Soundtrack: Morpheus album “Rebis” (more info)
Licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Team: Andris Krastiņš, Spirit, Andris V., Mārtiņš Links, Jūlija Stefanoviča
p.s. Dream Lover wasn’t actually intended as horror, but during filming we noticed that it is a bit scary, and then it became more scary.