The Red Barn (2026)

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.

Cast (2)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Imants Strads

Kaspars Zvīgulis

If you liked The Red Barn, you might also like…

91% match

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013

88% match

The Class of ‘92

2013

86% match

To Kill a Tiger

2023

82% match

McQueen

2018

75% match

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017

74% match

In the Realms of the Unreal

2004

69% match

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

1978

68% match

28 Up

1984

62% match

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

2006

60% match

The Curse of the Dragon

1993

60% match

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019

60% match

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010

60% match

Seduced and Abandoned

2013

60% match

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009

60% match

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002

60% match

Naqoyqatsi

2002

60% match

35 Up

1991

60% match

Directed by John Ford

1971

60% match

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

60% match

Come See Me in the Good Light

2025