Antons Barons
Directing
Known For

Champion fighter Osvald is banned from competing after injuring a girl in a street fight. Stranded in his bleak Lithuanian hometown, he takes refuge in a run-down Taiwanese restaurant owned by his only friend, Ju-Long. Court-ordered therapy leads him to Skaistė, a woman who offers a glimpse of a life he's never known. But as Osvald clings to this fragile hope, his violent past resurfaces, forcing him to choose between redemption and self-destruction.
China Sea

Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious become friends. Together they try to make the Lucky Stone, the recipe for which is in Cautious' grandmother's secret recipe book. Julius wants to give the stone to his estranged parents so they can rediscover their common happiness. Julius and Arnold's laboratory attempts to make the Lucky Stone falter badly time and time again, but they stubbornly pursue their quest for happiness.
Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone

In 1873, brave men known as the New Latvians held the first-ever Latvian song festival under the watchful eye of oppressive censorship. This massive celebration, featuring 1,003 singers – both men and women – changed the course of the nation’s history. It stands as a unique example of non-violent resistance in the fight for freedom against imperialism, led by Latvia’s entrepreneurs, writers, publicists and ordinary villagers.
In The Land That Sings

In her early thirties, freshly divorced Dita swaps her comfy loungewear for high heels, stepping boldly into the unpredictable world of dating, where every encounter promises a new adventure.
Too Much Ordinary

A coming of age story about a group of millennials who start to face their self-destructive tendencies as they each head straight into their crisis of thirtysomethings.
Youth Eternal

Ourelijs and Medards are two outwardly different individuals who have reached dead ends in life. Their reunion at former teacher's birthday party becomes a turning point, leading both characters through mysterious night towards confrontation with the abyss of their current existences.
Doubles

Hunting Day is a Korean cinema influenced student/indie short film made in Latvia. When after a poaching run a hunter is found dead in the forest, the hunter’s daughter and mentally ill son set out to find the truth behind his death and take revenge.
Hunting Day

Alex is a perfectly ordinary young man whose life changes radically after receiving a strange message and meeting several strange characters who seem to have stepped out of the world of cinema. Under the influence of Zenon's paradox, Alex begins to see the world differently and discovers unusual abilities.
Zeno's Paradox

The inhabitants of the Benedictine Monastery in Lithuania have preserved the ancient traditional lifestyle of monks that requires a life of poverty, chastity and obedience. Their daily life filled with silence and rituals are captured in this short film.
On the Edge of Time

When civilization is on the verge of global conflict, a young man comes to his hometown to look for his mother. The horror of war alternates with warm childhood memories. The search for the mother becomes not only physical but also metaphorical.
Son or the Kaleidoscope
Sofia, a quiet girl shaped by a troubled home, finds comfort only in her friend Lena. But as their relationship grows more intense, and Lena pushes Sofia toward her first sexual experience, the lines between love and control begin to blur.