
Rudolf Ming
Directing
Biography
Rudolf Ming is a Latvian independent screenwriter, director, editor and worker in cinema sphere.
Known For

It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover of power in his country.
January

The Soviet Union teeters on the verge of collapse in 1990 and tiny Baltic nations struggle to take back their independence. A rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team's participation in the USSR's basketball championship. The team makes the unpopular choice to participate.
Kalev

A problem that every film director has faced – how do you film something that does not exist? A director is making a documentary about an actor and his stalker – but the stalker never appears. As the deadline approaches, unusual steps must be taken.
When You Look At Me

Astra works in a library and dreams of love. Her life is a series of daily worries and setbacks. But some Tinder clicks bring a new lease of life and a challenge to explore herself. Will Astra find what she is really looking for?
Tu pārāk klusi runā

A fight breaks out between two guys at youth house-party and one beats the other to death. The next morning killer refuses to acknowledge any responsibility, leaving the others to decide what to do next.
The Reverberation of Evil

Small incident makes a man realize that the world doesn't care about him. He then sets out on a way to personal revolution.
An Incident with Citizen Zarins

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
How did they meet? ... By chance, like all of us. What are their names? ... I would ask - what's your part? Where are they going? ... does anyone know where they are going? What did they say to each other? The host said nothing, but Jacques said that his Captain had told him that everything that happens here on earth, for good or ill, is written in the stars.
Fatālists un viņa saimnieks

Ernests (70) and Alvine (64), two married postal workers, have developed a scheme to win a trip to Rome, but Alvine's rapidly progressing Alzheimer's disease complicates their plan.
A Postcard from Rome

Rudolf is a 13 year-old boy obsessed with filmmaking. As a matter of fact, it’s the only thing he’s really fond of. His main interest is horror films, and he uses a special technique to make them – drawing each shot on long strips of paper. He shows the films on a slide projector with a special live soundtrack. Rudolf ’s story illustrates the conflict between the imaginary world of a boy and the society surrounding him, where everybody expects him to live according to certain rules and dogmas. How does he cope with it? The biggest surprise comes when the local priest asks Rudolf to make a film to be played during the service.