The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect  spoken  in  Riga  and  central  parts  of  Latvia  -  not  featured  in  the  film.  In  intimate  surroundings,  a  farmer,  a  schoolteacher,  and  a  herder  of  ostriches  talk  about  perceived  differences between Latvian speakers, and about language policy and their lives.

Talkers

This film represents a figurative view on the developments of contemporary art in Latvian modern environment by following the path of a piece of art to the audience for a certain period of time and by finding a unified system of characters in the process. One piece of art is advancing the story on the background of a previous piece, the next one is continuing it in another direction just like in a movie two shots alongside create the third one and result in another modern art object – film.

Contemporary

During  Latvia’s  centennial  year,  15  filmmakers  created  each  his  own  film  portrait  of  a  person  living  in  Latvia  on  the  background  of  centenary  events.  Documentary  2018  combines  these  stories  into  a  unique  poetic  vision  based  on  analogy  with  the  documentary  235  000  000,  a  classic  of  the  Riga  school  of  poetic  documentary  cinema.  This  film  is  an  attempt to make sure whether the codes of the poetic cinema are still relevant and accessible today.