Serial Bridges Baltics
Shadows of The Swamp
In a mist-shrouded Baltic village where people vanish into a swamp, a detective and a psychic uncover buried WWII atrocities and dark village secrets, as an ancient force continues to claim the living.
In a misty Latvian village, people vanish into the swamp—fishermen, hikers, even a millionaire. A detective and a psychic uncover a WWII Nazi atrocity, where meth-fueled soldiers massacred locals. Villagers hide dark secrets, and something ancient and unseen still pulls the living into the bog.
Main country of production
Latvia
Subjects:
environment, mysticism, nature, war
Filmography: Baltu Ciltis (Baltic Tribes: The Last Pagans of Europe, 2018, doc, co-dir), Nemierīgie prāti (Rahutud meeled, PÖFF 2021), Dieva suns (Dog of God, 2025, animation)
Brothers Lauris, Raitis and Marcis are Latvian filmmakers, born and residing in Riga. Lauris obtained a Master’s degree in Audio-Visual Arts (film directing) at Latvian Academy of Culture. Raitis Abele is a clinical psychologist but studied film art at New York Film Academy. Marcis graduated Latvian Culture Academy as D.o.P. and also obtained Masters in Audio-Visual Arts at Latvian Art Academy. Brothers mostly work together as a creative trio dividing various roles of filmmaking and art projects. International success came when Raitis and Lauris co-directed the short ""Castratus the Boar"" won the Grand Prix at Tampere Short Film Festival in 2015. In 2018 the three brothers together created drama documentary about paganism traditions ""Baltic Tribes, Last Pagans of Europe"". ""Troubled Minds"" marks their first fiction feature film. Besides film, Lauris and Raitis compose music and play in two rock and post-metal bands - Soundarcade and Sonntags Legion.
Tritone Studio (since 2009) is an artsy film production and film-service studio based in Riga. Started out as an animation and post-production studio, but soon creative minds started to develop and produce their own content and visions.