RIVERBED is a full service film production company focused on auteur-driven narrative storytelling with a strong emphasis on powerful imagery. Its founder Andris Gauja has produced, written and directed both documentaries (including the award-winning Family Instinct, (2010, Main Prize at AFI-Docs (ex Silverdocs), nomination at IDFA etc.) and narrative films (Keep Smiling, Mom! (coming in 2022), Nothing Can Stop Us Now (2019, nine nominations for the Latvian National Film Prize), The Lesson (2014, Montreal, Chicago, Moscow, Bergen IFF etc.)).