Jānis Streičs (born 26 September 1936) is a Latvian film director. Streičs' 1991 comedy film ''

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'' was runner-up for the

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Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously been Latvia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but did not make the shortlist. In 1978 ''

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'', in 1981 '' A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve'' and in 1991 ''

'' received the Latvian Film Prize as the best film of the year.Lielajam Kristapam - 50!
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