Where the Sun Touches (2025)

Piesaule (translated to Where the Sun Touches) is a lyrical portrait of memory, love and survival, told through the voice of an elderly Latvian woman facing the early shadows of dementia. In her garden, among oaks, birches, peonies and the decaying home, she recites a life lived in the mouth of hunger and fear, moments woven from personal and national history. The story moves from a childhood in the rural border town of Valka, to the deportations that tore her family apart, and finally to a lifelong love found in Aivars and her children. As her memories yellow and drift like autumn leaves, her words linger in the conviction that the sun still touches those who have walked through darkness with love. Piesaule is both a farewell to memory and a testament to Latvian survival through occupation.

Unification (2023)

Unification (2023)

A kinetic visualisation of youth, community and courage, unfolding within Sydney’s inter-university street dance scene. Following Soulxpress, University of Sydney’s Street Dance Society, the film traces the electric vulnerability of first-time battlers stepping into the cypher. At its heart is Faye, a beginner vogue dancer facing her first Unification battle, carrying the nerves of inexperience and the pressure for a win. Late-night rehearsals move into the charged dance floor of competition day, each step becoming the string pulling a community together. Though victory slips past them, a dance family is forged through risk, joy and collective excitement. Unification becomes a story about the moment young dancers choose to step beyond fear, discovering themselves in motion and finding belonging in the rhythm of others.

Oh Yeah by Wicked Things (2022)

Oh Yeah by Wicked Things (2022)

Rock band Wicked Things takes the screen with their single ‘Oh Yeah’, created collaboratively as a team project under a Sony Workshop with the 4-piece band of brothers. The music video captures the band’s raw rock energy and vintage swagger, translating their steely riffs and live intensity into dynamic visual storytelling that channels the spirit of classic 80’s rock. Shot with a blend of gritty performance footage and evocative cinematic framing, the video features blazing guitar lines, pounding drums and commanding vocals, intercut with atmospheric lighting and dynamic motion, creating a visualised soundtrack of nostalgia and reflecting the communal spirit of rock itself.

Bea on the Euro Sea 2025

Hoist the sails and let’s embark on a journey to far and wide lands across the European seas. Bea on the Euro Sea is your compass to the coastal soundscapes of the continent, navigating through salty tales, musical gems and cultural treasures… one coastal town at a time. From windswept Nordic fjords to sun drenched Mediterranean shores, we chart a course through forgotten folk, modern tunes and music that keeps cultures afloat. Tune in, drop anchor, and let the currents of sound carry you away!

Radio Show hosted by Beate Birzniece on Eastside Radio

Audio Projects

Silence While You Wait 2023

Audio Short Documentary by Beate Birzniece

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Bea on the Euro Sea received high praise, from listeners calling in, to other presenters, to the managing director Tony Smythe and even to the FutureReady Innovation and Employability showcase at the University of Sydney, where the Internship Impact Award was successfully awarded.

Experience the events that took place in Latvia during the 1970s to 1990 as the Soviet Union starts to collapse. Feel the fear and pain that Latvians went through by listening to the perspective of a young woman growing up during this Soviet era.

“You've seamlessly weaved a wide variety of SFX, atmos, news clips and music throughout to enhance the piece. It's really emotionally engaging. Very creative narrative structure and use of themes and motifs e.g. silence.”

- Britta Jorgensen