Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (Jēkabs, Mimmi un runājošie suņi) is a 2019 Latvian–Polish animated film directed by Edmunds Jansons and based on the children's book Dog Town by Luīze Pastore. Funded by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Polish Film Institute and Creative Europe Media, the film is produced by Sabine Andersone for the Latvian Atom Art Studio and co-produced by Jakub Karwowski for the Polish Letko Studio. The film received several nominations, and won Best Animated Film at the 32nd International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Iran.

Synopsis
The film follows Mimmi, who is sent to the suburbs to spend a summer with his uncle and cousin, Jacob, but they find out the local park is set to be transformed into new skyscrapers by a greedy businessman, and they decide to stop the development with the help of a pack of stray dogs that can talk.

Cast

 * Eduards Olekts as Jacob
 * Nora Džumā as Mimmi
 * Andris Keišs as Boss
 * Kaspars Znotiņš as Tetis
 * Gatis Gāga as Eagle
 * Māra Liniņa as Mrs. Schmidt
 * Eduards Zilberts as Manny Pie

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Giffoni Film Festival on 20 July 2019.