Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Podnieks ya sami karbuwa a duniya saboda fim dinsa "Shin Yana da Sauƙi a Kasance Matashi?". Fim din tare da tattaunawa a cikin Latvian da Rashanci bincike ne na matasan Soviet. Yayin da Tarayyar Soviet ta rushe, Podnieks ya yi aiki tare da gidan talabijin na Burtaniya don ba da cikakken bayani game da abubuwan da ke faruwa a Tarayyar Soviet. Fiye da shekaru uku, Podnieks ya yi fim ɗin fim biyar mai suna "Hello, kuna jin mu?". Daga baya, Podnieks ya shirya fina-finai da suka mai da hankali kan haɓakar asalin ƙasa a Latvia, Lithuania da Estonia. Fim dinsa na "Homeland" wani labari ne na bukukuwan jama'a a wadannan kasashe lokacin da wakokin kasa wadanda gwamnatin Soviet ta haramta tsawon shekaru 50, suka rera waƙoƙin mawaƙa. Yayin da ake yin fim din wannan fim a watan Janairun 1991, Podnieks da ma'aikatansa sun shiga cikin harbin 'yan bindiga a lokacin yunkurin juyin mulki
sojojin Soviet a Riga. An doke Podnieks, mai daukar hoto da abokinsa na dogon lokaci Andris Slapiņš ya mutu kuma Gvido Zvaigzne, wani abokin aiki da abokin Podnieks, ya mutu daga raunin da ya samu daga baya. An kama wannan abu a bidiyo kuma an nuna shi a matsayin ƙari ga "Homeland", kuma daga baya a matsayin gabatarwa don sake fasalin wannan fim ɗin. Hudu daga cikin finafinan Podnieks sun sami kyautar Lielais Kristaps a matsayin mafi kyawun shirin fim na shekara.