Returning for the 19th time, the National Film Centre of Latvia is organizing the Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) from September 2-6. Professional filmmakers are invited to submit their…
Director Māris Martinsons will begin shooting a Latvian-Estonian-Japanese feature length modern-day fairytale, ‘Magic Kimono’ starring Kaori Momoi in August 2015. Magic Kimono is a story of a…
Following its turn as the host of the European Film Awards in December, Latvia returns to the Croisette with a stylish pavilion and renewed state support, both for Cannes and for its increased…
The National Film Centre has initiated the programme Latvian Films for Latvia’s Centennial. The call is for a slate of films high in quality, diverse in genre and socially significant, portraying…
The National Film Centre’s 2015 film production funding contest has ended, and State financing has been granted to the production of 2 feature films, 6 animation films and 4 documentary films. This…
CALL FOR ENTRIES! Baltic Event Co-Production Market and Works in Progress November 16-18, 2015, Tallinn Entry deadline: August 1, 2015 Baltic Event, the largest co-production platform in Northern…
This year’s Brussels Short Film Festival, which runs from 23 April to 3 May, will feature two programmes of Latvian shorts, giving audiences the opportunity to discover the full range of Latvian…
Writer – director Aik Karapetian continues to work on genres not typical for the Latvian cinema and starts preparing a new feature length thriller. After the successful horror picture “The Man in…
On March 11 at 17:30, Splendid Palace Cinema in Riga will host the first European premiere of the documentary film Free to Rock, organised by the Foundation for an Open Society DOTS and the U.S…
On December 10, in Riga, National Library of Latvia, Ziedonis Hall (3 Mūkusalas Str.) a FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) Latvia conference “Latvian National Cinema in European…
