On the 21st of June at Jūrmala’s Morbergs House, the filming of the first frames of Kristīne Želve’s documentary “Mērija’s Journey” was celebrated, symbolically marking the start of the busiest…
The Latvian delegation at the world’s most important animated film festival in Annecy (France) was met with great success – an award for Indra Sproģe’s Annecy film contest submission, recognition for…
The 19th of June ended the International Film Festival The Mirror, held in Andrei Tarkovsky’s name, with the prize for visual concept awarded to director Laila Pakalniņa’s feature film “Dawn” …
Publishing house “Mansards” in their “Cinema Scripture Library” series has released the book “First Latvian Films”, a collection of historical documents that form a commemorative album of the origins…
On June 26, at the 38th Moscow International Film Festival, the official program will host International Premiere of director Dāvis Sīmanis’ and studio “Locomotive” film “Exiled”. This year, the…
May 23, 2016 marks 85 years since the passing of the Latvian actor and director Gunārs Cilinskis (1931-1992). The National Film Centre’s website www.filmas.lv will feature a number of films in…
This year, director Viestur Kairish will release his long awaited historical fiction film “Chronicles of Melanie”. The film premieres in Latvia on the 1st of November 2016, but before hand, on the…
Latvian animation will again be a focal point of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 13-18) with two films in the competition programmes and a MIFA stand. In the Main Competition,…
As part of the official programme Riga IFF hosts an international competition of feature length films completed until August 1 in the countries accross the Baltic sea. It is required for the…
Documentary project applications for the 20th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries, the annual co-financing forum for documentary projects, are due by 7 June. The forum is organised by the National…
