Aik Karapetian is in production with his third feature length film, a thriller. Now, in the harsh Latvian winter, location shooting takes place in the woods and on a frozen lake. Kaspars Znotiņš,…
The Latvian film industry has already been preparing for Latvia’s centennial since 2014; for this purpose the National Film Centre held the call for application Latvian Films for Latvia’s Centennial…
Renowned Polish documentarian Wojciech Staron pocketed the Jury Prize for Best Cinematographer of the 19th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn. Wojciech Staron’s work on the Latvian-Estonian-Polish…
“Ukrainian Sheriffs” joined the most prestigious documentary festival in Europe in the Competition for Feature-Length and received IDFA Special Jury Prize. “Ukrainian Sheriffs” (LV, UA, DE),…
“What Nobody Can See”, a psychological thriller by Latvian director Stanislavs Tokalovs, was showcased at Baltic Event “Works in Progess” hosted by the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn earlier…
19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (27 October – 1 November 2015) in cooperation with Film New Europe (FNE) introduces some of the exciting new talents that are participating in the…
This is the eighth time that Latvia, too, has submitted its film to compete for a nomination for the USA Academy Award Oscar. On 17 September, the expert committee, appointed by the National Film…
The new film venue Film Box LT situated at the Vilnius Airport is expanding its range of films and countries. October is dedicated to Latvian films: a total of 14 films made by Latvian filmmakers…
Award-winning animator Edmunds Jansons is working on his new short film “Pigtail and Mr. Sleeplessness” about a six year old girl known as Pigtail. Together with her shaggy friend from her closet…
In the previous year, Latvian cinemas have seen a dramatic increase in attendance figures for European films. European produced films have attracted 493 570 viewers throughout Latvian cinemas in 2014…
