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Baltic Film Days Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Baltic Countries

Latvia 2017-08-21

RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia, the Estonian Film Institue and the Lithuanian Film Centre are launching Baltic Film Days (22-24 August 2017), an event that will celebrate the…

Grandpa Is More Dangerous than the Computer by Varis Brasla

Latvian Films for Latvian Centenary Programme Launch

Latvia 2017-08-17

RIGA: Latvia launches its jubilee film programme Latvian Films for Latvian Centenary on 17 August 2017 with the premiere of Varis Brasla's family film Grandpa Is More Dangerous than the…

GRANTS: Latvia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants

Latvia 2017-08-16

RIGA: National Film Center of Latvia has allotted 300,000 EUR to eight minority coproductions including two feature films, one animated film and five documentaries.

PRODUCTION: Ivars Zviedris in Production with The Smuggler

Latvia 2017-08-11

RIGA: Acclaimed documentary filmmaker and DoP Ivars Zviedris is currently in production with The Smuggler, a story set on the Latvian/Russian border.

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: The Smuggler

Latvia 2017-07-07

Latvian long documentary The Smuggler, currently in production, follows a guy who is helping immigrants to get across the border between Russia and Latvia.

GRANTS: Latvia Supports Seven Projects in 2017

Latvia 2017-06-22

RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia distributed 858,013 EUR to seven projects in its 2017 grant rounds.

GRANTS: Latvia Funds Three Coproductions

Latvia 2017-06-20

RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia chose three projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 350,399 EUR, financing two fiction films and a TV documentary series.

PRODUCTION: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czech Republic Producing WWII Drama Bille

Latvia 2017-06-07

PRAGUE: The Prague based post-production house Magiclab continues its foray into coproduction with the Latvian/Czech/Lithuanian/Polish family drama Bille directed by Inara Kolmane and based on the novel by acclaimed Latvian…

FNE at Cannes 2017: German/French Age of Iron Series to Shoot in Latvia

Latvia 2017-05-24

CANNES: The 5m EUR German/French TV series Age of Iron is set to shoot in Latvia in October. The six episodes of the series will be produced by Luxfilm of…

FNE at Cannes 2017: Latvian Cinema in Cannes

Latvia 2017-05-21

VISIT US AT THE LATVIAN PAVILION #221, VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL PANTIERO

EFP Producer on the Move: Gints Grube, Latvia

Latvia 2017-05-11

RIGA: Gints Grube got a BA in philosophy, did doctoral studies in political science and worked extensively in the media before becoming the director of Hansa Media production company and…

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Bize, Riga

Latvia 2017-03-15

This month we speak with Maris Prombergs, the director and programmer of Kino Bize from Riga, Latvia. Kino Bize was founded in 2012 as a small, cozy art house movie…

LATVIA: Country Report 2016

Latvia 2017-02-15

Latvian film industry continued to grow steadily in 2016. State funding for film industry reached 6.7 m EUR in 2016, indicating nearly 1 m EUR growth from 2015, one of…

FNE at Berlinale 2017: Latvian Film in Berlin

Latvia 2017-02-12

VISIT US AT THE LATVIAN STAND G11, MARTIN-GROPIUS-BAU

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Splendid Palace, Riga

Latvia 2016-12-05

This month we speak with Aiga Stengrevica, the manager of Splendid Palace, a splendid cinema located in the historical center of Riga, in a national architectural monument founded in 1923…

FNE TV: Dita Rietuma head of the Latvian National Film Centre and Janis Kalejs head of the Latvian Film Services Producers

Latvia 2016-11-30

TALLINN: Dita Rietuma head of the Latvian National Film Centre and Janis Kalejs head of the Latvian Film Services Producers Association tell us about the challenges and the advantages after…

PRODUCTION: Michael Idov Develops Humorist

Latvia 2016-10-21

RIGA: Writer/director Michael Idov is developing Humorist, a feature film about the Soviet stand-up comedian Boris Arkadiev. The film is a Latvian/Russian/British coproduction set for shooting in 2017.