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Bille Wins Best Film at Latvian National Film Awards

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-11-14

RIGA: Inara Kolmane’s family film Bille, a Latvian/Lithuanian/Czech coproduction, won the Best Film award at the 30th Lielais Kristaps Latvian national film awards on 12 November 2018.

GRANTS: Latvia Gives Grants to Four Family Films

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-11-08

Riga: The National Film Centre of Latvia will distribute 1,240,417 EUR for the production of four family films.

PRODUCTION: The Despair Moves into Post-production

Cathy Meils Latvia 2018-11-07

RIGA: Latvian Emerging Producer at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Lelde Pruse continues her collaboration with the award-winning director Karlis Lesins, who has completed shooting on his feature film…

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs by Edmunds Jansons

Two Animations Among Latvian Films in Post-production

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-11-05

RIGA: Latvian production companies have a bonanza of films in post-production or completed and awaiting release. They include two animated films, both for children and family audiences.

Core of the World by Natalia Meshchaninova

FESTIVALS: Core of the World Wins Riga IFF

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-10-29

RIGA: Core of the World, a Russian/Lithuanian coproduction directed by Natalia Meshchaninova, won the Best Film Award at the Riga International Film Festival, which concludes on 31 October 2018.

Martin And The Forest Secret by Petr Oukropec

Czech and Estonian Films Win Riga Pitching Forum

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-10-23

RIGA: The third edition of the Riga International Film Festival's pitching FORUM for children's and youth film projects, which took place 18 – 19 October 2018, awarded two films from…

7 Billion Years Before the End of the World by Jānis Ābele

FESTIVALS: Ten Baltic Films Compete at 2018 Riga IFF

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-10-02

RIGA: The Riga IFF, running 18-31 October 2018, will screen ten films from the Baltic region in the main competition, including fiction, documentary and children’s films.

FESTIVALS: RIGA IFF Announces Pitching FORUM Selection

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-09-26

RIGA: Thirteen projects have been selected for the annual Riga International Film Festival's pitching FORUM for children and youth film projects, which will take place 18-19 October 2018.

Documentary To Be Continued Selected as Latvia’s Oscar Bid

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-09-04

RIGA: Veteran filmmaker Ivars Seleckis’s documentary To Be Continued has been selected as Latvia’s official entry for the US Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Film category.

BOX OFFICE: Admissions to Latvian Films Double in First Half of 2018

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-08-10

RIGA: Admissions to Latvian films reached 290,000 in the first half of 2018, marking an already record year for domestic cinema. In 2017 admissions to domestic films were 194,000.

FESTIVALS: RIGA IFF Welcomes New Script Ideas

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-07-19

RIGA: The 4th edition of the European Script Meeting (23-24 October 2018), the main industry event of the Riga International Film Festival (18-31 October 2018), launches call for applications.

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: K. Suns, Riga

Iulia Blaga Latvia 2018-07-04

This month we speak with Aida Zviedre and Juris Zviedris, the owners and programmers of the Cinema K. Suns in Riga. Founded 26 years ago, Cinema K. Suns is the…

Riga IFF Opens Call for Children’s Film Pitching Forum

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-06-07

RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival Forum, a pitching and coproduction forum for children’s films, announced a call for entries for its 18 – 19 October 2018 event.

FNE at Cannes 2018: Latvian Cinema in Cannes

National Film Centre of Latvia Latvia 2018-05-12

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EFP 2018 Producer on the Move: Aija Berzina, Latvia

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-05-08

RIGA: Aija Berzina represents Latvia at the European Film Promotion’s 2018 Producers on the Move event taking place 10-14 May during the Cannes Film Festival.

Latvian Films Take Unprecedented Market Share

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-04-25

RIGA: Three of the top five films at the Latvian box office are domestic releases, accounting for 28 percent of the market share. The boom is led by Aigars Grauba’s…

GRANTS: Latvia Announces Production Grants

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-04-04

RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia will distribute 927,294 EUR for the production of 12 feature films with Latvian major participation. Three animated films, two feature films and seven…

FESTIVALS: 5th Riga International Film Festival Calls for Entries

FNE Staff Latvia 2018-03-16

RIGA: Submissions are open for the 5th edition of the Riga International Film Festival, set to take place from 18 to 31 October 2018.

PRODUCTION: Juris Kursietis Shoots Latvian/Lithuanian/Belgian Coproduction

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-03-06

RIGA: Juris Kursietis is currently shooting his sophomore feature Oleg, a drama about a butcher who leaves for Brussels to work in a local meat factory, but gets under the…

The Foundation of Criminal Excellence by Oskars Rupenheits

Domestic Crowdfunded Movie in Latvian Box Office

Zane Peneze Latvia 2018-02-26

RIGA: Oskars Rupenheits’ debut feature comedy The Foundation of Criminal Excellence is third in the Latvian box office with 30,000 admissions in three weeks and more than 183,000 EUR gross.…