FNE Cannes Preview 2013: Latvian Films in Cannes
Latvia Films will participate in Cannes Film Market from May 15 to May 25. We are located in Village International Pantiero, Pavilion 223.
Latvia Approves Funds for Foreign Film Production
RIGA: Latvia will provide 300,00 Lats (426, 864 EUR) for foreign film production taking place in Latvia.
Baltic Bridge Call for Projects
The Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is accepting submissions from producers with film projects in development through 15 June 2013.
New Chairman for Latvian TV
RIGA: Ivars Belte has been appointed Board Chairman of Latvian State Television (LTV)
Latvia to Host European Film Awards
The 27th European Film Awards will take place in Riga on 13 December 2014, during Riga’s tenure as a European Capital of Culture.
Latvian Dream Team 1935 Opens in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The Latvian basketball film Dream Team 1935 will premiere in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 21 February 2013.
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Ilze Gailite Holmberg, Director of National Film Centre of Latvia
FNE asks Ilze Gailite Holmberg about developments in the Latvian film industry in 2012, the major achievements in the last five years and about the things still to be done.
Parliamentary Grant for Patriotic Film Stirs Controversy in Latvia
RIGA: Latvia’s National Film Center (www.nfc.lv) has expressed its concern over a special grant from the Latvian Parliament for a historical film, made by bypassing the project competition established in…
Pakalnina Preps Docs, Premieres Feature
RIGA: Latvian director/writer Laila Pakalnina is prepping two new doc productions while her new feature Pizzas premieres in competition at the Rome Film Festival.
Riga Film Studio Sold at Auction
RIGA: The complex of Riga Film Studio buildings, including the largest sound stage in the Baltic states, was sold at auction this week due to presumed land lease debts, leaving…
Latvia’s Ego Media Lines up Documentary Coproductions
RIGA: Latvian producer Guntis Trekteris is producing and developing a slate of international documentary films through his company Ego Media (www.egomedia.lv).
FESTIVALS: FF Riga Festival Launches in September
RIGA: Latvia will host the first FF Riga international film festival 10-12 September 2012, an “homage” to the Arsenals film festival which was suspended as of March 2012 for lack…
FNE - Step In - Locarno Country Report: Latvia
The Latvian film industry saw an influx of foreign film productions thanks to the July 2011 launch of the Riga Film Fund (www.filmriga.lv) rebate initiative and produced some strong and…
Historical Drama Dream Team 1935 in Postproduction
RIGA: Dream Team 1935 (www.platformafilm.com), a sports-themed historical film from Latvian director-producer team Aigars Grauba and Andrejs Ekis, is in the final stage of postproduction, with the national premiere of…
Protest over Cable Fee in Latvia
Cable operators are protesting plans to charge them a fee for rebroadcasting national TV channels.
MTG Buys Latvia’s LNT
Modern Times Group (MTG, www.mtg.se) the international entertainment broadcasting group, completed the acquisition of 100% of the Latvian free commercial TV group AS Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija (LNT, www.lnt.lv) for an…
Documentary Production: My Six Million Dollar Father
RIGA: Latvian director Ieva Ozolina is in production with the documentary film My Six Million Dollar Father for a March 2013 completion date.
MEET “LATVIA FILMS” IN CANNES
{mosimage}MEET "LATVIA FILMS" IN CANNES At the Village International Pantiero, Pavilion 221
FNE - IDF DocBloc: My Six Million Dollar Father
New Latvian doc project My Six Million Dollar Father - a self-made banker achieves success during the first years after the collapse of the USSR, but is then forced to…
FESTIVALS: Arsenals Festival to End
{mosimage}RIGA: The organizers of Latvia's international film festival Arsenals (www.arsenals.lv) announced that there will be no further editions of the festival.
