PRODUCTION: Viesturs Kairišs’ Biographical Drama Ulya in Postproduction

RIGA: Viesturs Kairišs is currently in postproduction with a new biographical drama about the world famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova. The film follows her path from an old-believers community on…
17-06-2025

PRODUCTION: Final Stage for Long Animated Film Born in the Jungle

RIGA: The Latvian/Polish/Czech long animated film Born in the Jungle / Laimīgie by Edmunds Jansons is currently in late production. Pre-sales for France, Germany, Spain and Sweden were secured by…
15-06-2025

Baltic Sea Docs 2025 Announces Selected Projects

RIGA: A total of 26 projects have been selected for the 29th Baltic Sea Docs, the well-established coproduction and co-financing forum, which will be held in Riga 31 August -…
05-06-2025

Flow Presented at Virtual Global Event by United Nations

RIGA: The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations, in collaboration with the UN Movie Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council, presented a special…
25-05-2025

FNE at Cannes 2025: Latvian Cinema in Cannes

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13-05-2025

Flow Wins 2025 LUX Audience Award

BRUSSELS: The animated film Flow by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, was declared the winner of the 2025 LUX Audience Award at a ceremony held in the European Parliament hemicycle in…
29-04-2025

GRANTS: National Film Centre of Latvia Announces Grants

RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has announced the results of its annual production grant competition on 25 April 2025. A total of 2,444,061 EUR was distributed to 14…
29-04-2025

Splendid Palace in Riga Names One of Its Auditoriums Flow Hall

RIGA: The Splendid Palace cinema in Riga has named its Small Hall Flow Hall / Straumes zāle, to honour Gints Zilbalodis’ animated film and its contribution to the worldwide recognition…
27-04-2025

FNE at Cannes 2025: Kristen Stewart’s Latvian Minority Coproduction The Chronology of Water Selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard

RIGA: The directorial debut of the American actress Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water, will have its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard competition at the 78th Cannes Film…
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Winners of 2ANNAS 2025

RIGA: Vox Humana (Philippines) by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan won the Grand Prix at the 29th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS. The Best Baltic Short Film prize went to…
15-04-2025

Baltic Sea Docs 2025 Launches Call for Applications

RIGA: Baltic Sea Docs is now accepting project submissions for its 29th edition till 9 May 2025. The leading documentary coproduction pitching event in the Baltic region will be held…
13-03-2025

Winners of International Documentary Film Festival ArtDocFest/Riga 2025

RIGA: The Grand Prix of the 5th International Documentary Film Festival ArtDocFest/Riga went to the Ukrainian film Mission 200 directed by Volodymyr Sydko. The festival was held in Riga 1…
11-03-2025

PRODUCTION: Laila Pakalniņa in Postproduction with Latvian/Lithuanian Doc Scarecrows

RIGA: The acclaimed Latvian film director and screenwriter Laila Pakalniņa is in late postproduction with her Latvian/Lithuanian documentary Scarecrows / Putnubiedekli, which should be finished in June 2025.
02-03-2025

Latvia to Give 1 m EUR Boost to Animation Sector

RIGA: A few days before the 97th Academy Awards, where Flow by Gints Zilbalodis was nominated in two categories, the Latvian government announced an allocation of 1 m EUR for…
02-03-2025

PRODUCTION: Signe Baumane Preps Latvian/US/Italian Animated Film Karmik Knot

RIGA: Latvian animator/artist/director Signe Baumane is currently in preparation with Karmik Knot, a Latvian/US/Italian coproduction starring Patrick Wilson, Polish-born American actress Dagmara Dominczyk and Matthew Modine.
27-02-2025

Flow Wins Independent Spirit Award 2025 for Best International Film

LOS ANGELES: Gints Zilbalodis’ Academy Award-nominee Flow received the award for Best International Film at the 40th Independent Spirit Awards held on 22 February 2025.
25-02-2025

Flow’s Success Continues to Ripple

RIGA: Gints Zilbalodis' Golden Globe-winner and Academy Award-nominee Flow has surpassed the 20 m USD mark at the global box office. The film was bought by Criterion Collection for a…
23-02-2025

Flow Surpasses 300,000 Admissions in Latvia

RIGA: Gints Zilbalodis' Golden Globe-winner and Academy Award-nominee Flow has been seen in Latvia by over 300,000 people, a record for a total population of 1.85 m. Flow is now…
17-02-2025

FNE at Berlinale 2025: Latvian Cinema in Berlin

Latvia at the Berlinale and EFM 2025 - Latvian stand G10, Gropius Bau
13-02-2025

Flow to Be Released on Max and HBO Linear

RIGA: Gints Zilbalodis’s Academy Award nominee Flow will be released on Max on 14 February and on HBO linear on 15 February 2025.
11-02-2025