13-02-2008

Latvian films win 36 awards worldwide in 2007

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    A total of 131 films from Latvia screened worldwide at 230 international film events in 2007, according to the Latvian Film Centre. They included 17 fiction films, 33 documentaries and 81 animation films. Latvian films picked up 36 awards worldwide in 2007.

    Latvian films traveled to film events in 51 countries, led by the US with 23 film festivals and France with 18 followed by Italy and Germany (each 14), Russia and Canada (each 13), Spain (11) and Britain (10).

    The top three Latvian films of 2007 on the festival circuit were Lost in Snow by Vladimir Leschiov (produced by Jet Media) which screened at 37 events; the animation Teat Beat of Sex, directed and produced by Signe Baumane, with 31 events; and the feature film The Hostage by Laila Pakalnina (produced by Hargla) with 28 events.

     

    COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 2000 - 2007

     

    YEAR

    NUMBER OF FESTIVALS

     

    NUMBER OF AWARDS

    FILMS AWARDED

    NUMBER

    OF COUNTRIES

    1999

     

    20

    2

    The Little Devils and The Ball - 1 award each

    Total: 2 films awarded

    12

    2000

     

    60

    8

    New Times at Crossroad Street - 5 awards.

    Following titles 1 award each:

    Egg Lady, Home Hole Horrors, Follow Me!

    Total: 4 films awarded.

    23

    2001

     

    104

    18

    Egg Lady - 5 awards, New Times at Crossroad Street - 2 awards, Roof on the Moonway- 4 awards, Up and Down - 2 awards.

    Total: 8 films awarded.

    33

    2002

     

    104

    10

    Good Hands - 3 awards, Leaving by the Way - 2 awards. 5 awards for different other titles.

    Total: 6 films awarded.

    31

    2003

     

    184

    18

    Grandad's Honey - 4 awards, Flashback - 3 awards, The Followers - 3 awards, Women - 3 awards, Cats - 2 awards. Total: 10 films awarded

    46

    2004

     

    162

    18

    The Python - 2 awards, Bus - 2 awards, Keep Smiling! - 2 awards, Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat - 2 awards.

    Following titles one award each:

    The Black Spawn, EU, Frosty Flowers, Going Into Darkness, Merry Christmas, The Trophy, Workshop in the Countryside, Mystery of the Old Parish House.

    Total: 13 films awarded.

    39

    2005

    245

    31

    Dentist and Insomnia - 6 awards, Antilion - 5 awards, Dreamland - 4 awards, Fallen and Moskatchka - 3 awards. The Home of The Sun, Filosopher escaped, For all my life and Binocular received 1 award each. Total:10 films awarded.

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    2007

    230

    36

    Hunting - 8 awards, Teat Beat of Sex - 8 awards, Lotte from Gadgetville ­- 4 awards, My Husband Andrei Sakharov and Lost in Snow - 2 awards each, Three Musketeers, Hurry up, Munchausen, Hurry, To Rememeber or to Forget, Theodore, The Hostage, Black Box, Veterinarian

    - 1 award each. Total: 13 films awarded.

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