Documentary To Be Continued Selected as Latvia’s Oscar Bid
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
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
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
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
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
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EFP 2018 Producer on the Move: Aija Berzina, Latvia
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
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
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
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
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…
Domestic Crowdfunded Movie in Latvian Box Office
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.…
FNE at Berlinale 2018: Latvian Film in Berlin
Latvia will be at the MGB stand G10
FNE Country Report 2017: LATVIA
RIGA: Ahead of Latvia's Centennial, which will be celebrated throughout 2018, the support for local film production steadily increased to 9,109,016 EUR in 2017, with more than 2 m EUR…
PRODUCTION: Aigars Grauba in Postproduction with 3m EUR Latvian Historical Drama The Pagan King
RIGA: Director Aigars Grauba is currently in postproduction with English language historical drama The Pagan King, starring British actor James Blurr and Swedish actor Edvin Erre. Made with a budget…
Swingers See Lithuanian, Norwegian and Finnish Remakes
RIGA: The comedy Swingers by Andrejs Ekis will have remakes in Lithuania, Norway and Finland. Latvia’s 2016 box office hit was already adapted by Platforma Filma in Estonia and the…
Latvia Approves Convention on Cinematographic Coproduction
RIGA: Latvian government approved the Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Coproduction on 28 November 2017. The National Film Center is in charge of its implementation. The Convention on Cinematographic…
FESTIVALS: Chronicles of Melanie Wins Lielais Kristaps Fest
RIGA: Latvian/Czech/Finnish coproduction Chronicles of Melanie directed by Viesturs Kairišs won the Best Feature Film award at the Latvian national film festival Lielais Kristaps, which concluded on 14 November 2017.
PRODUCTION: Russian/Latvian/Czech Coproduction Starts Shooting in Latvia
RIGA: Michael Idov’s debut feature The Humorist started shooting in Jurmala, Latvia. The film is a coproduction between Russia, Latvia and the Czech Republic, and is set to be finished…
Chronicles of Melanie to Represent Latvia in the Oscar Race
RIGA: Chronicles of Melanie directed by Viesturs Kairišs was selected by a panel set up by the National Film Center to be Latvia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film…
