Latvia Approves Co-Financing Funds

RIGA: The Latvian government has approved a grant of 500,000 euros for a co-financing programme for foreign producers making films in Latvia.
27-06-2013

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Latvian Doc Sold to Canada

LONDON: London-based documentary sales agency Taskovski Films announced the sale of Documentarian to Canadian distributor Kinosmith.
31-05-2013

South Korea Picks up Latvian Film

WARSAW: Polish based sales company New Europe Film Sales announced the sale of all rights for Latvian film Mother I Love You to South Korea.
28-05-2013

Six Films Approved for Riga Film Fund Rebates

CANNES: The Riga Film Fund announced six international productions which will receive 313.547 Latvian lats (446,139 EUR) in cash rebates.
18-05-2013

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.
14-05-2013

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.
08-04-2013

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.
05-04-2013

New Chairman for Latvian TV

RIGA: Ivars Belte has been appointed Board Chairman of Latvian State Television (LTV)
12-03-2013

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.
22-02-2013

Latvian Dream Team 1935 Opens in Lithuania

VILNIUS: The Latvian basketball film Dream Team 1935 will premiere in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 21 February 2013.
01-02-2013

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.
30-11-2012

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…
26-11-2012

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.
13-11-2012

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…
02-11-2012

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).
02-11-2012

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…
20-08-2012

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…
03-08-2012

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…
26-07-2012

Protest over Cable Fee in Latvia

Cable operators are protesting plans to charge them a fee for rebroadcasting national TV channels.
09-07-2012

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…
03-06-2012