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29 August 2023

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

Baltic Sea Docs 2024 – Awards

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

A handful of awards have been given out at the Riga-based event to projects hailing from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Belarus and Lithuania  

10 September 2024

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

The region's untapped potential and growth need to be exploited to the fullest but controlled in order to avoid past mistakes, warns European Producers Club managing director Alexandra Lebret  

03 July 2024

The 28th Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

Baltic Sea Docs 2024

The 28th Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

A total of 26 projects will be featured at the upcoming edition of the leading Baltic event, which will run in Riga from 1-6 September  

19 June 2024

Latvia boasts a powerful presence at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Cannes 2024

Latvia boasts a powerful presence at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

The French gathering is welcoming a sizeable contingent of Latvian professionals engaged in various industry activities, with Gints Zilbalodis’ animated feature Flow screening in Un Certain Regard  

15 May 2024

Álvaro Carmona, Greg Davies and Teodora Markova discuss going “beyond the punchline” to capture international audiences

Berlinale 2024 – EFM

Álvaro Carmona, Greg Davies and Teodora Markova discuss going “beyond the punchline” to capture international audiences

BERLINALE 2024: The Berlinale Series Market panel discussion focused on the shows The Cleaner, Show Yourself and Soviet Jeans  

23 February 2024

The 27th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winners

Baltic Sea Docs 2023 – Awards

The 27th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winners

A handful of awards have been given out at the event that ran in Riga from 3-8 September  

11 September 2023

The 27th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries is ready to get under way

Baltic Sea Docs 2023

The 27th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries is ready to get under way

A jam-packed programme of industry events, talks and film screenings is in store at the major documentary gathering, which will run from 3-10 September in Latvia  

30 August 2023

Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

Baltic Sea Docs 2023

Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

A total of 24 documentary film projects at various stages of production will be presented at the leading event in the Baltic Sea region  

24 July 2023

Ten Latvian producers are heading to the Croisette with a raft of new projects

Cannes 2023

Ten Latvian producers are heading to the Croisette with a raft of new projects

Linda Krūkle and Inga Praņevska will take part in the Marché du Film’s Producers Network, whilst Dominiks Jarmakovičs will participate in this year’s Producers on the Move representing Latvia  

11 May 2023

The Latvian film industry sets sail for the European Film Market

Berlinale 2023 – EFM

The Latvian film industry sets sail for the European Film Market

A raft of new projects in the pipeline, two titles screening in the sidebars and the Series Market panel are some of the highlights of Latvia’s participation in the event  

07 February 2023

Baltic Sea Docs explores documentary filmmaking and mental health

Baltic Sea Docs 2022

Baltic Sea Docs explores documentary filmmaking and mental health

At the recent edition of the Latvian gathering, a panel examined the complex nature of the mental-health needs of documentarians through the prism of the war in Ukraine  

05 October 2022

The 26th edition of Baltic Sea Docs comes to a close

Baltic Sea Docs 2022 – Awards

The 26th edition of Baltic Sea Docs comes to a close

Ukrainian and Finnish projects have received awards after the event returned to a mostly on-site format  

12 September 2022

Baltic Sea Docs gets under way

Baltic Sea Docs 2022

Baltic Sea Docs gets under way

Documentary makers and professionals from the Baltic Sea region are currently converging on the Latvian capital of Riga  

06 September 2022

The 26th Baltic Sea Docs eagerly awaits its new projects

Baltic Sea Docs 2022

The 26th Baltic Sea Docs eagerly awaits its new projects

The Baltics’ leading documentary and pitching event is on the lookout for the next 18 projects set to be presented at its upcoming edition in September  

11 May 2022

LevelK boards Latvian-Belgian dark comedy Samuel’s Travels

Industry / Market - Latvia/Belgium

LevelK boards Latvian-Belgian dark comedy Samuel’s Travels

The movie, directed by Aik Karapetian, follows the titular lead character who, in searching for his biological father, becomes a slave for a farmer’s daughter  

24 September 2021

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