next Country Focus: Latvia by Cineuropa 12/03/2010Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Latvian audiovisual sector. (The article continues below - Commercial information) Country profile: Latvia29 August 2023Baltic Sea Docs 2024The 28th Baltic Sea Docs announces its selectionA 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 2024Cannes 2024Latvia boasts a powerful presence at this year’s Cannes Film FestivalThe 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 2024Berlinale 2024 – EFMÁlvaro Carmona, Greg Davies and Teodora Markova discuss going “beyond the punchline” to capture international audiencesBERLINALE 2024: The Berlinale Series Market panel discussion focused on the shows The Cleaner, Show Yourself and Soviet Jeans 23 February 2024Baltic Sea Docs 2023 – AwardsThe 27th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winnersA handful of awards have been given out at the event that ran in Riga from 3-8 September 11 September 2023Baltic Sea Docs 2023The 27th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries is ready to get under wayA 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 2023Baltic Sea Docs 2023Baltic Sea Docs announces its selectionA 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 2023Cannes 2023Ten Latvian producers are heading to the Croisette with a raft of new projectsLinda 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 2023Berlinale 2023 – EFMThe Latvian film industry sets sail for the European Film MarketA 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 2023Baltic Sea Docs 2022Baltic Sea Docs explores documentary filmmaking and mental healthAt 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 2022Baltic Sea Docs 2022 – AwardsThe 26th edition of Baltic Sea Docs comes to a closeUkrainian and Finnish projects have received awards after the event returned to a mostly on-site format 12 September 2022Baltic Sea Docs 2022Baltic Sea Docs gets under wayDocumentary makers and professionals from the Baltic Sea region are currently converging on the Latvian capital of Riga 06 September 2022Baltic Sea Docs 2022The 26th Baltic Sea Docs eagerly awaits its new projectsThe 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 2022Industry / Market - Latvia/BelgiumLevelK boards Latvian-Belgian dark comedy Samuel’s TravelsThe 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 2021Baltic Sea Docs 2021Latvian veteran documentarian Laila Pakalniņa discusses her career at Baltic Sea DocsThe masterclass covered the director's work in documentary and fiction, her approach to writing as well as the importance of building up atmospheres for effective storytelling 13 September 2021Baltic Sea Docs 2021 – AwardsThe 25th Baltic Sea Docs hands out its awardsThe winners included Dedovshina by Elyor Nemat, The Cello by Kira Jääskeläinen, Stranded by Staņislavs Tokalovs and Manifesto of Tenderness by Ksenia Okhapkina 13 September 2021Baltic Sea Docs 2021Baltic Sea Docs and Creative Europe MEDIA organise a seminar on distributing documentaries in Covid timesThe seminar put a spotlight on loss of income from distribution during Covid and how this is might become a long-term problem for independent documentaries 08 September 2021Baltic Sea Docs 2021Baltic Sea Docs announces its programmeThe 25th-anniversary edition of the leading documentary training and pitching event is ready to welcome its new projects to the upcoming hybrid gathering 25 August 2021 next