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308 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 01/12/2025.

Denys Sobolev • Director of Alice Wants to Live

Interview: Denys Sobolev • Director of Alice Wants to Live

“This is not a film about heroism, loss or battles; it is a film about the human, about what is most precious”

The Ukrainian director reflects on his new project, which received the Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award at this year’s Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

01/12 | Black Nights 2025 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

Interview: Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

“This award tells me that there is space for stories about non-traditional families — and that gives me the courage to continue”

After scooping the Eurimages Audentia Award, the Norwegian helmer reflects on the journey undertaken by her drama exploring solo motherhood and unconventional family structures  

27/11 | Cork 2025

Lauris and Raitis Ābele • Directors of Dog of God

Interview: Lauris and Raitis Ābele • Directors of Dog of God

“In school, no one teaches us where our werewolf history comes from”

The filmmaker siblings discuss Livonian werewolf myths and how making a Latvian animation in the wake of Flow has affected them  

21/11 | /Latvia/USA

Review: Scarecrows

Review: Scarecrows

Laila Pakalniņa’s latest documentary is a discreet observation of the sensitive buffer zone between wildlife and civilisation  

10/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition

The Series Mania Institute launches Serial Bridges Baltics at Tallinn Black Nights

The Series Mania Institute launches Serial Bridges Baltics at Tallinn Black Nights

The new training programme for screenwriters and producers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will host shows by talent such as Juris Kursietis, Raoul Suvi and Gabija Siurbytė  

29/10 | Black Nights 2025 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Vytautas Katkus’s The Visitor scoops the top prize at Riga

Vytautas Katkus’s The Visitor scoops the top prize at Riga

The film has beaten out eight other hopefuls for the award, while Oleksiy Radynski’s Special Operation won the Jury’s Special Mention  

27/10 | Riga 2025 | Awards

Review: Hunger Strike Breakfast

Review: Hunger Strike Breakfast

Lithuanian filmmaker Karolis Kaupinis’s second feature recreates a crucial political episode through an intimately human lens  

15/10 | Warsaw 2025

Filming kicks off for Veiko Õunpuu’s Serafima

Filming kicks off for Veiko Õunpuu’s Serafima

Led by Priit Võigemast and Tinatin Dalakishvili, the film is an adaptation of Vahur Afanasjev’s novel Serafima and Bogda and “a sweeping story of power, love, and betrayal”  

07/10 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Latvia/Poland

Jaak Kilmi in post-production with Dirt in Your Face

Jaak Kilmi in post-production with Dirt in Your Face

The coming-of-age road movie, inspired by Mihkel Raud’s bestselling autobiographical novel, follows a teenage band on a rebellious journey through Soviet-era Estonia  

10/09 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Latvia

The 29th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winners

The 29th Baltic Sea Docs announces its winners

Eight awards have been handed out at the Riga-based forum, which brought together filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus  

10/09 | Baltic Sea Docs 2025 | Awards

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