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339 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 22/09/2026.

May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown set to world-premiere in competition at Venice

May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown set to world-premiere in competition at Venice

The Danish-Egyptian director's third feature is set in 1945 and follows a nanny who is about to marry a wealthy widower while she guards the secret of a relationship with a German soldier  

27/07 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Sweden/Latvia

Review: To Die to Live

Review: To Die to Live

Yuliia Hontaruk's emotionally direct, 12-year portrait of three Ukrainian fighters reveals how war endures not only in the trenches, but in homes, families, language and memory  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Special Screenings

Viesturs Kairišs • Director of Ulya

Interview: Viesturs Kairišs • Director of Ulya

"Everyone has an inner freak, and the film tries to understand how to let that inner freak live"

CANNES 2026: The Latvian filmmaker talks about his biopic of basketball icon Uļjana Semjonova, both an intimate coming-of-age story and a poetic journey through identity and difference  

26/05 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Ulya

Review: Ulya

CANNES 2026: Viesturs Kairišs returns to monochrome for a restrained biopic that honours an overlooked life while raising obvious questions about representation  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Latvia and France sign bilateral film co-production pact in Cannes

Latvia and France sign bilateral film co-production pact in Cannes

CANNES 2026: The agreement aims to deepen audiovisual ties between the countries and create more favourable conditions for joint productions following the international breakthrough of Flow  

22/05 | Cannes 2026 | Marché du Film

Andrey Zvyagintsev • Director of Minotaur

Interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev • Director of Minotaur

“It was very important to highlight that moment when one cannot escape ethical responsibility”

CANNES 2026: The exiled Russian filmmaker talks to us about his free adaptation of a Claude Chabrol film, set against the backdrop of the war launched by Russia in 2022  

21/05 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Review: Minotaur

Review: Minotaur

CANNES 2026: Andrey Zvyagintsev directs, with impressive and meticulous mastery, a grim fable about relationships, the limits of freedom and the Russian special military operation in Ukraine  

20/05 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Baltic producers hail short films as engines of co-production

Baltic producers hail short films as engines of co-production

CANNES 2026: Speakers at the Baltic Pavilion argued that stronger collaboration networks and a thriving short-film ecosystem are helping Baltic cinema gain unprecedented visibility abroad  

18/05 | Cannes 2026 | Marché du Film

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Cannes Un Certain Regard entry Ulya

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Cannes Un Certain Regard entry Ulya

The new film by Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs is a biographical drama based on the early life and career of world-renowned basketball player Ulyana Semjonova  

05/05 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Viesturs Kairišs’ sports drama Ulya to represent Latvia at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Viesturs Kairišs’ sports drama Ulya to represent Latvia at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

With a major Un Certain Regard premiere and a high-profile creative team, Latvia is set to make a notable impact on the Croisette  

05/05 | Cannes 2026/Sponsored

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