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289 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 30/07/2025.

Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

Interview: Signe Birkova • Director of He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš

“As long as there is silver on film strip – you cannot lose”

As short film He Was Called Chaos Bērziņš looks forward to its international premiere at Karlovy Vary, as part of EFP's Future Frames, Cineuropa talked to its director Signe Birkova  

26/06/2019 | Future Frames 2019

Review: Away

Review: Away

The production history of this feature by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis is fascinating, but it’s what finally made it to the big screen that truly impresses  

17/06/2019 | Annecy 2019

Filming under way on Dāvis Sīmanis' The Year Before the War

Filming under way on Dāvis Sīmanis' The Year Before the War

The Latvian director began his summer shoot on 19 May, following a winter filming session that took place in early February in Pļaviņas, Riga and Talsi  

13/06/2019 | Production | Latvia/Lithuania/Czech Republic

Gints Zilbalodis  • Director of Away

Interview: Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Away

“I was working on it alone for a long time, and I really didn’t know if people would like it or not”

We caught up with Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis to chat about his fairy tale-like animated adventure Away, which is screening at the Annecy Film Festival  

11/06/2019 | Annecy 2019

Review: My Father the Spy

Review: My Father the Spy

This compelling documentary by Gints Grube and Jaak Kilmi takes a look at the secret life of a Cold War double agent as his daughter sets out on a journey into the past  

11/06/2019 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2019

Review: The Humorist

Review: The Humorist

Set in the Soviet Union in 1984, Michael Idov’s debut feature centres on an entertainer tormented by a lack of artistic freedom  

04/06/2019 | Transilvania 2019

Review: Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Review: Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

CANNES 2019: Finnish helmer J-P Valkeapää proves that all you need is love. And a plastic bag  

21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

Interview: Juris Kursietis • Director of Oleg

"There has to be a proper reason to make a film"

CANNES 2019: Latvian director Juris Kursietis is presenting his second film, Oleg, in the Directors' Fortnight, and he talked to us about it  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Oleg

Review: Oleg

CANNES 2019: Latvia's Juris Kursietis delivers a gritty and ultra-realist film on a form of modern slavery taking place behind the scenes between Eastern European posted workers  

17/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

J-P Valkeapää  • Director of Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Interview: J-P Valkeapää • Director of Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

“BDSM is so much more than just latex”

CANNES 2019: Cineuropa talked to Jussi-winning director J-P Valkeapää about his striking third film, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, screening in the Directors’ Fortnight  

16/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

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