email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

Latvia


281 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 11/06/2025.

Exiled comes out on top in Riga IFF’s international competition

Exiled comes out on top in Riga IFF’s international competition

Latvia’s own feature has won the main prize, Trond Nilssen was recognised for his exceptional performance, and Russia’s Zoology went home with two awards  

25/10/2016 | Festivals | Latvia

Dawn named Latvia's Oscars hope

Dawn named Latvia's Oscars hope

Laila Pakalnina’s allegorical tale is put forward for consideration for Best Foreign-Language Film  

11/10/2016 | Oscars 2017 | Latvia

Renars Vimba  • Director

Interview: Renars Vimba • Director

“I was going for a story that would be equally heavy and life-affirming”

BERLIN 2016: Young Latvian filmmaker Renars Vimba has crafted an interesting coming-of-age tale in Mellow Mud, Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Berlinale’s Generation 14plus section  

17/02/2016

Vitaly Mansky  • Director

Interview: Vitaly Mansky • Director

“We wanted to let the viewer see how people really behave”

Cineuropa met up with Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky, whose documentary Under the Sun, co-produced by North Korea, is competing at Tallinn's Black Nights Film Festival  

19/11/2015

Latvian-Japanese documentary Ruch and Norie wins four Latvian ‘Oscars’

Latvian-Japanese documentary Ruch and Norie wins four Latvian ‘Oscars’

The documentary has won at Lielais Kristaps, the biggest Latvian event for domestic films  

29/10/2015 | Awards | Latvia

Latvia raises its cash-rebate budgets

Latvia raises its cash-rebate budgets

The Baltic country has also added €7.5 million of funding to celebrate its centennial  

18/05/2015 | Legislation | Latvia

Signe Baumane  • Director

Interview: Signe Baumane • Director

“The reason I make films is to communicate with people”

Cineuropa spoke with Latvian animator Signe Baumane, who recently screened her first feature film, Rocks in my Pockets, at Brussels’ Anima Festival  

26/02/2015

Riga International Film Festival closes with win for Mother, I Love You

Riga International Film Festival closes with win for Mother, I Love You

The ceremony celebrated the best of Latvian cinema  

12/12/2014 | Festivals | Latvia

Riga Meetings put EFA-host Latvia in the spotlight

Riga Meetings put EFA-host Latvia in the spotlight

The platform for international and Latvian industry and press guests will take place on 12 and 13 December, ahead of the European Film Awards  

02/12/2014 | Industry | Latvia

Roberts Vinovskis  • Producer

Interview: Roberts Vinovskis • Producer

“It’s never easy in any country to get films funded. Latvia is no exception”

At the 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Cineuropa found out what it’s like to be a producer in Latvia, and how Roberts Vinovskis chooses his projects  

02/12/2014

Privacy Policy