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288 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

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

Aik Karapetian  • Director

Interview: Aik Karapetian • Director

“I wanted to build up the rules of the game”

At the 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Cineuropa sat down with Aik Karapetian to talk about his career, the Latvian film industry and his thoughts on horror  

01/12/2014

Ignas Jonynas • Director

Interview: Ignas Jonynas • Director

“Our cinema is enjoying a true renaissance”

After much success on the festival circuit, Ignas Jonynas’ The Gambler has just received a domestic release and been announced as a hopeful for the Oscars.  

01/10/2014

Rocks in My Pockets is Latvia’s entry for the Academy Awards

Rocks in My Pockets is Latvia’s entry for the Academy Awards

Signe Baumane’s animated feature is to vie for Best Foreign-language Film at the Oscars  

17/09/2014 | Oscars 2015 | Latvia

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