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300 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 10/09/2025.

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2024

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2024

We focus on the four projects from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that were featured in the 22nd edition of the showcase unspooling alongside Tallinn Black Nights  

26/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

Interview: Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

"I wanted the story to be a clash between art and money"

The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Lotus

Review: Lotus

Latvia’s Signe Birkova draws inspiration from surrealism, expressionism and silent film to create a visually radical feature about a female avant-garde pioneer  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

Led by former TV Beats head honcho Jevgeni Supin, the joint Estonian-Latvian-German-Italian project has become one of Estonia’s biggest to date  

20/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Review: The Exalted

Review: The Exalted

Juris Kursietis' sophomore feature boasts a solid premise but ultimately struggles to be more than a finely crafted character study  

15/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Latvian cinema heads to Tallinn Black Nights en masse

Latvian cinema heads to Tallinn Black Nights en masse

This year’s Latvian presence at the Estonian gathering is unprecedented, comprising 14 features, three shorts, one mini-series and several new projects in the works  

06/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024

Laila Pakalnina • Director of Termini

Interview: Laila Pakalnina • Director of Termini

"Editing in documentaries is like writing a poem, it's intuitive"

Latvia's cinematic visionary talks about her observational approach and camera movements in her latest oeuvre while currently working on two other films  

31/10/2024 | Jihlava 2024

Review: Termini

Review: Termini

The latest work from Latvian documentarian Laila Pakalnina is a hypnotic meditation on public transport and its relation to the world we live in  

30/10/2024 | Riga 2024

Songs of Slow Burning Earth triumphs at 11th Riga International Film Festival

Songs of Slow Burning Earth triumphs at 11th Riga International Film Festival

Olha Zhurba's documentary is amongst a number of victories for Ukraine throughout the gathering's closing ceremony  

28/10/2024 | Riga 2024 | Awards

The Riga International Film Festival revs its engines

The Riga International Film Festival revs its engines

The leading Latvian film gathering is poised to begin, showcasing new national productions, hosting industry events and screening a raft of favourites from the festival circuit  

16/10/2024 | Riga 2024

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