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315 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 11/03/2026.

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

Kārlis Lesiņš’s upcoming El Lobo Leton to be co-produced with Colombia

Kārlis Lesiņš’s upcoming El Lobo Leton to be co-produced with Colombia

The director's forthcoming documentary feature, about a Latvian who became a Mexican cinema legend, has secured the involvement of Vaivén Films, marking the first Latvian-South American co-production  

09/10/2024 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Italy/Colombia

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Arto Halonen’s eco-sci-fi feature After Us, the Flood

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Arto Halonen’s eco-sci-fi feature After Us, the Flood

The ambitious Finnish-Latvian co-production is set in a post-climate-change world on the verge of destruction and sees a physicist sent back in time to save humankind  

27/09/2024 | Promotion | Finland/Latvia

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

The 28th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries announces its winners

A handful of awards have been given out at the Riga-based event to projects hailing from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Belarus and Lithuania  

10/09/2024 | Baltic Sea Docs 2024 | Awards

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Arto Halonen’s eco-sci-fi feature After Us, the Flood, now in post-production

EXCLUSIVE: First look at Arto Halonen’s eco-sci-fi feature After Us, the Flood, now in post-production

Penned by Ossi Hakala, the Finnish-Latvian co-production is set in a post-climate-change world on the verge of destruction and sees a physicist sent back in time to save humankind  

30/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Finland/Latvia

Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

Interview: Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

“I’m not preaching, because I’m aware of my own limitations, but I want to show what the reality is”

We met up with the Lithuanian director, whose second feature tells the story of two sisters trying to rebuild their lives after a terrible accident  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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