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

Review: Drowning Dry

Review: Drowning Dry

Lithuanian director Laurynas Bareiša’s second feature thrusts us into the intimacy of fragile characters who are trying to piece themselves back together following a terrible tragedy  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Laurynas Bareiša’s sophomore feature, Drowning Dry, set to premiere in competition at Locarno

Laurynas Bareiša’s sophomore feature, Drowning Dry, set to premiere in competition at Locarno

The Venice Orizzonti winner’s new effort, starring Gelminė Glemžaitė, Paulius Markevičius, Agnė Kaktaitė and Giedrius Kiela, began as a way for the helmer to work through a near-tragic experience  

12/07/2024 | Production | Funding | Lithuania/Latvia

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

The region's untapped potential and growth need to be exploited to the fullest but controlled in order to avoid past mistakes, warns European Producers Club managing director Alexandra Lebret  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

The 28th Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

The 28th Baltic Sea Docs announces its selection

A total of 26 projects will be featured at the upcoming edition of the leading Baltic event, which will run in Riga from 1-6 September  

19/06/2024 | Baltic Sea Docs 2024

Review: A Postcard from Rome

Review: A Postcard from Rome

Latvian actress-turned-director and screenwriter Elza Gauja tells the poignant story of a senior couple grappling with the wife’s fast-progressing Alzheimer’s  

05/06/2024 | Latvia

Review: Flow

Review: Flow

CANNES 2024: Gints Zilbalodis’ endearing animated tale, about a black cat in the aftermath of a catastrophic flood, is the hidden gem of this year’s Cannes Film Festival  

29/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Flow

Interview: Gints Zilbalodis • Director of Flow

“Creating a sense of hand-made artistry was crucial”

CANNES 2024: We sat down with the renowned Latvian animation director to discuss apocalyptic floods and domestic animals  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Latvia boasts a powerful presence at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Latvia boasts a powerful presence at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

The French gathering is welcoming a sizeable contingent of Latvian professionals engaged in various industry activities, with Gints Zilbalodis’ animated feature Flow screening in Un Certain Regard  

15/05/2024 | Cannes 2024

Oskars Rupenheits’ sophomore feature, Red Code Blue, about to wrap shooting

Oskars Rupenheits’ sophomore feature, Red Code Blue, about to wrap shooting

Similarly to his feature debut, in his upcoming crime-comedy, set in post-Soviet Latvia, the helmer also casts non-professional actors and promises an abundance of peculiar characters  

13/05/2024 | Production | Funding | Latvia

Gints Zilbalodis’s sophomore feature, Flow, set to world-premiere in Cannes' Un Certain Regard

Gints Zilbalodis’s sophomore feature, Flow, set to world-premiere in Cannes' Un Certain Regard

The new animated film follows a stubborn cat who is forced to share a small boat with a group of other animals after a terrible flood wreaks havoc on the world  

03/05/2024 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Belgium/France

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