On Sunday 4 February, the annual ceremony for the Latvian National Film Awards Lielais Kristaps was held in Riga. This year’s edition saw the triumph of Elza Gauja’s A Postcard from Rome [+leggi anche:
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Moreover, it was a fabulous night for filmmaker Staņislavs Tokalovs, whose latest works earned him five statuettes. In detail, the series Soviet Jeans [+leggi anche:
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Meanwhile, two more awards went to Tokalovs’ documentary Everything Will Be Alright – namely, the Prizes for Best Documentary and for Best Editing, the latter of which was handed to Stefan Stabenow.

Next, the Award for Best Director went to Aik Karapetian’s feature The Brazen [+leggi anche:
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Finally, two thesps from Ilze Kunga-Melgaile’s My Freedom [+leggi anche:
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Here is the list of this year’s award winners:

Best Feature Film
A Postcard from Rome [+leggi anche:
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Best TV Series
Soviet Jeans [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Aik Karapetian - The Brazen [+leggi anche:
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Best Scriptwriter
Teodora Markova, Staņislavs Tokalovs, Waldemar Kalinowski - Soviet Jeans

Best Leading Actress
Ērika Eglija-Grāvele - My Freedom [+leggi anche:
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Best Leading Actor
Kārlis Arnolds Avots - Soviet Jeans

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sabīne Tīkmane - Black Velvet (Latvia/Lithuania)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Darius Meškauskas - My Freedom

Best Debut Film
Breathing Underwater - Ronalds Mežmačs

Best Animated Film
Rule of the Heart - Roze Stiebra
Special Mention for an Animated Film
In the End - Linda Stūre

Best Documentary
Everything Will Be Alright - Staņislavs Tokalovs

Best Short Fiction Film
Resistance Is Futile - Armands Začs

Best Documentary Short Film
Full Moon Serenade - Mārcis Ābele, Lauris Ābele

Best Documentary Director
Marta Herca - It’s Only Now We Begin

Best Cinematography
Jurģis Kmins - The Brazen

Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film
Yevhen Titarenko, Ivan Fomichenko - Eastern Front [+leggi anche:
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Best Director of an Animated Film
Roze Stiebra - Rule of the Heart

Best Production Design in an Animated Film
Aleksejs Naumovs - Rule of the Heart

Best Editing
Stefan Stabenow - Everything Will Be Alright

Best Production Design
Aldis Meinerts - The Brazen

Best Original Score
Ivars Arutjunjans - The Brazen

Best Sound
Ģirts Bišs - In the End

Best Costumes
Jaanus Vahtra, Berta Vīlipsone - The Invisible Fight [+leggi anche:
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Best Make-up Artist
Gunda Zvirbule - Soviet Milk (Latvia/Belgium)

Best Student Film
Confessions of My Childhood Body - Emīlija Karetņikova