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235 articles available in total starting from 27/09/2006. Last article published on 17/04/2024.

The National Film Centre of Latvia announces the recipients of its latest round of funding

The National Film Centre of Latvia announces the recipients of its latest round of funding

The body will back the making of 14 works, including new efforts by Linda Olte, Aik Karapetian and Juris Kursietis, through production grants worth a total of €1.8 million  

17/04 | Production | Funding | Latvia

Series review: Soviet Jeans

Series review: Soviet Jeans

The series created by Stanislavs Tokalovs, Teodora Markova and Waldemar Kalinovskila veers from romance to jailbreak story in an occupied but aspirational Riga  

26/03 | Series Mania 2024

Review: My Freedom

Review: My Freedom

A key figure in Latvia’s independence struggle contends with her era’s duplicity in Ilze Kunga-Melgaile’s smart debut historical drama  

26/03 | Vilnius 2024

Álvaro Carmona, Greg Davies and Teodora Markova discuss going “beyond the punchline” to capture international audiences

Álvaro Carmona, Greg Davies and Teodora Markova discuss going “beyond the punchline” to capture international audiences

BERLINALE 2024: The Berlinale Series Market panel discussion focused on the shows The Cleaner, Show Yourself and Soviet Jeans  

23/02 | Berlinale 2024 | EFM

Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of Maria’s Silence

Interview: Dāvis Sīmanis • Director of Maria’s Silence

“We have to remember the catastrophes in history so that we don’t make the same mistakes again”

BERLINALE 2024: The Latvian director discusses his exploration of Soviet Russia and the fate of its Baltic citizens, particularly that of real-life actress Marija Leiko  

20/02 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Review: Maria’s Silence

Review: Maria’s Silence

BERLINALE 2024: Dāvis Sīmanis’s film is rich in historical references and complex visual poeticism, yet it’s one of his most classical fictions to date  

19/02 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

Elza Gauja’s A Postcard from Rome crowned Best Feature at this year’s Lielais Kristaps

Elza Gauja’s A Postcard from Rome crowned Best Feature at this year’s Lielais Kristaps

It was also a great night for filmmaker Staņislavs Tokalovs, whose works earned five prizes in total at the Latvian National Film Awards  

06/02 | Festivals | Awards | Latvia

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Berlinale Forum title Maria’s Silence

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Berlinale Forum title Maria’s Silence

Dāvis Sīmanis tells the true story of silent-movie actress Marija Leiko who, late in her career, had to decide between fame and her love for her grandchild  

19/01 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

EXCLUSIVE: First-look pictures of Latvian series Soviet Jeans, to be presented at the EFM’s Series Market

EXCLUSIVE: First-look pictures of Latvian series Soviet Jeans, to be presented at the EFM’s Series Market

The 8x45-minute show, helmed by Stanislavs Tokalovs and Juris Kursietis, is set in the 1970s and follows a businessman exploiting the weaknesses of the Soviet system  

19/01 | Production | Funding | Latvia

Davis Simanis’s period drama Maria’s Silence to premiere at the Berlinale

Davis Simanis’s period drama Maria’s Silence to premiere at the Berlinale

The Latvian-Lithuanian picture, playing in the Forum section, is based on the true story of Latvian silent-movie star and theatre actress Marija Leiko  

14/12/2023 | Production | Funding | Latvia/Lithuania

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