The programme also includes a national competition, which takes place in the month before the festival, when all Latvian productions are screened within the forum of the festival Lielais Kristaps. Nordic Highlights, Kids Weekend, #Youth Matters!, Short Riga and In Kino Veritas are also in the menu.
This year's festival is also hosting a new edition of Artdocfest Documentary Film Festival, which has been relocated from Moscow. Given the various films and events, the festival has been extended to 10 days this year.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Lithuania, France, Russia)
Directed by Sharunas Bartas
Produced by KinoElektron
Coproduced by Look Film, House on Fire
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
Mustang (Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Produced by BAM Films
Coproduced by: CG Cinema, Vistamar Filmproduktion, Uhland Film, Kinology Production
Magic Mountain (Romania, France, Poland)
Directed by Anca Damian
Produced by Aparte Film
Coproduced by Arizona Films Distribution, Filmograf
Supported by the Romanian National Center for Cinema and the Polish Film Institute
The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuania, France, Netherlands)
Directed by Alante Kavaite
Produced by Fralita Films and Les Films d’Antoine
Coproduced by Viking Film
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
The Event (Netherlands, Belgium)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Angels of Revolution (Russia)
Directed by Alexey Fedorchenko
Rums (Iceland, Denmark)
Directed by Grimur Hakonarson