photo: Kino Augustus/FacebookRIGA: A new art house cinema opens in Kaņepes Culture Center, one of the hippest places in Rīga, on 2 April 2019.
The cinema is named after the director, producer and founder of the Arsenāls Film Festival, Augusts Sukuts (who passed away in 2017).
The cinema will host screenings of international and local films as well as audio-visual workshops, according to the Public Broadcasting of Latvia.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.