Chop Shop wins Arsenals lottery grand prize
Inviting representatives from each of the 16 "winning" international competition films on stage for the closing Arsenals ceremony on September 20, the festival concluded with its traditional lottery prize drawing,…
Freimane to launch new production company
Producer Laima Freimane of Screen Vision production company is set to launch a new services oriented company, 5 Level Production, at a grand opening on October 9.
Baltic film production soars
Baltic filmmakers and industry professionals are showing off the jewels of newly energized film production in the Baltic Film Competition, which opened September 17 as part of the Arsenals festival…
More doc funding for Latvia
The National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC) has received 26 documentary film project proposals for the second film project competition in 2008.
Arsenals' other competition
The Arsenals film festival opened with a screening of the restored Norwegian silent film, The Bridal Party in Hardanger, along with the winner of a decidedly non-film competition, A newly-created…
Salome opens Arsenals
Riga's Arsenals film festival earns its reputation for unconventionality from betinning to end, opening this year on September 12 with the 1923 film based on the Oscar Wilde/Aubrey Beardsley sensation…
Latvian TV Song and Dance Festival draws 1 million viewers
Almost 1.1 million viewers watched the July 5-12 Latvian Song and Dance Festival broadcast on LTV, the Latvian public broadcasting station.
EC authorizes Latvian €43 million film support
The European Commission announced approval of a €43 million Latvian film support scheme through December, 2013. The scheme covers film development, production and distribution of Latvian and Eruopean films, with…
Little Robbers starts principal photography
The Latvian family adventure Little Robbers, directed by Armands Zvirbulis, began principal photography on the Riga Film Studio sound stages on July 8.
News Corporation Acquires 30 Percent of TV Riga
News Corporation announced on May 30 that it had completed acquisition of a 30% stake in TV Riga. News Corporation has increased its ownership of the Russian language free-to-air broadcaster…
Latvian films win 36 awards worldwide in 2007
A total of 131 films from Latvia screened worldwide at 230 international film events in 2007, according to the Latvian Film Centre. They included 17 fiction films, 33 documentaries and…
Latvian films at the Berlinale (update)
The New Species, the directorial film debut in animation by veteran Latvian cinematographer Ēvalds Lācis, has been selected for the children's competition section at this year's Berlinale. The film was…
Latvian films at the Berlinale
A short animated Latvian film, The New Species, by well-known Film Studio Animacijas Brigade is in the competition at the Berlinale, while a second film by Latvian director Sigme Baumane…
Latvian landmark film Defenders of Riga to be screened Nov. 11
The long-awaited national film Defenders of Riga will appear on screens throughout Latvia on Nov. 11. A film of this scale is without precedent in Latvia, not only because it…
Big Latvian co-prod opens Nov. 9
The biggest Latvian co-production project in recent years. the eccentric comedy Midsummer Madness, is coming to domestic screens on Nov. 9. The film's budget is €2.5 million and it was…
Large-scale Latvian film begins production
On July 16, the big national Latvian project Rudolf's Gold(Rūdolfa mantojum) went into production. The film is being produced by the film studio Platforma with a budget of around €2…
