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The documentary detective film “The Last Will” by director Jānis Ābele and screenwriter Jānis Joņevs will have its world premiere in the competition program of the Riga International Film Festival (Riga IFF), a story about the last wishes of Latvian crime novelist and poet Anatols Imermanis (1914–1998). The film is an exciting adventure featuring one […]

JIHLAVA, Czech Republic — The world premiere of acclaimed Latvian filmmaker Dāvis Sīmanis’s latest documentary “Death of Death” on November 30, 2025, at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (IDFF) as part of the Testimonies competition. The film is a deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration born out of the COVID-19 pandemic — a period marked by isolation, fear, and the

On the 19th of February Liene Linde’s debut feature “Black Velvet” had its long awaited premiere. The film that took seven years to be completed is nominated for nine national film awards “Lielais Kristaps” and is from now on available in cinemas in Riga and regions. Already from the first audience reactions it is clear

As the Tallinn International Film Festival came to an end, Liene Linde’s upcoming feature film “Black Velvet” was given an award in the “Works in Progress” competition of the industry event section Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event. 30-year-old Marta’s rather chaotic life story is coming to cinemas in autumn, 2023. Starring Inga Tropa. Industry@Tallinn & Baltic

The creators of TV series “The Assistant” are directors Alise Zariņa and Liene Linde who along with Anete Konste are also the scriptwriters. The main character of the story is 25-year-old Laila who decides to do social work,and believes that she can change the world, but it turns out that the world doesn’t really want

Starting from 20 April, My Favorite War will be screened in around 50 French cinemas in cities like Paris, Marseilles, Cannes, Cherbourg and others. This film is important for France because in 2020 it won the the Contrechamp programme award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy); success in

On February 27th, the National Film Award “Lielais Kristaps” took place.   Three of  Ego Media films – “Lame-os” by Marta Elīna Martinsone (co-produced by 8HEAD Productions and  Tet Studio),  “See You Never Ever” by Ivars Zviedris (co-produced by The Documentarist) and short film “Unfollow Me” by Ilze Burkovska- Jacobsen (co-produced by Bivrost Film), were nominated in 14 categories