Sabine Veldre

Latvian National Film Award ‘Lielais Kristaps’ (Big Kristaps) has announced this year’s nominations, in several categories three films produced by Ego Media are nominated: the debut fiction “Lame-os” by Marta Elīna Martinsone, the documentary “See You Never Ever” by Ivars Zviedris and the debut short  “Unfollow Me” by Ilze Burkovska- Jacobsen. “Lame-os” has been nominated […]

– VARIETY, Carole Horst, 02/03/21 (..)  Director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen used animation for her documentary-memoir “My Favorite War,” which tells her story of growing up in Latvia during the Cold War. Using animation opened up unlimited possibilities in telling her story and the story of her family under the Soviet government during the 1970s and 1980s.

– DEADLINE, Tom Grater, 23/02/21 EXCLUSIVE: Vienna-based sales outfit EastWest Filmdistribution has taken world rights on My Favorite War, the animated feature doc that was an award winner at Annecy last year, where it world premiered. The film is eligible for this year’s Oscars and Annies. Based on director’s Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood memories of creating her own escape route

– FILM NEW EUROPE, Zane Balčus, 18/02/21 RIGA: Latvian box office results show a nearly 70% decrease in 2020 in comparison to 2019. Due to the pandemic, the cinemas were closed in mid-March, allowed to re-open in mid-May with restricted capacity, and closed again at the beginning of November. The attendance reached less than one-third