28/04/2022 - The new coming-of-age film follows a 19-year-old cinematographer and his friends, who are dragged into the political events unfolding in the early post-Soviet years
26/04/2022 - The animated film, an international co-production backed by the National Film Centre of Latvia and Film Fund Luxembourg, is a story about the acceptance of the “inner-female rebellion”
26/04/2022 - The animated film, an international co-production backed by the National Film Centre of Latvia and Film Fund Luxembourg, is a story about the acceptance of the “inner-female rebellion”
photo: 8 Heads Productions
RIGA: Latvian film industry experienced disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic since mid-March 2020. The cinemas were closed from 13 March to 9 June and from 9 November until the end of 2020 (the closure being effective until 7 February 2021). Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, film production was subject to special precautions.
Domestic films were released in cinemas and online, with some of them postponed for 2021. Viesturs Karišs’ historical drama
The Sign Painter / Pilsēta pie upes, produced by Latvia s Ego Media in coproduction with Czech 8Heads Productions and Lithuania s Artbox, dominated the box office in early 2020 after its release on 15 January, but it was soon moved to online platforms.
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