On Tuesday, December 8, from 12:00, the National Cinema Center invites you to join the conversation “Latvian cinema. What to expect?” – on NKC website, LMT Smart TV, in the application “LMT Straume”, on the portal “Delfi” or on NKC and LMT “Facebook” profiles. The conversation will be chaired by Jānis Skutelis, inviting producers and directors to introduce a wider range of viewers to films made by the Latvian professional film studio, which have received support from the National Film Center and will be offered to viewers in 2021 or 2022.
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Despite the challenges posed to the film industry by the pandemic constraints, work in the Latvian film industry continues successfully, and by the end of 2020, there are more than 60 films in various stages of production or readiness. Throughout the year, both the production of new films has started (moreover, in the autumn of 2020, following the decision of the Ministry of Culture, supplementing the sector budget with the allocated emergency funding), and the works of previous years have continued; Several films have already experienced international success at world festivals and are each waiting for their Latvian premiere, some of the works are still in the process of being made.
Dita Rietuma, Head of the National Film Center: “The past year has not been easy for the world film industry, therefore it is very important to realize that despite various shocks, the Latvian film industry continues to offer genre, thematic and stylistic diversity. offers a wide range of films, including contemporary films, recent history, screenings of popular literary works, films for children and young people, and extravagant applications even in the musical and western genres. men, both large and small film studios, so there is no reason to worry about the imbalance in the Latvian film industry. “
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The operation of cinemas has been paralyzed for a long time this year and films are increasingly reaching viewers through various Internet platforms, however, the full development of Latvian cinema requires both cinemas as a traditional cinema screening platform and modern distribution channels. Therefore, the conversation “Latvian cinema. What to expect?” will take place at the cinema “Kino Citadele”, it will also be shown on “LMT Smart Television”, but the availability in the Internet environment will be provided by “LMT Straume” and the portal “Delfi”.
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Event “Latvian cinema. What to expect?” is planned as an interactive reflection of the Latvian cinema process, in which producers and directors will take turns telling about upcoming films that have received support from the National Cinema Center, present visual material and answer questions from both Jānis Skutelis and online viewers.
The following film studios and filmmakers will be ready to present their films and projects on December 8:
# – studio “Ego Media” with the feature film “Tizlenes” (director Marta Elīna Martinsone)
# – studio “Nine” with a screening of Nora Iksten’s novel “Mother’s Milk” (director Ināra Kolmane)
# – studio “Platforma” and director Aigars Grauba with the film “Jumprava. The Big Event”
# – studio “Kompanija Hargla” and director Laila Pakalniņa with the feature film “In the Mirror”
# – studio “K Films”, producer Linda Krūkle and director Māris Martinsons with the historical feature film “Land That Sings” and the romantic comedy “Say Yes!”
# – studio “Lokomotīve” with the feature film “Year Before the War” (director Dāvis Sīmanis), full-length animated film “My Marriage Project” (director Signe Baumane) and family film “Christmas in the Jungle” (director Jāks Kilmi).
# – director and producer Matīss Kaža with the upcoming western “Where the Road Leads” in the studio “Fenixfilm” and the upcoming youth film “Neon Spring” in the studio Deep Sea Studios
# – studio “Mistrus Media” with documentaries “Earth” (director Ivars Seleckis) and “Homo Sovieticus” (director Ivo Briedis), feature film “Semuela’s Travels” (director Aiks Karapetjans) and multi-series film “Emilija. Queen of the Latvian Press” ( directors Kristīne Želve, Andis Mizišs, Dāvis Sīmanis)
# – studio “Riverbed” with director Elza Gauja’s debut feature film “Mom is still smiling”
# – studio “VFS Films” with documentaries “Fire Circle” (director Signe Birkova) and “Hecabean Question” (director Pēteris Krilovs), animated film “Diendusa” (director Nils Skapāns) and international co-productions – “I Born Roselins”, etc.
# – studio Tasse Film with director Stanislav Tokalov’s feature film “Mīlulis”
# – distribution company “Spektrs” with feature films “Bedre” (director Dace Pūce), “Restless Minds” (directors Raitis and Lauris Ābele) and low-budget feature film “Upurga” (director Uģis Olte’s debut)
# – studio “Fa Filma” with the feature film “The Sun Shines 24 Hours” (director Juris Poškus) and the documentary film “My Mother Country” (director Ieva Ozoliņa)
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