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Lielais Kristaps
The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 and held biannually from 2001 to 2009 with no festival in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Since 2014 it was held every year again. Past winners Best Film Categories Acting Categories References Film festivals in Latvia Recurring events established in 1977 Film festivals in the Soviet Union Latvian awards 1977 establishments in Latvia {{National Cinema Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Cinema
Cinema of Latvia dates back to 1910 when the first short films were made. The first cinematic screening in Riga took place on May 28, 1896. By 1914 all major cities in Latvia had cinemas where newsreels, documentaries and mostly foreign-made short films were screened. Two years after cinema was invented by Lumiere brothers, on 22 January 1898 Sergei Eisenstein was born in Riga. History Before Soviet occupation The first Latvian feature film ''Lāčplēsis (film), Lāčplēsis'' directed by Aleksandrs Rusteiķis was released in 1930. ' (1939), directed by Vilis Jānis Lapenieks, is considered a Latvian classic ending the era of filmmaking before the outbreak of World War II. Soviet period After the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 Lapenieks emigrated and after the end of the war his son Vilis Lapenieks began his film-making career abroad where he has been credited internationally as cinematographer on more than 63 titles. The Riga Documentary Film Studio was created in Latv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterbomb For The Fat Tomcat
''Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat'' ( lv, Ūdensbumba resnajam runcim, et, Veepomm paksule kõutsile) is a 2004 Latvian/Estonian Latvian language film directed by Varis Brasla, starring Baiba Broka (actress), Baiba Broka, Jānis Paukštello, and Artūrs Skrastiņš. The film was awarded the Latvian National Film Prize Lielais Kristaps in 2005 as the best film of the year. In 2004 it also received award in Chicago International Children's Film Festival as the best live-action feature film or video. Cast *Baiba Broka (actress), Baiba Broka — Una *Undīne Vīksne — Marta *Zane Leimane — Linda *Gundars Āboliņš — Ivo *Jānis Paukštello — Grandfather *Agita Gruntmane-Valtere — Mother *Tõnu Kark — Dog owner *Elmārs Viļums — Edgars *Leonarda Kļaviņa-Ķestere — Edgars' mother *Artūrs Skrastiņš — Father External links * 2004 films Latvian children's films {{Latvia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chronicles Of Melanie
''The Chronicles of Melanie'' () is a 2016 Latvian biographical drama film directed by Viesturs Kairišs, starring Sabine Timoteo. The film is based on the real life of Melānija Vanaga. It was produced by Latvia's Mistrus Media and co-produced by the Czech Republic's 8Heads Productions and Finland's Inland Film Company. Two weeks after its domestic release on November 1 the film was watched by 35,000 people, making it the most-watched Latvian film of 2016. Plot Melānija and her son are forcefully moved from their home in Latvia to a slave camp in Siberia as part of the June deportation in 1941. For the next 16 years, she retains her will to live by writing letters to her husband, whose destiny she knows nothing about. Cast * Sabine Timoteo as Melānija * Edvīns Mekšs as Andrejs * Ivars Krasts as Aleksandrs * Guna Zariņa as Katrīna * Maija Doveika as Vilma * Viktors Nemecs as Ampalov * Erwin Leder as Jakob * Evija Rudzīte as Biruta * Baiba Broka as Anna * Kirill Zayts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaly Mansky
Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (russian: Виталий Всеволодович Манский, uk, Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian documentary film director. He is the founder of a festival of documentary movies, ArtDocFest and has resided in Riga since 2014. Artdocfest has since collaborated with the Riga International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Vladimir & Oksana in Love Country'' (2022, TV series) * ''Gorbachev. Heaven'' (2020) * Putin's Witnesses (Свидетели Путина, ''Putina liecinieki'', ''Svědkové Putinovi'') 2018 * ' (Close Relations) 2016 * '' Under the Sun'' (В лучах солнца; ''V paprscích slunce'') 2015 * ''Pipeline'' (Tруба; ''Die Trasse'') 2013 * ''Patria o Muerte'' / ''Motherland or Death'' 2011 * ''Gagarin's Pioneers'' (Our Motherland) 2006 * ''Anatomiya TATU'' (Anatomy of t.A.T.u. t.A.T.u. (russian: Тату, ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Sun (2015 Film)
''Under the Sun'' (; ) is a 2015 Russian documentary film directed by Vitaly Mansky. The film follows a year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as their daughter Zin-mi prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday). North Korea permitted only Mansky, cinematographer Alexandra Ivanova, and a sound assistant to visit the country. North Korean authorities objected to the film's screening after discovering that the film crew had smuggled unapproved footage. ''Under the Sun'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Synopsis The film follows a year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as their daughter Zin-mi prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday). The film opens with the words, "The script of this film was assigned to us by the North Korean side. They also kindly provided us with an around-the-clock escort service, chose our filming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellow Mud
Mellow Mud ( lv, Es esmu šeit) is a Latvian 2016 feature film by director Renārs Vimba. Cast * Elīna Vaska as ''Raja'' * Andžejs Lilientāls as ''Robis'' * Edgars Samītis as ''Oskars'' * Ruta Birgere as Grandmother * Zane Jančevska as ''Diana'' Awards * Berlin International Film Festival (2016) Crystal Bear Award in the Generation/14plus competition * Latvian National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps (2016) Best Film * Elīna Vaska received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award at the 47th International Film Festival of India for her performance it the film. References External links Mellow Mudin the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 2016 films Latvian drama films {{Latvia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruch And Norie
''Ruch and Norie'' ( lv, Ručs un Norie) is a 2015 Latvian documentary film directed by Ināra Kolmane. The film premiered on 30 April 2015. It received four Lielais Kristaps film awards, including Best Documentary, Best Director of a Documentary and Best Screenplay. Synopsis Norie Tsuruta, a Japanese anthropology student, travels to Latvia to write her Master's thesis about the Suiti Alsunga (also Alšvanga, german: Alschwangen) is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. There a ... community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti women Marija Steimane nicknamed Ruch with whom Norie forms a very strong bond that does not fade even when Norie returns to Japan. Awards and nominations References External links * Official trailer 2015 films Latvian documentary films Latvian-language films 2010s Japanese-language film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film New Europe Association
The Film New Europe Association (FNE) is a networking body and free online news wire for film institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. It is based in Warsaw, Poland and has an office in Prague. It was founded by Andrzej Wajda. Its advisory panel includes Czech directory director Jan Svěrák, Polish screenwriter Krzysztof Zanussi, Slovak directors Martin Šulík and Juraj Jakubisko, Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas and Hungarians, screenwriter István Szabó and cinematographer Lajos Koltai Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born 2 April 1946) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director István Szabó, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Film New Europe Association European cinema European websites Organisations based in Warsaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocks In My Pockets
''Rocks in My Pockets'' ( lv, Akmeņi manās kabatās) is a 2014 animated film written, produced, directed and animated by Signe Baumane. It was originally created in English and a Latvian version was thereafter translated and produced. The film is based on true events about five women of the filmmaker's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and suicide. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The soundtrack, composed by Kristian Sensini, has received a nomination at the Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Awards in the Best Movie Soundtrack category. Plot In the late 1920s, Anna, a young Latvian woman, pretty and educated, falls in love with an adventurous entrepreneur, 30 years her senior. But with marriage comes great jealousy, and the entrepreneur hides Anna away in the forest, far from other men, where she bears him eight children. The Great Depression hits them hard. Then, dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother, I Love You
''Mother, I Love You'' ( lv, Mammu, es tevi mīlu) is a 2013 Latvian drama film written and directed by Jānis Nords. The film was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast * Kristofers Konovalovs as Raimonds * Vita Vārpiņa as Raimonds' mother * Matīss Livčāns as Pēteris * Indra Briķe as Pēteris' mother Awards * Grand Prix of the International Jury of the program Generation KPlus at the Berlin Film Festival * Best Feature Film Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival * Best European Film Award at the Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic. See also * List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Latvian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Republic of Latvia has submitted a variety of films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. The award is given an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Stream Under The Iceberg
''Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg'' ( lv, Golfa straume zem ledus kalna) is a 2012 Latvian drama film directed by Jevgeņijs Paškevičs. The film was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Cast * Olga Shepitskaya * Rēzija Kalniņa * Ģirts Ķesteris * Jānis Reinis * Uldis Dumpis * Pēteris Liepiņš * Vigo Roga * Regnārs Vaivars * Aleksey Serebryakov * Ksenia Rappoport * Danila Kozlovsky * Ville Haapasalo * Yuriy Tsurilo * Ekaterina Vilkova * Anna Azarova * Elena Morozova * Tatyana Lyutaeva See also * List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Awa ... * List of Latvian submissions for the Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māris Martinsons (director)
Māris Martinsons (born July 25, 1960) is a Latvian film director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter and film editor. From 1991 he has lived and worked in Lithuania, but moved back to his homeland Latvia in 2010. Biography After graduating from the Latvia Conservatoires in 1989 as a drama theatre director, Martinsons worked with Latvian musicians as an independent director/producer of music video clips. His first music video clip, "This is My Car" by the band Jumprava, was the first independent video in Latvia’s history and it received the best video award from [reference] in 1989/1990. Since 1991, Māris has lived in Lithuania, where together with a partner he founded the production company “ARTeta” (1994). ARTeta has become a leading production company and the biggest studio complex (300, 600 and 900 sq meters big pavilions) in the Baltic States. In Lithuania, Martinsons worked in the TV field, producing over ten original TV series, and creating TV series and videos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
