Tag: Latvian Cinema

Interview: Viesturs Kairišs – January

In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Viesturs Kairiss, whose latest film January is Latvia’s official submission in consideration for...

Sisters | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review

Adult children: Girl Blazes Through Childhood in Olte's Debut Frantically moving and tweaking, the handheld camera desperately tries not to lose focus of a stone-faced...

Oleg | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Immigrant Song: Kursietis Explores a Modern Slave Trade in Sophomore Film Latvian cinema seems on the verge of an international breakthrough, with various new directors...

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2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins

Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The...

Interview: Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Part of a new wave of Egyptian filmmakers testing...