Džambo Aguševi Orchestra & Balkan party (Melusina, 5/10)

Cycling event with very special guests (Neimënster 9/10)

FunnyEast: have fun with CinEast

Remarkable animated films

Focus on Latvia with Polifauna (Rotondes, 13/10)

Cinédocs: reflecting the world we live in

Passionate and powerful dramas

Women's stories

Apero Jazz: Laco Deczi & Celula New York (Neimenster, 14/10)

Kapuściński, Kundera, Gospodinov, Černiauskaitė, Soukupová... literature in film

Flying Monks Temple with guests @Mudam (21/10)

CinEast 2018 Awards

CinEast 2018 Awards

Grand Prix: One Day
Special Jury Prize: Winter Flies
Special Mention: Ága
Critics' Prize: Ága , Audience Award: The Other Side Of Everything
Audience Awards - Short Films:
A Siege (fiction), The Box (animation), Vika (documentary) more info

 

CinEast 2018 trailer

CinEast 2018 trailer

The official festival trailer of the 11th edition of CinEast. Story by CinEast, directed and produced by Masaporta. No animals were hurt during the shooting.

LUX Prize Film Days

LUX Prize Film Days

LUX Prize Film Days in November at Ciné Utopia (8, 13 and 15 November) and one screening during CinEast (The Other Side of Everything, 15/10). More info here.

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Jānis Nords

Jānis Nords

Jānis Nords is a Latvian film director born in 1983. After gaining a rich experience as the first assistant director on numerous Latvian features and TV commercials, Jānis made his feature debut Amateur in 2008. The film won the Best Debut award at the Latvian National Film Festival. The following year he co-wrote Return of Sergeant Lapins (directed by Gatis Smits), which premiered at the Busan IFF. He then went on to study film directing at the National Film and Television School in London. His second feature Mother, I Love You (2013, screened at CinEast) picked up numerous prizes, including the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus Award and Best Narrative Feature Award at the Los Angeles FF. Foam at the Mouth, his third film, was awarded a Special Mention at the Moscow IFF.

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Jānis Nords

Jānis Nords

Jānis Nords is a Latvian film director born in 1983. After gaining a rich experience as the first assistant director on numerous Latvian features and TV commercials, Jānis made his feature debut Amateur in 2008. The film won the Best Debut award at the Latvian National Film Festival. The following year he co-wrote Return of Sergeant Lapins (directed by Gatis Smits), which premiered at the Busan IFF. He then went on to study film directing at the National Film and Television School in London. His second feature Mother, I Love You (2013, screened at CinEast) picked up numerous prizes, including the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus Award and Best Narrative Feature Award at the Los Angeles FF. Foam at the Mouth, his third film, was awarded a Special Mention at the Moscow IFF.