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Home Made Premieres

18 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Missile

Miia Tervo

Nordic Highlights

From 7 February (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

Swimming Home

Justin Anderson

Festival Selection

18 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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27 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius

Tomas Vengris

Home Made Premieres

18 October, 18:50

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Mission Latvian. Designers

Ilze Lasmane-Brože

Home Made Premieres

18 October, 20:40

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

A selection of short films by Wim Wenders

Zeitgeist Deutschland

18 October, 21:10

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Second Act

Quentin Dupieux

Festival Selection

18 October, 21:15

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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26 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Saturday, 19 October

Animated shorts The Magic Wardrobe

Kids’ Reel

19 October, 11:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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The Book of Everything

Ineke Houtman

Kids’ Reel

19 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Book launch for Parajanov. Worlds. Screenplays and Letters from the Zone

19 October, 16:00

Benjamin House

Ended

Alice

Jan Švankmajer

In Kino Veritas

19 October, 16:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Girl with the Needle

Magnus van Horn

Feature Film Competition

19 October, 17:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

22 October, 20:40

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Dahomey

Mati Diop

Festival Selection

From 28 March (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

Sex

Dag Johan Haugerud

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

4K Restoration

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders

Zeitgeist Deutschland

19 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Sold out

Life, Assembled

Élodie Degavre

Architect’s Cut

19 October, 19:00

National Library of Latvia

Ended

Natatorium

Helena Stefansdottir

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Crossing

Levan Akin

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

26 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

The Substance

Coralie Fargeat

Festival Selection

19 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Sold out

Sunday, 20 October

Relaxed screening

KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts

Kids’ Reel

20 October, 11:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

26 October, 11:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Sold out

The Pinchers’ High Voltage Heist

Leif Lindblom

Kids’ Reel

20 October, 13:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Ghost Cat Anzu

Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita

Kids’ Reel

20 October, 15:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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27 October, 13:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Sold out

Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace

Adam Olha, Jan Daňhel

In Kino Veritas

20 October, 16:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

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Tango of Life

Erica Liffredo, Krista Burāne

Home Made Premieres

20 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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3D film

Twittering Soul

Deimantas Narkevičius

Home Made Premieres

20 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Cold

Erlingur Thoroddsen

Nordic Highlights

20 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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22 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi

Festival Selection

20 October, 19:15

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Sold out

Hunters on a White Field

Sarah Gyllenstierna

Nordic Highlights

20 October, 20:00

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Shambhala

Min Bahadur Bham

Festival Selection

20 October, 20:40

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Sold out

Monday, 21 October

Dancing Pina

Florian Heinzen-Ziob

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Nordic Highlights

From 7 March (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

When the Light Breaks

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Nordic Highlights

21 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

From Hilde, With Love

Andreas Dresen

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 20:20

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Tuesday, 22 October

The Missile

Miia Tervo

Nordic Highlights

From 7 February (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

Together 99

Lukas Moodysson

Nordic Highlights

22 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

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The End

Māris Maskalāns

Feature Film Competition

22 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Cold

Erlingur Thoroddsen

Nordic Highlights

20 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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22 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Woodland

Elisabeth Scharang

Zeitgeist Deutschland

22 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Girl with the Needle

Magnus van Horn

Feature Film Competition

19 October, 17:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

22 October, 20:40

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Wednesday, 23 October

Short Film National Competition

23 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Milk Teeth

Sophia Bösch

Feature Film Competition

23 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Nordic Highlights

From 7 March (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

The Missile

Miia Tervo

Nordic Highlights

From 7 February (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

Drowning Dry

Laurynas Bareiša

Feature Film Competition

23 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Universal Language

Matthew Rankin

Festival Selection

23 October, 21:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Thursday, 24 October

Termini

Laila Pakalniņa

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

1st screening

The Name of The Game

Short Film International Competition

24 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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The Devil’s Bath

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

Festival Selection

24 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Sons

Gustav Möller

Nordic Highlights

24 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

Songs of the Slow Burning Earth

Olha Zhurba

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 19:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Handling the Undead

Thea Hvistendahl

Feature Film Competition

From 16 January (2025)

Multiple cinemas (view)

RIGA IFF Collection

2nd screening

The Sensual World

Short Film International Competition

24 October, 21:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Baltic Music Video Competition

24 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Bye Bye Boredom

Elina Sahlin

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 21:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Friday, 25 October

A New Kind of Wilderness

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Nordic Highlights

25 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Crossing

Levan Akin

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

26 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

3rd screening

Back to Where You’ve Never Been

Short Film International Competition

25 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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The Room Next Door

Pedro Almodóvar

Festival Selection

25 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Sold out

Toxic

Saulė Bliuvaitė

Feature Film Competition

25 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Girl with the Needle

Magnus van Horn

Feature Film Competition

19 October, 17:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

22 October, 20:40

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

4th screening

Fight Your Future

Short Film International Competition

25 October, 21:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Bird

Andrea Arnold

Festival Selection

25 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

27 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

8 Views of Lake Biwa

Marko Raat

Feature Film Competition

25 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Saturday, 26 October

Relaxed screening

KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts

Kids’ Reel

20 October, 11:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

26 October, 11:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Sold out

A selection of short films by Jan Švankmajer

In Kino Veritas

26 October, 16:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Nordic Highlights

From 7 March (2025)

In cinemas across Latvia

Soon

Stormskerry Maja

Tiina Lymi

Nordic Highlights

26 October, 17:45

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

The Second Act

Quentin Dupieux

Festival Selection

18 October, 21:15

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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26 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Ended

RIGA IFF AWARDS

26 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended

Crossing

Levan Akin

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

26 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

The Empire

Bruno Dumont

Festival Selection

26 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Sunday, 27 October

Ghost Cat Anzu

Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita

Kids’ Reel

20 October, 15:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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27 October, 13:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Sold out

Children of War and Peace

Ville Suhonen

Nordic Highlights

27 October, 16:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Ended

Available until 27 Oct, 23:59

Online (Latvia)

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Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes

Festival Selection

27 October, 17:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Ended