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Thursday, 17 October

Opening night
TESA MAN
Uģis Olte
Home Made Premieres
17 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Friday, 18 October

Latvian premiere
Short Films Dance + City
Home Made Premieres
18 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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The Missile
Miia Tervo
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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22 October, 13:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Senior screening
23 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Swimming Home
Justin Anderson
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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27 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Latvian premiere
Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius
Tomas Vengris
Home Made Premieres
18 October, 18:50
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Mission Latvian. Designers
Ilze Lasmane-Brože
Home Made Premieres
18 October, 20:40
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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A selection of short films by Wim Wenders
Zeitgeist Deutschland
18 October, 21:10
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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The Second Act
Quentin Dupieux
Festival Selection
18 October, 21:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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26 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Saturday, 19 October

World Premiere
Animated shorts The Magic Wardrobe
Kids’ Reel
19 October, 11:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Latvian premiere
The Book of Everything
Ineke Houtman
Kids’ Reel
19 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Retrospective
Alice
Jan Švankmajer
In Kino Veritas
19 October, 16:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Dahomey
Mati Diop
Festival Selection
19 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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4K Restoration
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
Zeitgeist Deutschland
19 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Life, Assembled
Élodie Degavre
Architect’s Cut
19 October, 19:00
National Library of Latvia
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Natatorium
Helena Stefansdottir
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Crossing
Levan Akin
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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26 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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The Substance
Coralie Fargeat
Festival Selection
19 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Sunday, 20 October

Relaxed screening
KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts
Kids’ Reel
20 October, 11:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Relaxed screening
26 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Relaxed screening
The Pinchers’ High Voltage Heist
Leif Lindblom
Kids’ Reel
20 October, 13:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Ghost Cat Anzu
Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Kids’ Reel
20 October, 15:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Latvian voiceover
Available from 20 Oct, 15:00
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Latvian voiceover
27 October, 13:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Retrospective
Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace
Adam Olha, Jan Daňhel
In Kino Veritas
20 October, 16:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Latvian premiere
Tango of Life
Erica Liffredo, Krista Burāne
Home Made Premieres
20 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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3D film
Twittering Soul
Deimantas Narkevičius
Home Made Premieres
20 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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3D screening
Cold
Erlingur Thoroddsen
Nordic Highlights
20 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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The Apprentice
Ali Abbasi
Festival Selection
20 October, 19:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Hunters on a White Field
Sarah Gyllenstierna
Nordic Highlights
20 October, 20:00
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Shambhala
Min Bahadur Bham
Festival Selection
20 October, 20:40
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Monday, 21 October
Dancing Pina
Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Zeitgeist Deutschland
21 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Armand
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Nordic Highlights
21 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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23 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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When the Light Breaks
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Nordic Highlights
21 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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From Hilde, With Love
Andreas Dresen
Zeitgeist Deutschland
21 October, 20:20
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Tuesday, 22 October
The Missile
Miia Tervo
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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22 October, 13:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Senior screening
23 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Together 99
Lukas Moodysson
Nordic Highlights
22 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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World Premiere
The End
Māris Maskalāns
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Cold
Erlingur Thoroddsen
Nordic Highlights
20 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Woodland
Elisabeth Scharang
Zeitgeist Deutschland
22 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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The Girl with the Needle
Magnus van Horn
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 20:40
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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25 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Wednesday, 23 October
Short Film National Competition
Short Film National Competition
23 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Milk Teeth
Sophia Bösch
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Armand
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Nordic Highlights
21 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Online (Latvia)
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23 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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The Missile
Miia Tervo
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Available from 18 Oct, 18:30
Online (Latvia)
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22 October, 13:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Senior screening
23 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Latvian premiere
Drowning Dry
Laurynas Bareiša
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Universal Language
Matthew Rankin
Festival Selection
23 October, 21:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Thursday, 24 October

World Premiere
Termini
Laila Pakalniņa
Feature Film Competition
24 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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1st screening
The Name of The Game
Short Film International Competition
24 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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The Devil’s Bath
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Festival Selection
24 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Sons
Gustav Möller
Nordic Highlights
24 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Songs of the Slow Burning Earth
Olha Zhurba
Feature Film Competition
24 October, 19:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Handling the Undead
Thea Hvistendahl
Feature Film Competition
24 October, 20:40
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Available from 24 Oct, 20:40
Online (Latvia)
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27 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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2nd screening
The Sensual World
Short Film International Competition
24 October, 21:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Baltic Music Video Competition
Baltic Music Video Competition
24 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Bye Bye Boredom
Elina Sahlin
Feature Film Competition
24 October, 21:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Friday, 25 October
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Nordic Highlights
25 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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3rd screening
Back to Where You’ve Never Been
Short Film International Competition
25 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar
Festival Selection
25 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Toxic
Saulė Bliuvaitė
Feature Film Competition
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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The Girl with the Needle
Magnus van Horn
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 20:40
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Available from 22 Oct, 20:40
Online (Latvia)
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25 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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4th screening
Fight Your Future
Short Film International Competition
25 October, 21:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Available from 25 Oct, 21:00
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Bird
Andrea Arnold
Festival Selection
25 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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27 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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8 Views of Lake Biwa
Marko Raat
Feature Film Competition
25 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Saturday, 26 October

Relaxed screening
KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts
Kids’ Reel
20 October, 11:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Relaxed screening
26 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Relaxed screening
Retrospective
A selection of short films by Jan Švankmajer
In Kino Veritas
26 October, 16:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Stormskerry Maja
Tiina Lymi
Nordic Highlights
26 October, 17:45
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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The Second Act
Quentin Dupieux
Festival Selection
18 October, 21:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Available from 18 Oct, 21:15
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26 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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RIGA IFF AWARDS
26 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Crossing
Levan Akin
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Available from 19 Oct, 20:30
Online (Latvia)
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26 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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The Empire
Bruno Dumont
Festival Selection
26 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Sunday, 27 October
Ghost Cat Anzu
Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Kids’ Reel
20 October, 15:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Latvian voiceover
Available from 20 Oct, 15:00
Online (Latvia)
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Latvian voiceover
27 October, 13:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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Children of War and Peace
Ville Suhonen
Nordic Highlights
27 October, 16:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Available from 27 Oct, 16:00
Online (Latvia)
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Grand Tour
Miguel Gomes
Festival Selection
27 October, 17:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Retrospective
Conspirators of Pleasure
Jan Švankmajer
In Kino Veritas
27 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Bird
Andrea Arnold
Festival Selection
25 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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27 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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The Universal Theory
Timm Kröger
Zeitgeist Deutschland
27 October, 20:10
Splendid Palace Small Hall
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Handling the Undead
Thea Hvistendahl
Feature Film Competition
24 October, 20:40
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Available from 24 Oct, 20:40
Online (Latvia)
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27 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
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Swimming Home
Justin Anderson
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium
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Available from 18 Oct, 18:30
Online (Latvia)
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27 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
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