Thursday, 16 October

Opening night

Dog of God

Lauris Ābele, Raitis Ābele

Feature Film Competition

16 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Accreditations

Friday, 17 October

Jura Podnieka izstādes atklāšana. “Podnieka laiktelpa”

17 October, 17:10

Latvian Film Museum

Free

Raptures

Jon Blåhed

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

24 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Buy

U Are The Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov

Festival Selection

17 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

The Love That Remains

Hlynur Pálmason

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

18 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

21 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt

Festival Selection

17 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

23 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Latvian premiere

Redlight to Limelight

Bipuljit Basu

Home Made Premieres

17 October, 20:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Egghead Republic

Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 11th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi

Festival Selection

17 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Saturday, 18 October

KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts

Kids’ Reel

18 October, 11:00 - 12:10

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

25 October, 11:00 - 12:10

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

The Tales from the Magic Garden

David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec

Kids’ Reel

18 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Book launch for Werner Herzog’s Every Man for Himself and God Against All

18 October, 16:00 - 17:30

K.Suns

Free

Retrospective

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola

In Kino Veritas

18 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

The Love That Remains

Hlynur Pálmason

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

18 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

21 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Renoir

Chie Hayakawa

Festival Selection

18 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

25 October, 20:45

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Islands

Jan-Ole Gerster

Zeitgeist Deutschland

18 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

The Great Arch

Stéphane Demoustier

Architect’s Cut

18 October, 19:00

National Library of Latvia

Buy

23 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Dreams

Dag Johan Haugerud

Nordic Highlights

18 October, 19:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 17:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Sauna

Matthias Broe

Nordic Highlights

18 October, 20:15

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

After the Hunt

Luka Gvandanjīno

Festival Selection

18 October, 20:40

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Accreditations

Sunday, 19 October

Circusboy

Julia Lemke, Anna Koch

Kids’ Reel

19 October, 13:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Living Large

Kristina Dufková

Kids’ Reel

19 October, 16:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Retrospective

The Virgin Suicides

Sofia Coppola

In Kino Veritas

19 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Love

Dag Johan Haugerud

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 20:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Selection of shorts Paris as seen by… La Cinémathèque française

Architect’s Cut

19 October, 19:00 - 20:18

National Library of Latvia

Buy

Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos

Festival Selection

19 October, 19:15

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

A Light That Never Goes Out

Lauri-Matti Parppei

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Latvian premiere

North South Man Woman

Morten Traavik, Sun Kim

Home Made Premieres

19 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Monday, 20 October

Lecture by Émilie Cauquy. Cinémathèque – an open city

20 October, 16:00 - 17:30

Pavillion of the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture

Free

Anthology of shorts Six in Paris

In Kino Veritas

20 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Festival Selection

20 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

23 October, 20:15

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

The Dance Club

Lisa Langseth

Nordic Highlights

20 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Mother’s Baby

Johanna Moder

Zeitgeist Deutschland

20 October, 20:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

22 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Tuesday, 21 October

Monk in Pieces

David C. Roberts, Billy Shebar

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

World Premiere

The Last Will

Jānis Ābele

Feature Film Competition

21 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

The Love That Remains

Hlynur Pálmason

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

18 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

21 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Paternal Leave

Alissa Jung

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 20:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Diego Céspedes

Festival Selection

21 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Wednesday, 22 October

Short Film National Competition

SHORT FILM NATIONAL COMPETITION

22 October, 18:30 - 20:11

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

World Premiere

All Birds Sing Beautifully

Krista Burāne

Feature Film Competition

22 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Mother’s Baby

Johanna Moder

Zeitgeist Deutschland

20 October, 20:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

22 October, 19:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Acts of Love

Jeppe Rønde

Nordic Highlights

22 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Mary Bronstein

Festival Selection

22 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Thursday, 23 October

The Great Arch

Stéphane Demoustier

Architect’s Cut

18 October, 19:00

National Library of Latvia

Buy

23 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Special Operation

Oleksiy Radynski

Feature Film Competition

23 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Existential Threats

Short Film International Competition

23 October, 18:30 - 20:02

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt

Festival Selection

17 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

23 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Latvian premiere

Back to the Family

Šarūnas Bartas

Feature Film Competition

23 October, 19:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Festival Selection

20 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

23 October, 20:15

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

Construction Time Again

Short Film International Competition

23 October, 21:00

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

Baltic Music Video Competition

BALTIC MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION

23 October, 21:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

With director

Redoubt

John Skoog

Feature Film Competition

23 October, 21:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Friday, 24 October

Weightless

Emilie Thalund

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Festival Selection

20 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

23 October, 20:15

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

Why do you film?

Short Film International Competition

24 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

Raptures

Jon Blåhed

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

24 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, 2nd Auditorium

Buy

Blue Moon

Richard Linklater

Festival Selection

24 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Latvian premiere

Solomamma

Janicke Askevold

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 19:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Renoir

Chie Hayakawa

Festival Selection

18 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

25 October, 20:45

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Die, My Love

Lynne Ramsay

Festival Selection

24 October, 20:45

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Accreditations

Are you ok?

Short Film International Competition

24 October, 21:00

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

The Visitor

Vytautas Katkus

Feature Film Competition

24 October, 21:10

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Saturday, 25 October

KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts

Kids’ Reel

18 October, 11:00 - 12:10

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

25 October, 11:00 - 12:10

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Circusboy

Julia Lemke, Anna Koch

Kids’ Reel

19 October, 13:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Retrospective

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse

Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola

In Kino Veritas

25 October, 16:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Renoir

Chie Hayakawa

Festival Selection

18 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

24 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 18:00

Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)

Buy

25 October, 20:45

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Paternal Leave

Alissa Jung

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 20:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 18:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Monk in Pieces

David C. Roberts, Billy Shebar

Zeitgeist Deutschland

21 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

25 October, 18:30

Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium

Buy

A Light That Never Goes Out

Lauri-Matti Parppei

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 19:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 18:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

RIGA IFF AWARDS

25 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Egghead Republic

Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja

Nordic Highlights

17 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 11th Auditorium

Buy

25 October, 20:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Sunday, 26 October

The Tales from the Magic Garden

David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec

Kids’ Reel

18 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 14:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

Retrospective

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

In Kino Veritas

26 October, 17:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Accreditations

Dreams

Dag Johan Haugerud

Nordic Highlights

18 October, 19:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 17:30

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor

Festival Selection

26 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Buy

Love

Dag Johan Haugerud

Nordic Highlights

19 October, 18:00

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

26 October, 20:00

Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium

Buy

No Other Choice

Park Chan-wook

Festival Selection

26 October, 20:15

Splendid Palace Large Hall

Accreditations

Peter Hujar’s Day

Ira Sachs

Festival Selection

26 October, 20:30

Splendid Palace Small Hall

Buy

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