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Latviski / In English
31. Jul 06:00
Unconventional Parisian scale over nearly a century – feast of the metropolis image on screen in RIGA IFF programme section ARCHITECT’S CUT
04. Sept 14:45
30 short films from Latvia and the world, united only by length – RIGA IFF announces five competition screenings
14. Aug 11:50
Neaizmirstami kino piedzīvojumi uz lielā ekrāna – RIGA IFF aicina uz bērnu un ģimenes filmu seansiem oktobrī

In Programme

Thursday, 16 October

Opening night
Dog of God
Lauris Ābele, Raitis Ābele
Feature Film Competition
16 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Ended
With creators


Friday, 17 October
Jura Podnieka izstādes atklāšana. “Podnieka laiktelpa”
17 October, 17:10
Latvian Film Museum
Ended
Raptures
Jon Blåhed
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)
Ended
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
Ended


The Love That Remains
Hlynur Pálmason
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Sold out
NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)
Ended
21 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Sold out


The Mastermind
Kelly Reichardt
Festival Selection
17 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Ended
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
Ended
With creators
Egghead Republic
Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 11th Auditorium
Ended
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
Ended


Saturday, 18 October
KIDS’ REEL Animated Shorts
Kids’ Reel
18 October, 11:00 - 12:10
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Ended
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
Ended
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
Ended
Retrospective
The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola
In Kino Veritas
18 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Ended
IN KINO VERITAS Opening
The Love That Remains
Hlynur Pálmason
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Sold out
NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)
Ended
21 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Sold out


Renoir
Chie Hayakawa
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Ended
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
Ended
ZEITGEIST DEUTSCHLAND Opening
The Great Arch
Stéphane Demoustier
Architect’s Cut
18 October, 19:00
National Library of Latvia
Ended
Post-screening talk
23 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Dreams
Dag Johan Haugerud
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 19:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Ended
26 October, 17:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Sauna
Matthias Broe
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 20:15
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Ended


After the Hunt
Luka Gvandanjīno
Festival Selection
18 October, 20:40
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Sold out


Sunday, 19 October
Circusboy
Julia Lemke, Anna Koch
Kids’ Reel
19 October, 13:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Ended
25 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Buy


Living Large
Kristina Dufková
Kids’ Reel
19 October, 16:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Ended


Retrospective
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola
In Kino Veritas
19 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Ended


Love
Dag Johan Haugerud
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Ended
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
Ended
Bugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos
Festival Selection
19 October, 19:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Sold out


A Light That Never Goes Out
Lauri-Matti Parppei
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Ended
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
Ended
With creators


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
Sold out
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
Sold out


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
With creators
The Love That Remains
Hlynur Pálmason
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Sold out
NORDIC HIGHLIGHTS Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum (Daugavpils)
Ended
21 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Sold out


Paternal Leave
Alissa Jung
Zeitgeist Deutschland
21 October, 20:00
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Buy
25 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Accreditations


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
Sold out
With creators
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
Ended
Post-screening talk
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
With creators
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
Ended
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
With creators
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 creators
Afterparty in Benjamin House
With director
Redoubt
John Skoog
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 21:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Buy
With creators


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)
Ended
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
Ended
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
Sold out


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
Ended
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
Ended
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
Ended
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
Accreditations


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
Ended
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
Ended
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
Ended
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
Sold out


Dreams
Dag Johan Haugerud
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 19:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Ended
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
Ended
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
Sold out


Peter Hujar’s Day
Ira Sachs
Festival Selection
26 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Small Hall
Buy


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