Diverse, flexible in terms of cinematic expression, at times untamed moving pictures originating right here next to us. Here the viewer will be the very first to experience the films and their screenings as Happenings – each of the films in the RIGA IFF programme is a national premiere.

This is where the most brilliant homemade films, co-production efforts and local filmmaker collaborations with peers and partners in the Baltics, Europe and elsewhere in the world meet.

The selected films fit into the collective of contemporary world cinema and seek to reach out to the audience as they overcome barriers of nationality and language – yet always staying aware of their origins, and proud of it.