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Latviski / In English

21. Sept 07:15
From nuanced documentary portraits to genre cinema and major co-productions – 15 Latvian films will premiere at RIGA IFF
10. Sept 15:52
Present-day reflections on tomorrow’s cinema: RIGA IFF reveals the programme of festival’s main competition
04. Sept 10:08
Longing for utopia, love letters to Riga and unique stories from around the World: RIGA IFF announces short film competition programme

In Programme

Thursday, 15 October
Photo exhibition by Gints Bērziņš: Photographs From Series No. 179
15 October
Splendid Palace
Free
Opening night
Woman Unknown
May el-Toukhy
Home Made Premieres, Nordic Highlights
15 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Accreditations


Friday, 16 October
Nightborn
Hanna Bergholm
Nordic Highlights
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
18 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Queen at Sea
Lance Hammer
Festival Selection
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
21 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
25 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Wolves
Jonas Ulrich
Festival Selection
16 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
17 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
23 October, 20:50
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


The Guest
Mads Mengel
Nordic Highlights
16 October, 21:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Grant Gee
Festival Selection
16 October, 21:10
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
20 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Buy
25 October, 17:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Saturday, 17 October
KIDS’ REEL animated shorts
17 October, 11:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
24 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
Relaxed screening
Iron boy
Louis Clichy
Kids’ Reel
17 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
18 October, 16:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
25 October, 12:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
25 October, 14:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Retrospective
The Unfaithful Wife
Claude Chabrol
In Kino Veritas
17 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
In Kino Veritas Opening
Gentle Monster
Marie Kreutzer
Festival Selection
17 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
19 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 20:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Soon


Rose
Markus Schleinzer
Zeitgeist Deutschland
17 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
Zeitgeist Deutschland Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
21 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Adult Supervision
Alex Schulman
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


The Last Resort
Maria Sødahl
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Wolves
Jonas Ulrich
Festival Selection
16 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
17 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
23 October, 20:50
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


The Golden Age
Bérenger Thouin
Festival Selection
17 October, 20:15
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
23 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun
Festival Selection
17 October, 20:40
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Sunday, 18 October
Papaya
Priscilla Kellen
Kids’ Reel
18 October, 13:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
25 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Doggerland
Kim Ekberg
Nordic Highlights
18 October, 15:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Iron boy
Louis Clichy
Kids’ Reel
17 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
18 October, 16:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
25 October, 12:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
25 October, 14:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Retrospective
Insomnia
Erik Skjoldbjærg
In Kino Veritas
18 October, 16:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Accreditations


National premiere
The Red Barn
Pēteris Krilovs
Home Made Premieres
18 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Rose
Markus Schleinzer
Zeitgeist Deutschland
17 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
Zeitgeist Deutschland Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
21 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


The Unknown
Arthur Harari
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
25 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Buy


All of a Sudden
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Architect's Cut
Lewerentz Divine Darkness
Sven Blume
Architect’s Cut
18 October, 19:00
National Library of Latvia
Buy
Q&A after the screening
Wild Horse Nine
Martin McDonagh
Festival Selection
18 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Accreditations


Nightborn
Hanna Bergholm
Nordic Highlights
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
18 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Monday, 19 October
The Frog and The Water
Thomas Stuber
Zeitgeist Deutschland
19 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Low Expectations
Eivind Landsvik
Nordic Highlights
19 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Gentle Monster
Marie Kreutzer
Festival Selection
17 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
19 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 20:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Soon


Retrospective
Funny Games
Michael Haneke
In Kino Veritas
19 October, 20:15
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Tuesday, 20 October

Retrospective
Pusher
Nicolas Winding Refn
In Kino Veritas
20 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Accreditations


National premiere
Cat On My Mind
Laila Pakalniņa
Feature Film Competition
20 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Grant Gee
Festival Selection
16 October, 21:10
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
20 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Buy
25 October, 17:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Everytime
Sandra Wollner
Zeitgeist Deutschland
20 October, 20:10
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski
Festival Selection
20 October, 20:20
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Accreditations
23 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
24 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy


Wednesday, 21 October
Rose
Markus Schleinzer
Zeitgeist Deutschland
17 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
Zeitgeist Deutschland Opening
18 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
21 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


No Good Men
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Feature Film Competition
21 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Shorts
Short Film National Competition
SHORT FILM NATIONAL COMPETITION
21 October, 18:30 - 20:17
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
With filmmakers
Fjord
Cristian Mungiu
Festival Selection
21 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas PEPSI Auditorium
Buy


Queen at Sea
Lance Hammer
Festival Selection
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
21 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
25 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Cute
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad
Feature Film Competition
21 October, 20:45
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


No Rest For the Wicked
Kasper Kalle
Nordic Highlights
21 October, 21:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
24 October, 20:40
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Soon


Thursday, 22 October
Nipster
Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Shorts
Pains, Trains and Other Mobiles
22 October, 18:30 - 20:07
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
With filmmakers
National premiere
The Bog
Reinis Kalviņš
Home Made Premieres
22 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski
Festival Selection
20 October, 20:20
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Accreditations
23 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
24 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy


Queen at Sea
Lance Hammer
Festival Selection
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
21 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
25 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Mo Papa
Eeva Mägi
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 19:40
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Gentle Monster
Marie Kreutzer
Festival Selection
17 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
19 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 20:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Soon


Shorts
No Utopia is a Utopia
22 October, 21:00 - 22:32
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
With filmmakers
Baltic Music Video Competition
BALTIC MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
22 October, 21:00 - 22:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
The Patron
Julia Thelin
Feature Film Competition
22 October, 21:35
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Friday, 23 October

National premiere
Weeping Rocks
Kārlis Bergs, Andrew Siedenburg (co-director)
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


The Golden Age
Bérenger Thouin
Festival Selection
17 October, 20:15
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
23 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Shorts
Take Two
23 October, 18:30 - 20:06
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
With filmmakers
Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski
Festival Selection
20 October, 20:20
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Accreditations
23 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
24 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy


Full Phil
Quentin Dupieux
Festival Selection
23 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


How To Divorce During The War
Andrius Blaževičius
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Club Kid
Jordan Firstman
Festival Selection
23 October, 20:45
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Shorts
Hard Truths
23 October, 20:45 - 22:26
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
With filmmakers
Wolves
Jonas Ulrich
Festival Selection
16 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
17 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
23 October, 20:50
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


I Rarely Wake up Dreaming
Isabelle Stever
Feature Film Competition
23 October, 21:20
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Saturday, 24 October
KIDS’ REEL animated shorts
17 October, 11:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
24 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
Relaxed screening
National premiere
Extraordinary
Marina Andree Škop, Vanda Raýmanová
Home Made Premieres, Kids’ Reel
24 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Cheatin'
Bill Plympton
Special Screenings
24 October, 16:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Fatherland
Paweł Pawlikowski
Festival Selection
20 October, 20:20
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Accreditations
23 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
24 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy


National premiere
Roberto Rossellini – Living Without a Script
Ilaria De Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti
Home Made Premieres
24 October, 18:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


National premiere
Dirt In Your Face
Jaak Kilmi
Home Made Premieres
24 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Adult Supervision
Alex Schulman
Nordic Highlights
17 October, 18:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


The Quiet Beekeeper
Marcus Carlsson
Nordic Highlights
24 October, 20:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Gentle Monster
Marie Kreutzer
Festival Selection
17 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
19 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
22 October, 20:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy
24 October, 20:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Soon


RIGA IFF AWARDS
24 October, 20:30
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
No Rest For the Wicked
Kasper Kalle
Nordic Highlights
21 October, 21:15
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
24 October, 20:40
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Soon


Sunday, 25 October
Papaya
Priscilla Kellen
Kids’ Reel
18 October, 13:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
25 October, 11:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Iron boy
Louis Clichy
Kids’ Reel
17 October, 14:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
18 October, 16:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
25 October, 12:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
25 October, 14:00
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy


Animated Short Film Selection from France
25 October, 15:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
Filipiñana
Rafael Manuel
Festival Selection
25 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Retrospective
The Butcher
Claude Chabrol
In Kino Veritas
25 October, 17:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Grant Gee
Festival Selection
16 October, 21:10
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy
20 October, 19:00
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Buy
25 October, 17:30
Forum Cinemas, 5th Auditorium
Buy


Queen at Sea
Lance Hammer
Festival Selection
16 October, 18:30
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy
21 October, 19:00
Siguldas Devons
Buy
22 October, 19:00
Kino Cēsis
Buy
25 October, 18:00
Rotkho Museum
Buy
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Large Hall
Buy


Brave New Love
Maria Bäck
Nordic Highlights
25 October, 19:00
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


The Unknown
Arthur Harari
Festival Selection
18 October, 18:30
Forum Cinemas, 12th Auditorium
Buy
25 October, 19:30
Forum Cinemas, Delfi LUX auditorium
Buy


A Prayer For The Dying
Dara Van Dusen
Nordic Highlights
25 October, 21:10
Splendid Palace Flow Hall
Buy


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