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Ego Media<\/i>, established in Riga in 2005, is a Latvian production company dedicated to high-quality films, including animation. The studio achieved international recognition with the award-winning animated documentary My Favorite War <\/i>(2020) by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, the recipient of the Annecy Contrechamp<\/i> Award. Building on this success, in cooperation with their long-time partners from Norwegian Bivrost Film & TV Ego Media<\/i> is developing Roach Coach<\/i> by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, an original animated project that reflects the company\u2019s commitment to innovative storytelling, distinctive visual style, and the exploration of meaningful social and personal narratives.<\/p>\n

Contacts:
\nguntis@egomedia.lv<\/a>
\negomedia.lv<\/a><\/p>\n

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Guntis Trekteris is a Latvian film producer and founder of Ego Media<\/i>. With a strong background in creative documentary and animation, he produced the award-winning animated documentary My Favorite War<\/i> (2020), recognized at Annecy and submitted for the Academy Awards. Together with director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen, he is currently developing the animated project Roach Coach<\/i>, continuing his commitment to innovative, socially relevant storytelling.<\/p>\n","links":false},{"image":{"ID":43844,"id":43844,"title":"EgoMedia_Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen","filename":"EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","filesize":583260,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","alt":"","author":"21","description":"","caption":"","name":"6be924ec421342a799f30d1270341c16","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":43541,"date":"2025-10-08 09:15:02","modified":"2025-10-08 09:15:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":960,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-250x188.jpg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":675,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":960,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":960,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-1200x900.jpg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":900,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","large1800-width":1280,"large1800-height":960,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-120x90.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":90,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen.jpg","uncompressed-width":1280,"uncompressed-height":960,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EgoMedia_Ilze-Burkovska-Jacobsen-700x200.jpg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}},"name,_surname":"Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen","position":"","description":"

Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen is a director and screenwriter, she is the recipient of several international awards and nominations for her films and series. The author of feature-length documentaries and multiple documentary series for children. A personal storyteller, Ilze creates films with universal relevance. In the coming years, she is writing and directing the feature film Legato<\/em>, produced by Mat\u012bss Ka\u017ea, and the animated children\u2019s feature Roach Coach<\/em>, produced by Bivrost Film and Ego Media. Co-founded Bivrost in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Producer and director, Trond Jacobsen has directed feature films, TV series, and animation. He is the recipient of several international awards and nominations, including an Emmy. As a cinematographer and documentary producer, he has done investigative journalism films, children\u2019s documentary series, and projects exploring Latvian history and society. In the coming years, he is co-directing the animated children\u2019s feature Roach Coach<\/em>, produced by Bivrost Film and Ego Media. He co-founded Bivrost in 2000.<\/p>\n","links":false}],"participants_title":"","participants":false,"forum_project_parent_select":[40834],"categories_slugs":"","original_title":"","director":"","country":[],"year":"","festival_year":"2023","runtime":"","languages":[],"sub_languages":[],"screenings_merged":false}