Latvia will be widely represented / day at the Cannes Film Festival
One of the oldest film festivals in Europe this year In cans It takes 78th time, and this time it is special for Latvia to give reason to celebrate the anniversary since Ginta’s Zilbalee’s full -length animated film Stream World premiere in Cannes (22.05.2024). In one year, the film has become a prominent phenomenon not only in Latvia, but also in Europe and globally, so the film producer and screenwriter Matisse Kaža is invited to publicly analyze Flow Success story – from a small studio and a small country to the most important prizes of the world film industry. Cannes Festival and Marché du film The traditionally organized Animation Day has been established this year in cooperation with the National Film Center and is scheduled for May 18; The presentation of Matisse Cats will start at 3:30 pm and will also be available online.
This year, Latvia participates as a co -production partner – in the official selection of the Cannes Festival, which will be evaluated by a jury led by French actress Jillet Binosh – a co -production film of six European countries Two prosecutors / Two ProsecutorsTo, in the way, whose director Sergei Loznica has been cooperating with Latvian film professionals since 2012 and hosts most of his feature film in Latvia. This time the Latvian partners are producer Alice Gelze and the studio White Picture, Filming also took place in Riga and the films were included in Aldis Meinerts as one of the main artists.
It should be noted that the official selection of the Cannes Festival has been selected by two more feature films, which were co -financed by the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIDA) and the Riga Film Foundation in Latvia – in the competition And Certain Regard will start Kristen’s flight attendants Water Chronology / The Chronology of WaterTo, in the way, but in the out -of -competition program Cannes Premiere – Cyril Serebrennikov’s feature film Joseph Mengele disappears / The Dissapearance of Josef Mengele.
Particularly and important this year is the participation of Latvian Cinema Professionals in the Cannes Film Market Marché du film (13-21.05), which is attended by 15,000 world film industry professionals from 140 countries every year. Latvian professionals have been chosen in the sections of the Cannes Market Market important – for example, on the platform Producers on the Move Latvia will be represented by producer Kristel Pudane, whose studio Sunday Rebel Films Both full -length feature film, documentary, and animated series for the smallest viewers. In the program Cannes Docs (15-20.05) This year, the common power of the Baltic region is highlighted-significant and internationally experienced documentary film producers from three neighboring countries are included in the Baltic delegation, where Latvia is represented in studies VFS Film Head Uldis Cekulis; In his studio, seven international co -productions are approaching the premiere.
Cannes Film Market in collaboration with Tallinn Film Festival has been established an annual Presentation Presentation Program for Pregnant Film Projects Pöff Goes to Cannes, And this year, director Oscar Rupenheit feature film dark blue gospel (with the international name Red Code Blue) to which the premiere in Latvia is scheduled for early December.
Among the 60 film market pavilions from 90 countries will be this year there will be a Latvian pavilion, which is financially provided by the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIDA), with the National Film Center and the Latvian Film Producers Association. Other internationally active Latvian film producers, representatives of the National Film Center, including the Riga International Film Festival (Riga IFF) team and other professionals from Latvia are also going to work at the Cannes Film Festival. In a separate stand, a movie studio Swallow will deal with the distribution of his film and some other Latvian study films; In a riy For the production of full -length animated film Telma’s ideal family Several market sessions are scheduled.
An attractive magazine will be available to the Latvian Pavilion Specialized for the Cannes Film Festival Baltic Film, the content of the content in all three countries, emphasizing the most relevant processes and phenomena of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian films; On the cover of the magazine – producer Alice Gelze (Latvia) and Uljana Kim (Lithuania), who have participated in the films selected for the main competition Two prosecutors in co -production. Latvia’s theme in the magazine represents interviews with all the producers selected for the Cannes Market, a separate story about Tire For years of success and contexts of Latvian animation in interviews with Matisse Cats and NKC leader Dita West, descriptions of the Baltic Sea Documentary Film Forum and International Projects Co -financing Opportunities in Latvia. (PDF magazine is available Here.) The National Film Center, in cooperation with the Latvian Animation Association, has restored the current Latvian animation authors and studio catalog, and other necessary information on the Latvian film industry, studies and producers is supplemented.
