Riga
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Baltic Sea Docs opens this week with 26 projects and expanded industry events
The 29th Baltic Sea Docs (BSD) co-production forum will run in #Riga from 31 August to 5 September, presenting 26 documentary projects alongside public screenings in the capital and several regional towns. Founded in Denmark and organised since 2006 by Latvia’s National Film Centre, BSD focuses on feature-length creative documentaries originating in or addressing the…
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The bot economy
TECH: Discover the silent drain on global ad budgets with Unclickable, an investigative documentary revealing how digital ad fraud impacts not just companies but the very fabric of society and democracy.
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Of Caravans and the Dogs
RUSSIA: Askold Kurov's compelling documentary Of Caravan and the Dogs details the final destruction of independent voices in Putin's Russia that oppose his war on Ukraine.
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«A great variety of styles allows us to reflect on the current state of documentary»
BALTIC SEA DOCS: Modern Times Review speaks with Project Manager Zane Balčus on its history, the current trends in documentaries from the Baltic region, and the role the BSD plays within the wider European documentary landscape.
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27th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries set to kick off 2023 edition
The 27th Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (Baltic Sea Docs) is scheduled from 3 – 10 September in #Latvia, bringing together documentary professionals from around the globe. The event will comprise 24 film projects, an extensive industry programme, and film screenings aimed at local audiences in #Riga and various regional towns across Latvia. The forum…
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The Kremlin’s unseen war
JOURNALISM: Putin's war on independent journalism as experienced by Novaya Gazeta and its Nobel-prize winning editor, Dmitry Muratov.
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TEN YEARS LATER: New Times in Riga
Ivars Seleckis has made a sequel to The Crossroad Street, his film from ten years ago about the inhabitants of Crossroad Street in Riga