RIGA IFF 2025 Announces Lineup

RIGA: Nine titles from Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Ukraine, and Sweden have been chosen for the Feature Film Competition of the upcoming Riga International Film Festival ( RIGA IFF , 16 – 26 October 2025).

Two domestic films will have their world premiere in the main competition of the festival: Jānis Ābele’s detective documentary  The Last Will / Testaments , and the musical outdoor play All Birds Sing Beautifully / Visi putni skaisti dzied  by Krista Burāne.

Brothers Ābeles’ animated film Dog of God / Dieva suns , Latvia’s candidate for the Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category, is also in the main competition and will open the festival.

The Feature Film Competition Jury is composed of French curator and industry events programmer Thibaut Bracq, Estonian director Anna Hints, Latvian producer Alise Ģelze, Norwegian producer Gudny Hummelvoll, and Christian Jeune, Director of the Film Department at Cannes Film Festival.

RIGA IFF is made possible with the support of the State Culture Capital Foundation , Creative Europe – MEDIA, Riga City Council, the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, the National Film Centre of Latvia , and the Investment and Tourism Agency of Riga.

Feature Film Competition:

The Last Will / Testaments (Latvia) Directed by Jānis Ābele

All Birds Sing Beautifully / Visi putni skaisti dzied  (Latvia) Directed by Krista Burāne Produced by  VFS Films Supported by the  National Film Centre of Latvia , the  Latvian Public Broadcaster LTV

برای کسانی که به دنبال رشد بلندمدت سایت هستند، بک لینک دائمی با کیفیت یک انتخاب عالی است. این بک لینک‌ها از سایت‌های معتبر گرفته می‌شوند و باعث افزایش قدرت دامنه و دیده شدن صفحات سایت می‌شوند. استفاده از بک لینک دائمی با کیفیت باعث جذب بازدید هدفمند و اعتماد موتورهای جستجو می‌شود. ترکیب این روش با تولید محتوای باارزش، رشد طبیعی و پایدار سایت را تضمین می‌کند.

Dog of God / Dieva suns (Latvia, USA) Directed by Lauris and Raitis Ābele Produced by  Tritone Studio Coproduced by Lumiere Lab Supported by the EU’sRecovery assistance for cohesion and the territories of Europe (REACT-EU) by the  National Film Centre of Latvia

Special Operation / Spetsialna Operatsiia (Ukraine, Lithuania) Directed by Oleksiy Radynski

The Visitor / Svečias  (Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) Directed byVytautas Katkus Produced by  M-Films Coproduced by Staer, Garagefilm International Supported by the  Lithuanian Film Centre , Creative Europe MEDIA, the  Lithuanian National Radio and Television , Film Fond Nord, the Swedish Film Institute

Back to Family / Apsilankymas namuose (Lithuania, France, Poland, Latvia) Directed by Šarūnas Bartas Produced by Studija Kinema , KinoElektron Coproduced by  Mistrus Media , Cineline EDelivery , Message Film Supported by the  Lithuanian Film Centre , the  Lithuanian Tax Incentive , Aide aux cinémas du monde – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Institut Français, the  National Film Centre of Latvia

Solomamma (Norway, Latvia, Lithuania) Directed by Janicke Askevold Produced by Bacon Pictures Oslo, Bacon Pictures Copenhagen, Mistrus Media , Dansu , It’s AliveFilms Supported by the  Lithuanian Film Centre , the  National Film Centre of Latvia , med støtte fra, Norsk Filminstitutt, Norsk Filminstitutt and YLE, in partnership with Post Control Helsinki, Norsk Filminstitutt

Weightless / Vægtløs (Denmark) Directed by Emilie Thalund

Redoubt / Värn (Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark) Directed by John Skoog

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