IDFF Artdocfest / Riga

IDFF Artdocfest / Riga IDFF Artdocfest/Riga is an international festival dedicated to documentary film taking place in Riga

Jean's Perret, one of jury members of Baltic Focus, text about ArtDocFest/Riga - in French on
19/03/2026

Jean's Perret, one of jury members of Baltic Focus, text about ArtDocFest/Riga - in French on

ArtDocFest – International Documentary Film Festival | 28/2-8/3/2026More Info Laguna | Film | Sharunas Bartas | LIT-FR 2025 | 102’More Info Silver | Film | Natalia Koniarz | PL-NOR-FIN 2025 | 79’More Info Mr. Nobody against Putin | Film | David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin | DK-CZ 2025 | 90’ M...

Artdocfest/Riga ir festivāls režisoriem. Tāpēc gandrīz katrs seanss bija arī tikšanās ar filmas veidotājiem. Šogad uz Rī...
08/03/2026

Artdocfest/Riga ir festivāls režisoriem. Tāpēc gandrīz katrs seanss bija arī tikšanās ar filmas veidotājiem. Šogad uz Rīgu kopumā atbrauca 29 filmu pārstāvji un šis albums ir sveiciens un pateicība par viņu aktīvu iesaistīšanos dokumentālā kino skatīšanos pārvēršot festivālā.
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Artdocfest/Riga is a festival for directors. That's why almost every screening was also a meeting with filmmakers. This year, a total of 29 film representatives came to Riga and this album is a greeting and gratitude for their active involvement in making the documentary film watching into a festival.

Visi festivāla foto albumi / All photos from Artdocfest/Riga 2026:
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👁️ Šodien pēdējā Artdocfest/Riga festivāla diena, kad vēl par paspēt uz pēdējiem seansiem, kas notiks Mākslas centrā ZUZ...
08/03/2026

👁️ Šodien pēdējā Artdocfest/Riga festivāla diena, kad vēl par paspēt uz pēdējiem seansiem, kas notiks Mākslas centrā ZUZEUM.
18:00 | Ceļā uz balto | 7 min | Netherlands

| Johaness Rass: Bos Ta**us akcija | 57 min | Austria, UK

19:30 | akmens un es | 17 min | Latvia

| Zalktis | 40 min | Latvia, UK
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👁️Today is the last day of Artdocfest/Riga festival, when you can still catch the last screenings, which will take place at the Art Center ZAZEUM.
18:00 | Towards White | 7 min | Netherlands

| Johannes Rass - Aktion Bos Ta**us | 57 min | Austria, UK

19:30 | the stone and I | 17 min | Latvia

| Zalktis | 40 min | Latvia, UK

Ieeja bez maksas ar vēlamu iepriekšējo reģistrāciju / Free admission with prior registration recommended: https://www.zuzeum.com/events/artdocfest-artdoc-proart/

Īpaša pateicība Artdocfest/Riga atbalstītājam - SKRĪVERU SALDUMIEM! / Special shout out - SKRĪVERU SALDUMI !!! Thanks!  ...
08/03/2026

Īpaša pateicība Artdocfest/Riga atbalstītājam - SKRĪVERU SALDUMIEM! / Special shout out - SKRĪVERU SALDUMI !!! Thanks!

Skrīveru Saldumi

Artdocfest OPEN uzvarētāji šogad! / Winners of Artdocfest OPEN theis year!!!
08/03/2026

Artdocfest OPEN uzvarētāji šogad! / Winners of Artdocfest OPEN theis year!!!

Artdocfest OPEN īpašā atzinība šogad! / This is Artdocfest OPEN special mention this year!
08/03/2026

Artdocfest OPEN īpašā atzinība šogad! / This is Artdocfest OPEN special mention this year!

Filmas, kas šogad uzvarējušas Artdocfest/Riga - Baltic Focus konkursa ietvars!These are films which won this year's Ardo...
08/03/2026

Filmas, kas šogad uzvarējušas Artdocfest/Riga - Baltic Focus konkursa ietvars!
These are films which won this year's Ardocfest/Riga - Baltic Focus competiotion!

6. IDFF Artdocfest/Riga ir noslēdzies un paziņojis uzvarētājus abās konkursa programmās – Baltic Focus Grand Prix Herca ...
07/03/2026

6. IDFF Artdocfest/Riga ir noslēdzies un paziņojis uzvarētājus abās konkursa programmās – Baltic Focus Grand Prix Herca balvu saņēma Šarūna Barta filma “Lagūna” un Artdocfest OPEN galveno balvu ieguva Vladlenas Sandu filma “Atmiņa”.

Bez balvas nav palikusi arī filma “Nekas kungs pret Putinu”. Tiešā ceļā no Rīgas Pāvels Talankins dodas uz ASV, uz Oskara balvu pasniegšanas ceremoniju. Savukārt festivāla noslēgumā skan Gidona Krēmera veltījums Herca Franka 100gadei.

Vairāk par balvām:

Šogad Artdocfest / Riga ietvaros norisinājās divi dokumentālā kino konkursi, kuru noslēgumā žūrijas 7.marta vakarā paziņoja balvu ieguvējus.

Baltic Focus konkursā 10 filmas vērtēja Daira Āboliņa (Latvija), Žans Perē (Šveice) un Edvins Pukšta (Lietuva). HERZ balvu ieguvēji:

Grand Prix – LAGŪNA (Lietuva, Francija), režisors Šarūns Barts
Best Director – Natālija Koniarza ar filmu SUDRABS (Polija, Norvēģija, Somija)
HERZ Special – NEKAS KUNGS PRET PUTINU, režisori Deivids Borenšteins, Pavels Talankins (Dānija, Čehija)

Artdocfest Open konkursā bija iekļautas 19 filma, ko vērtēja Jūlija Auga (Igaunija), Boriss Zimins (ASV) un Vadims Radionovs (Latvija). Balvas ieguva:

Grand Prix – ATMIŅA, režisore Vladlena Sandu (Francija)
Best Director – Alimana Toktogulova, Karašs Žanišovs, SUŅI (Kirgizstāna)
Special Prize – 2000 METRI LĪDZ ANDIJIVKAI, režisors Mstislavs Černovs (Ukraina)
Īpašā atzinība jeb Special Mention – ZIEMA MARTĀ, režisore Natālija Mirzojana (Igaunija, Armēnija, Francija, Belgium) un SAMETINĀTĀS, režisore Anastasija Mirošņičenko (Francija, Nīderlande, Belgium)
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The 6th IDFF Artdocfest/Riga has concluded and announced the winners in both competition programs – the Baltic Focus Grand Prix Hertz Award was given to Sharunas Bartas’ film “Laguna” and the Artdocfest OPEN main prize was won by Vladlena Sandu’s film “Memory”.

The film “Mr. Nothing Against Putin” also won an award. Pavel Talankins is flying directly from Riga to the USA, to the Oscars ceremony. Meanwhile, the festival will close with a tribute by Gidon Kremer to the 100th anniversary of Herz Frank.

More about the awards:

This year, two documentary film competitions took place within the framework of Artdocfest/Riga, at the end of which the juries announced the winners on the evening of March 7.

In the Baltic Focus competition, 10 films were judged by Daira Āboliņa (Latvia), Jean Perret (Switzerland) and Edvinas Pukshtas (Lithuania). HERZ Award Winners:

Grand Prix – LAGUNA (Lithuania, France), director Sharunas Bartas
Best Director – Natalija Koniarza with the film SILVER (Poland, Norway, Finland)

HERZ Special – Mr. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, directors David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin (Denmark, Czech Republic)

19 films were included in the Artdocfest Open competition, which was judged by Julia Auga (Estonia), Boris Zimin (USA) and Vadim Radionov (Latvia). The awards were:

Grand Prix – MEMORY, directed by Vladlena Sandu (France)

Best Director – Alimana Toktogulova, Karas Zhanishov, THE DOGS (Kyrgyzstan)

Special Prize – 2000 METERS TO ANDIYIVKA, directed by Mstislav Chernov (Ukraine)

Special Mention – WINTER IN MARCH, directed by Natalya Mirzoyan (Estonia, Armenia, France, Belgium) and MELLTED TOGETHER, directed by Anastasia Miroshnichenko (France, Netherlands, Belgium)

Artdocfest/Riga 2026, Newsletter No. 7, ŠODIEN / Today, 07.03.2026.Cinema Splendid Palace16:30 | Politzek: Voices That D...
07/03/2026

Artdocfest/Riga 2026, Newsletter No. 7,
ŠODIEN / Today, 07.03.2026.

Cinema Splendid Palace
16:30 | Politzek: Voices That Defy the Kremlin
Directors: Manon Loizeau, Ekaterina Mamontova| 89 min | France, Belgium
In today’s Russia, speaking out against the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a criminal offense. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called the “Politzek”, the political prisoners.

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18:00 Noslēgums, apbalvošana un Koncerts: GIDONS KRĒMERS. VELTĪJUMS HERCAM FRANKAM | Closing ceremony and Conzerto GIDON KREMER. A TRIBUTE TO HERZ FRANK
Filmu kolāžu veidojis / Film compilation by Vitaly Mansky | 90 min
Tūlīt pēc noslēguma un apbalvošanas ceremonijas 6. Starptautiskais dokumentālo filmu festivāls Artdocfest/Riga pieminēs Herca Franka — Latvijas poētiskā dokumentālā kino pamatlicēja — 100. gadadienu ar unikālu KONCERTU. Pasaulslavenais vijolnieks Gidons Krēmers kopā ar kamerorķestra "Kremerata Baltica" mūziķiem īpaši veidotā sastāvā un pianistu Andreju Osokinu piedāvās rūpīgi veidotu muzikālu programmu, kas papildinās šī izcilā kinorežisora ​​un domātāja kinematogrāfiskā mantojuma vizuālo hroniku.
Immediately following the closing ceremony and awards presentation, the 6th International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest/Riga will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Herz Frank — the founder of Latvian poetic documentary cinema — with a unique concert. World-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer, together with musicians of the chamber orchestra "Kremerata Baltica" in a specially assembled lineup, and pianist Andrejs Osokins, will present a carefully curated musical program which accompanies the visual chronicle of the cinematic legacy of this outstanding filmmaker and thinker.
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19:00 DEUTSCHE WELLE piedāvā| DEUTSCHE WELLE presents
Rež./Dir.:Julett Pineda,Igor Burdyga,Esther Felden, Nina Werkhäuser + Matúš Ďuraňa | 28 + 28 min | Germany
"Mērķējot uz civiliedzīvotājiem - Kā Krievijas droni terorizē Ukrainas pilsētu" stāsta par mazo Ukrainas pilsētu Berislavu pie Dņipro upes, kas kļuvusi par nepieredzēta Krievijas dronu uzbrukumu viļņa mērķi, kurā ievainoti vai nogalināti gandrīz 150 civiliedzīvotāji. + "Dilemma — Moldovas sabiedrība krustcelēs", kur Moldova, Eiropas nabadzīgākā valsts, atrodas starp Krieviju un ES. Tās jaunieši saskaras ar darbavietu trūkumu un skarbām izvēlēm: aiziet vai palikt, atkāpties no amata vai rīkoties. Kā ar to tikt galā?
"Targeting Civilians - How Russian Drones Terrorize a Ukrainian City" tells about the small Ukrainian city of Beryslav on the Dnipro River has become the target of an unprecedented wave of Russian drone strikes that has left nearly 150 civilians injured or killed. + "Dilemma - Moldova's society in crosroads", where Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, sits between Russia and the EU. Its youth face scarce jobs and stark choices: leave or stay, resign or act. How to deal with this?
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Biļetes/ Tickets: KKino "Splendid Palace"***
Art center ZUZEUM | 07 MARCH
18:00 | Across the border. The images of Mimmo and Francesco Jodice | 75 min | Italy

19:30 | Velvet Vision - James Bidgood (and the Making of Pink Narcissus) | 98 min | USA

Art center ZUZEUM | 08 MARCH
18:00 | Towards White | 7 min | Netherlands

| Johannes Rass - Aktion Bos Ta**us | 57 min | Austria, UK

19:30 | the stone and I | 17 min | Latvia

| Zalktis | 40 min | Latvia, UK

Artdocfest/Riga 2026 ŠODIEN / Today, 06.03.2026.***16:30 MANA VECMĀMIŅA IR IZPLETŅLĒCĒJA + KAD MANI APCIETINĀS | My Gran...
06/03/2026

Artdocfest/Riga 2026 ŠODIEN / Today, 06.03.2026.
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16:30 MANA VECMĀMIŅA IR IZPLETŅLĒCĒJA + KAD MANI APCIETINĀS | My Grandmother is a Skydiver + When I Get Jailed
Rež./Dir.: Polina Piddubna + Anastasiia Vedenskaia | 13 + 65 min | Germany, Ukraine + France
Alfija ir dzīvespriecīga jauna sieviete 1960. gadu Vidusāzijā. Viņa aizrautīgi nodarbojas ar izpletņlēkšanu un mācās par vecmāti, kad pēkšņi saņem neparastu zvanu — no savas mazmeitas no 2022. gada. + Kadri, kas atklāj Aļonas pretošanās aktu un tā sekas, filmēti tuvplānā un, iespējams, bieži slepeni, parāda, kā Putina Krievija ir pārvērtusies par policijas valsti un cik daudz parastu Krievijas iedzīvotāju turpina pretoties, neraugoties uz visiem riskiem.
Alfyia, a joyful young woman in 1960s Central Asia, is actively parachuting and studying to become a midwife, when she receives an extraordinary phone call from her granddaughter in 2022. + Scenes revealing Alyona’s act of resistance and its consequences—all captured up close and presumably often filmed in secret—show how Putin’s Russia has become a police state, and how many ordinary Russians are still resisting, despite the risks.
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18:00 TRILJONS | Trillion
Rež./Dir.: Victor Kossakovsky | 80 min | Norway, USA
Režisors Viktors Kosakovskis filmā TRILJONS piedāvā kinematogrāfisku bezvārdu interpretāciju par Sīzifa mītu, kas ir otrais darbs viņa “empātijas triloģijā”, kas aizsākās ar filmu GUNDA (2020).
Director Victor Kossakovsky offers a cinematic and wordless interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus* in TRILLION, the second installment of his “empathy trilogy” that began with GUNDA (2020).
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18:40 ZIVS + JŪRNIEKI | The Fish + Seafarers
Rež./Dir.: Karolina Breguła + Milja Viita | 28 + 63 min | Sweden + Finland
“Zivs” stāsts laika griezumā par sievieti, kura jau vairāk nekā divdesmit gadus vada nelielu zvejas uzņēmumu Zviedrijas ziemeļos. Dienu no dienas viņas braucieni jūrā nes arvien mazāku lomu, līdz viņa galu galā secina — šajos ūdeņos zivju vairs nav. + “Jūrnieki” ir kolāžas filma par jūrniekiem, kas veidota no arhīvu materiāliem, kurus visā pasaulē uzņēmuši paši jūrnieki.
"The Fish" is a time-lapse film about a woman who has been running a small-scale fishing company in northern Sweden for over twenty years. Day by day, her trips out to sea yield increasingly smaller catches, until she eventually realizes there are no fish left in the waters. + "Seafearers" is a collage film about seafarers based on archival footage shot around the globe by sailors themselves.
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21:00 SANTAS JAUNKUNDZES VĒLĒŠANAS | Electing Ms Santa
Rež./Dir.: Raisa Razmerita | 96 min | Moldova, Romania
Kamēr Moldova virzās tuvāk Eiropas Savienībai, nelielā Moldovas ciematā 42 gadus vecā Jeļena izaicina dziļi iesakņojušās sociālās un ģimenes normas. Izlemjot kandidēt vietējās varas vēlēšanās, viņa pārvērš savu personīgo emancipāciju politiskā aktā.
As Moldova edges closer to the European Union, in a small Moldovan village 42-year-old Elena challenges deeply rooted social and family conventions when she decides to run for local office, turning her personal emancipation into a political act.
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Biletes / Tickets Kino "Splendid Palace"
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Media HUB center POWER-UP Space | 13:00
Mama's Voice | 86 min | Ukraine, Poland, Canada
For our freedom | 90 min | Czechia
Ieeja, reģistrējoties. / Admission after registration in https://www.powerupspace.eu/artdocfest-riga
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Art center ZUZEUM | 18:00
Art is Play (This Is a Film About Hanoch Piven) | 6 min | Germany, Israel
Totality | 15 min | France
Passion According to Agnieszka | 50 min | Poland
Ieeja, reģistrējoties. / Admission after registration in https://www.zuzeum.com/events/artdocfest-artdoc-proart/

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