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Renowned industry event Baltic Pitching Forum, to be held in Vilnius between 7th-10th October 2025, calls for projects from the most exciting filmmaking talents in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and – this year’s guest country – Hungary. Ever since its launch in 2013, the Baltic Pitching Forum (BPF) has encouraged the best and brightest filmmaking talents
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From April 6 to 10, the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS Industry Days 2ANNAS FORUM: The Cinema of In-Betweenness will commence. This year’s events will discuss collective filmmaking, the fusion of genres, as well as the importance of collaboration in the modern film market. Admission to events is free of charge and open to
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The Listening Pitch is a Documentary Film Grant run by Aestheticaand Audible. Two grants of up to £10,000 will be awarded to fund newdocumentaries that reveal the power of listening. Since 2021, we have fundedand produced eight films. Winning projects have gone on to be acquired byGuardian Documentaries and screen at SXSW, BFI Flare, Sundance andSan Francisco International
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The 25th edition of the International Short Film Festival will take place from 18th to 28th of September 2025 in Lille, France. The short film competition is composed of 2 categories (all genres mixed up): International and National. The competition is open to all shorts (maximum 30 minutes and completed during the year 2024/2025). CALL
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Valga Hot Shorts (VHS) returns for the second edition and is accepting submissions from Estonia and Latvia until April 15th, exploring this year’s theme “The paradox of adapting.” “VHS programme consists of five cassettes, each approaching the core theme of the festival – the paradox of adapting – from different angles,” explains artistic director Johannes
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Baltic Shorts market screening is happening on Wednesday, 5th of February 16:00 at G. Conchon Theatre. Baltic Shorts is a film collection containing the freshest short films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Six animation and fiction films will be made available for industry professionals to experience the brightest and freshest new films from the region.
Latvian Short Film Agency
Still from director Jāzeps Podnieks short film “Being Within” (2022)
Latvian Short Film Agency
Latvian Short Film Agency was founded with the aim of serving as the missing link in the chain in communication and targeted promotion and representation of Latvian short films. Its activity plans to further develop the Latvian short film industry by representing the interests of filmmakers, festivals and the country at the local and international level.