Culture
After a seven-day journey in the world of mind and cinema, the 28th Rīga International Short Film Festival “2Annas” has concluded, with the Grand Prix – the statuette “Bronze Anna” – was awarded to Spanish director Christian Avilés to the short film Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays.
As of Wednesday, March 20, the day in northern latitudes has once again become longer than the night. And to celebrate it, the spring equinox was marked several places in Latvia with songs, swings and a series of other ancient Latvian Spring and Easter traditions.
The Latvian National Film Center (NKC) has joined the organization of 19 European film institutions “European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian films” which has also announced two financial support tenders for Ukrainian films and co-productions this year, the representatives of the NKC said on Friday, February 23.
The International Short Film Festival “2Annas” invites viewers to the first Latvian-created superhero animated series “Fantadroms” on February 14 at 20:00. The event “Fantadroms Night” will take place at the Culture House “Atmoda,” (Stabu Street 10), and the entrance to the event is free, organizers said.
For the 21st time, Riga Latvian Society's Latvian Language Advancement Group along with the Latvian Writers' Union has announced the 'word', 'non-word', 'winged phrase', and 'sequence of words' of the year 2023, the campaign's promoters said January 30.