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Panaji, Nov 24 (Ians) Una Celma, Director of Latvian film ‘Fragile Blood’ has said that times are changing, and there’s a notable increase in the number of women joining the filmmaking industry compared to earlier days.

‘Fragile Blood’ featured in the ‘Cinema of the World’ category at the 54th International Film Festival of India at Goa.

Una Celma was interacting with delegates after the International premiere of her film at Iffi, 2023.

Highlighting the influx of women into filmmaking in her country, she said: “Times are changing, and there’s a notable increase in the number of women joining the filmmaking industry compared to earlier days.”

Talking about the genesis of the film she said: “I continued to hear from numerous women about domestic violence, both at the workplace and in clubs. And that made me think of coming up with a film.”

Celma further emphasised that the film goes beyond...

Panaji, Nov 24 (Ians) Una Celma, Director of Latvian film ‘Fragile Blood’ has said that times are changing, and there’s a notable increase in the number of women joining the filmmaking industry compared to earlier days.

‘Fragile Blood’ featured in the ‘Cinema of the World’ category at the 54th International Film Festival of India at Goa.

Una Celma was interacting with delegates after the International premiere of her film at Iffi, 2023.

Highlighting the influx of women into filmmaking in her country, she said: “Times are changing, and there’s a notable increase in the number of women joining the filmmaking industry compared to earlier days.”

Talking about the genesis of the film she said: “I continued to hear from numerous women about domestic violence, both at the workplace and in clubs. And that made me think of coming up with a film.”

Celma further emphasised that the film goes beyond...

This year, Latvia is sharing a spotlight with neighboring Lithuania and Estonia at the European Film Market, which has dedicated its 2023 Country in Focus Spotlight to the Baltic nations. It’s a sign of the tremendous strides the country has taken to put itself on the world cinema map, with the screen industries both producing more films and TV series than ever before and luring increasingly ambitious international projects to Northeastern Europe.

Here’s a rundown of some of the top Latvian projects in the pipeline that their producers will be pitching in Berlin:

Blue Blood

Director: Juris Kursietis

Producers: White Picture, Stellar Film, Asterisk*

The follow-up to Kursietis’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “Oleg” is the story of a successful couple whose comfortable life is turned upside-down when the husband is implicated in a massive corruption scandal.

Sales: N/A

Soviet Milk

Director: Ināra Kolmane

Producers: Jānis Juhņēvičs, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone...

Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event titles revealed.

The projects selected for Tallinn Black Nights’ industry showcase have been revealed, including a drama executive produced by Tim Roth and a new category for youth films.

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This year’s Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event will spotlight 18 films seeking sales agents or festivals for international premieres during works in progress sessions in the Estonian capital from November 26-27.

Both the Baltic Event, showcasing Baltic and Finnish projects, and International Works in Progress will compete for the same awards this year: the Post Production Award worth €10,000 and...