Lielais Kristaps Latvian National Film Awards 2024

Being a fan of Latvian cinema, especially the documentary one, I have noticed the nominations that have been done for the yearly award ceremony, Lielais Kristaps, that will take place in February. Many films and filmmakers are nominated in several catagories, I stick to the five documentaries, which are listed below with links to what I have been writing about them. Also to be noticed that Peteris Krilovs, legendary filmmaker and theatre director, with several great documentaries on his filmography, will receive an honorary tribute for his long life work. Writing this I still remember the film he made on Gustav Klucis.

Beigas (The End), rež. Māris Maskalāns, prod. VFS Films (Latvija)

Esi uzticīgs līdz nāvei (Be Faithful Until Death) , rež. Ivars Zviedris, prod. Dokumentālists (Latvija)https://filmkommentaren.dk/ivars-zviedris-documentarian-new-film-faithful-until-death/ (PHOTO)

Gala punkti (Termini), rež. Laila Pakalniņa, prod. Kompānija Hargla (Latvija), https://filmkommentaren.dk/laila-pakalnina-termini/

Podnieks par Podnieku. (Podnieks On Podnieks. A Witness of Time), rež. Antra Cilinska, Anna Viduleja, prod. Jura Podnieka Studija (Latvija) https://filmkommentaren.dk/baltic-sea-docs-2020/

Turpinājums. Pieaugšana (To be Continued. Teenhood), rež. Ivars Seleckis, Armands Začs, prod. Mistrus Media (Latvija) https://filmkommentaren.dk/ivars-seleckis-90-years-old/

Tue Steen Müller

Müller, Tue Steen
Documentary Consultant and Critic, DENMARK

Worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board, as press officer, festival representative and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU and EDN (European Documentary Network).
Awards: 2004 the Danish Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. 2006 an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries. 2014 he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. 2016 The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. 2021 receipt of the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he received an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition having served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival.
From 1996 until 2005 he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kiev, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Verzio Budapest, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. Teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano Italy.

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