Baltic Sea Docs

Introducing PROJECTS | films in post-production stage from previous editions

BEAUTIFUL STUPID THING | Estonia, Colombia
I SEE NO DEATH | Ukraine, Latvia
WISE GUYS | Latvia

Beautiful Stupid Thing | Estonia, Colombia
director Carlos E. Lesmes | producer Merili Laur, Carlos E. Lesmes | production company Tin Can | co-production company Altiplano
After over 13 years apart, Angela and Carlos, mother and son, reunite when she migrates from Colombia to Estonia. What begins as a quest for an imagined ancestor, turns into a journey from the pains of the past to the possibilities of the future.

I See No Death | Ukraine, Latvia
director Yevhen Titarenko | producer Natalia Khazan | production company Braha Production Company | co-producer Guntis Trekteris (EGO MEDIA)
What is it like to fight a war without experiencing death? War has taken a new turn in the twenty-first century, with the arrival of new technologies on the battlefield. Despite the return of conventional warfare to Europe, the threat now comes from the sky.

Wise Guys | Latvia
director Ieva Ozoliņa | producer Madara Melberga | production company FA Filma
In Riga, on the Eastern border of Europe, two former gangsters decide to go legal. They start a debt collection agency, still relying on the skills from their criminal past.

Information: https://dokforums.gov.lv/industry/

"Daro filmas stāsts sākas skaisti. Jauna sieviete un dāņu puisis T**e, kurš ieradies Damaskā apmaiņas studijās, iemīlas. Taču vidē, kurā Daro dzīvo, ar to nepietiek.
Es negribu, lai jūs domājat, ka filma ir drūma. Tā skar smagas tēmas, bet patiesībā ir dzīvi apliecinoša un brīžam pat smieklīga."
Par Daro Hansenas un Tomasa Papapetros filmu "Meklējot Daro" raksta Iveta Dzērve, Žurnāls Santa galvenā redaktore.

Iveta Dzērve: "Meklējot Daro" – ja jums vajag iedvesmu atspērienam Par filmu "Meklējot Daro" raksta žurnāla "Santa" galvenā redaktore Iveta Dzērve.

Introducing PROJECTS
SEE WHAT I SAY | Lithuania, Italy, Ukraine
KEEPERS OF THE CITY | Ukraine, Czechia
THE SHEPHERD’S SON | Azerbaijan

See What I Say | Lithuania, Italy, Ukraine
director Arturas Jevdokimovas | producer Ringailė Leščinskienė | production company Zero Copy Reel | co-producers Giusi Santoro (POPCULT), Ivanna Khitsinska (WAYA Production)
In the Deaf world, there is no universal sign language – every country has its own. But in three bars across Bologna, Vilnius, and Kyiv, people who share no common language keep trying to reach each other. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
Keepers of the City | Ukraine, Czechia
director, producer Ella Shtyka | production company Indie Media Polis | co-production company Safe Place production
“Keepers of the City” explores the community’s attempt to create a new vision for their city – war-torn Kharkiv. Intimate and visual documentary where a couple of stories pulse in sync with the city and its local radio broadcasts.
The Shepherd’s Son | Azerbaijan
director Nurlan Hasanli | producer Turkan Huseyn | production company Ultra Production
A nomadic shepherd’s son abandons school against his father’s wishes to follow him into his family’s traditional livelihood, as ecological collapse and the takeover of herds push shepherds into wage labor.

Information: https://dokforums.gov.lv/industry/

Dažādas pasaules, dažādas dzīves! Par Baltic Sea Docs filmu programmu (seansi 8. - 13. septembrī) raksta jaunais Žurnāls UNA!

Baltic Sea Docs braces for its 30th edition 21/08/2026 - A total of 26 documentary film projects from the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and beyond will be presented at the forum’s upcoming edition

Dace Pecolli: "Mana ģimene un citi klauni" – par mākslu, izvēlēm un atbildību

Baltic Sea Docs programmas esenci apskata Žurnāls Lilita! Meklē žurnālu kioskos un tiekamies kino!

Introducing PROJECTS
ENCOUNTERS/DEPARTURES | Lithuania, Poland
LUNATICS | Finland
MEET ME AT THE GRAVEYARD | Latvia

Encounters/Departures | Lithuania, Poland
director Vita Drygas | producer Teresa Rozanovska | production company Ketvirta Versija | co-producer Vita Żelakeviciute (Drygas Film Production)
A filmmaker disillusioned with documenting war tourism turns to the unfinished legacy of her grandfather, Vytautas Žalakevičius, seeking meaning through a cinematic dialogue across time.

Lunatics | Finland
director Saila Kivelä | producer Ida Karoskoski | production company Wacky Tie Films
“Lunatics” is a story about humanity driven mad by the Moon – men by its conquest, women by the rhythm of its monthly cycle.

Meet Me at the Graveyard | Latvia
director Elza Gauja | producer Uģis Riekstiņš | production company Picture House
A yearly Latvian tradition turns the graveyard into a place of laughter, tears, and reunions, as a community celebrates life while confronting the inevitability of death.

Information: https://dokforums.gov.lv/industry/

Lai apmeklētu vairākus Baltic Sea Docs seansus Kino "Splendid Palace" par īpašu cenu, skatītāji var iegādāties biļešu komplektu, kas ļaus skatīties filmas, apmainot komplekta kodu pret biļetēm uz izvēlētajiem seansiem. Skolēni, studenti un pensionāri seansus varēs apmeklēt bez maksas (šīs biļetes pieejamas ierobežotā skaitā un jāizņem kinoteātra kasē).
BIĻEŠU KOMPLEKTS: https://www.splendidpalace.lv/lv/splendid-garden-kino/dokumentalo-filmu-foruma-tris-bilesu-komplekts

Dokumentālo filmu forums Baltic Sea Docs piedāvās divpadsmit filmas un tikšanos ar filmu veidotājiem — Diena No 8. līdz 13. septembrim norisināsies 30. Dokumentālo filmu forums _Baltic Sea Docs_, piedāvājot divpadsmit starptautiski novērtētas dokumentālās filmas un tik...