Allfilm

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

Still catching up with the good news from Cannes: Red Snow, our latest co-production in the making, Ilja Rautsi's debut feature film, was presented at Cannes as part of the Next from the Nordics showcase, and was subsequently sold to Spain via our world sales partner, Charades!

Red Snow is produced by Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff for Bufo (Finland), co-produced by Ivo Felt with us at Allfilm as well as by Peter Krupenin for Hobab (Sweden).

Thank you Variety for the interview and the golden quotes! Our favourite is: “I was thinking about Christmas and the pain of it all, this forced togetherness, and then suddenly I went: ‘What if Santa was a vampire?’ It just clicked. You invite him in, just like a vampire, and then he can eat your entire family,”

Upcoming vampire Santa Claus pic ‘Red Snow,’ directed by Finnish filmmaker Ilja Rautsi, has sold to Spain for Charades following Cannes showcase

22/05/2026

ELAGU! Yesterday, on the 21st of May, our co-production, Ulya, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Festival de Cannes. At the end of the screening, the audience rose to their feet to give the film several minutes of standing ovation.

Congratulations to everyone involved: the film is directed by Viesturs Kairišs; the screenwriters are Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Livia Ulman, and Andris Feldmanis; the director of photography is Wojciech Staroń; the production designer is Ieva Jurjāne; the costume designer is Rūta Lečaitė; the make-up designer is Liisi Põllumaa; the editor is Armands Začs; and the sound designer is Siim Skepast.

The film’s music was composed by Puuluup - Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson - and one of the producers is Pille Rünk.

EGO MEDIA Allfilm Staron FILM Tremora

Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute
Kino centrs Eesti Kultuurkapital

21/05/2026

Ulya's world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of Festival de Cannes is today! The film is about the true-life rise to fame of Uljana Semjonova, the seven-­foot Latvian woman who became an international basketball star and died in January this year.

The film is directed by Viesturs Kairišs and written by Kārlis Arnold Avots, Livia Ulman and Andris Feldmanis. Avots, a 2025 European Film Promotion Shooting Star, apart from co-writing the film, is a male actor playing the female lead of the film.

Ulya is the ninth feature for Latvia’s Kairišs, whose previous works have often depicted Latvian and Soviet history, and include 2022 Tribeca entry January.

Enjoy the trailer, thank you Screen International




Production: EGO MEDIA
Co-Production: Allfilm Staron FILM Tremora
Supported by: Latvian National Cinema Center, Estonian Film Institute, Eesti Kultuurkapital, Polish Film Institute, Lithuanian Cinema Center and many other partners.

World Sales: B-Rated International

Film is about the true-life rise to fame of Uljana Semjonova, the seven-­foot Latvian woman who became an international basketball star.

18/05/2026

The 34th Raindance Film Festival has unveiled its complete program with Mängufilm "Fränk". We're so excited to have our UK premiere on the 23rd of June!

The 34th Raindance Film Festival reveals 85 features, a new best horror prize and a jury including Jacob Anderson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

17/05/2026

Our co-production, Ulya, is featured in the latest edition of Baltic Film Magazine (pp. 22-27). Enjoy the read!

https://issuu.com/blacknightsfilmfestival/docs/baltic_film_magazine_02_2026

EGO MEDIA Staron FILM Tremora

Published by the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Baltic Film Magazine presents a focused overview of cinema from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for international industry readers. The Cannes 2026 e

13/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE! Ulya, our co-production was selected to the Un Certain Regard programme of Festival de Cannes and will have its world premiere on the 21st of May at 11:00am in Théâtre Claude Debussy. The film is directed by Viesturs Kairišs and written by Kārlis Arnold Avots, Livia Ulman and Andris Feldmanis.

Set in Soviet Latvia in the 1960s, the story follows a teenage girl whose extraordinary height sets her apart from those around her. As she is drawn into the world of competitive basketball, she is confronted with questions of identity, belonging, and the search for her own place in the world.

We’re so glad that after more than four years of developing the film we can finally present it to the audience! Congratulations to the cast & crew and everyone involved!

Production: EGO MEDIA
Co-Production: Allfilm Staron FILM
Supported by: Latvian National Cinema Center, Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute, Eesti Kultuurkapital, Polish Film Institute, Lithuanian Cinema Center and many other partners.

World Sales: B-Rated International

Special thanks to our lovely Estonian team:

Co-Producer: Pille Rünk
Writers: Livia Ulman & Andris Feldmanis
Composer: Puuluup (Ramo Teder & Marko Veisson)
Sound Designer: Siim Skepast
Make-Up Designer: Liisi Põllumaa

12/05/2026

Göteborg Film Festival’s Nostradamus Report for the upcoming year will be revealed in Cannes. While we wait, let’s reminisce about our time as part of their industry platform, Nordic Film Market | TV Drama Vision promoting Estonia’s upgraded rebate programme.

Göteborg Film Festival Industry


Photos: Jenny Duan

09/05/2026

Ulya's team arrives to Cannes soon. Until then, from The Northern Voices:

"Its selection for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard programme is not only a Latvian cinema milestone; it is a reminder that Baltic stories are increasingly capable of travelling beyond regional borders without flattening their specificity."

When a Baltic film reaches Cannes, the temptation is to treat it as a prestige headline: a red carpet, a laurel, a brief burst of national pride. But Ulya deserves more than that. Its selection for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard programme is not only a Latvian cinema milestone; ...

08/05/2026

EFTA võitja “Emalõvi” teleesilinastus emadepäeva eel 9. mail, vahetult pärast “Aktuaalset kaamerat”.

Filmi režissöör on Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo, peaosades Katariina Unt ja Teele Piibemann.

Film räägib ema ja tütre vahelistest keerulistest suhetest.
“Emalõvi” on edukalt esinenud paljudel maailma festivalidel ja võitnud EFTA parima mängufilmi auhinna.

Vaadake 9. mail kl 21:35 ETV-s.

Head emadepäeva!