Selected Writing (for Kino Raksti, Latvia's leading film portal — articles in Latvian)
2026 — Some Cinematic Moments at the Venice Biennale
On Florentina Holzinger's performance "Seaworld Venice" at the Austrian Pavilion, read as a piece of live cinema in its own right.
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2026 — ArtDocFest / Riga 2026: (Un)love and Renewal
A festival preview covering standout documentaries, including Viktor Kossakovsky's "Trillion" and Mstyslav Chernov's "2000 Meters to Andriivka."
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2026 — "The Voice of Hind Rajab." A Livestreamed Killing and a Filmmaker's Naivety
A review of Kaouther Ben Hania's harrowing dramatization of a real livestreamed killing in Gaza.
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2025 — "Baltic Sea Docs." Coexistence, My Ass!
On this year's Baltic Sea Docs forum and the films that captured its mood of forced coexistence and conflict.
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2025 — Riga World Film Festival: On Two of Twenty-Seven
A closer look at two standout festival picks — "I'm Not Everything I Want to Be" and "Love Is Not an Orange."
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2025 — "The Seed of the Sacred Fig." A Family Drama of Global Significance
A review of Mohammad Rasoulof's Iranian drama, shot in secret and remotely directed from exile.
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2024 — "Four Daughters," Ben Hania and the Wolves
A review of Kaouther Ben Hania's Oscar-nominated hybrid documentary about a Tunisian mother and her four daughters.
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