Berlinale 2020: Latvian Film in Berlin
Use the unique chance to catch the No 1 Latvian box office in the last 30 years – Blizzard Of Souls (2019) by the young director Dzintars Dreibergs.
The feature is based on Aleksandrs Grins’ novel of the same title, script was adapted by Boris Frumin, the associate professor of NYU TISCH. What starts as a naive love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs, gets suddenly interrupted by the outbreak of WWI and turns into epic fight for freedom.
Score was composed by the ten-time Emm
Lolita Ritmanis Wins Golden Microphone Award for Blizzard of Souls
In a ceremony held at the Dailes Theatre, in Riga, Latvia Lolita Ritmanis won the award for Best Instrumental or Inter-Genre Music Album (performed by the State Academic Choir " Latvia“ under the leadership of Māris Sirmas, and a dedicated film orchestra conducted by Ritmanis. Album produced by Lolita Ritmanis and Mark Mattson.
Groundbreaking Women Warriors: The Voices of Change Concert Soundtrack to be Recorded in Riga
Groundbreaking Women Warriors: The Voices of Change Concert Soundtrack to be Recorded in Riga Conductor and producer Amy Andersson and composer Lolita Ritmanis team up with local orchestras February X, 2020, Riga, Latvia - World renowned conductor Amy Andersson and composer Lolita Ritmanis land in Riga five months after the triumphant debut of Women Warriors: The Voices of Change to record the soundtrack for global distribution. Presented by Andersson’s Orchestra Moderne NYC
