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Film scholar and film critic
Country of origin
Latvia

Anita Uzulniece studied German language and literature at the State University of Latvia and film at the Film Institute in Moscow. Additional studies enabled her to write a dissertation on the documentary film 1960-80 in Latvia. She is co-author of "Film History in Latvia" and "Marija Leiko (1989). She is Assistant Professor at RISEBA (Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration) and organizes in Riga every year the film forum "And the World Became Film". As a film critic, she writes about films and publishes reviews and festival reports. In 2020 and 2022, a collection of her articles was published in two volumes under the title “Mans kino (un) laiks” (My Films and My Time). Member of INTERFILM and FIPRESCI.

Current issues

At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
The documentary film “The Beauty of the Donkey” by Dea Gjinovci won the Prix Célestine, awarded by an ecumenical Interfilm jury, at the 2026 Zurich Human Rights Film Festival.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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