The fourth International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest/Riga took place in Riga, Latvia from 1 to 8 March 2024. There were two programmes of competition at the festival – Baltic focus and Artdocfest Open.
In total, the jury evaluated 28 documentaries from the Baltic Focus and Artdocfest Open competition programs.
4 IDFF Artdocfest/Riga prizes were awarded to:
BALTIC FOCUS
Grand Prix — Once we were pitmen (Directors Christian Johannes Koch and Jonas Matauschek)
Best Director — Agnieszka Zwiefka (Vika!)
Special Prize — Gravediggers (Director Ivars Zviedris)
ARTDOCFEST OPEN
Grand Prix — In the Rearview (Director Maciek Hamela)
Best Director — Marianna Kaat (The Last Relic)
Special Prize — The Accidental President (Directors Mike Lerner and Martin Herring)
Jury Special Mention Award — The Dmitriev Affair (Director Jessika Gorter)
Jury Special Mention Award — The Last Summer (Director Vitaliy Akimov)
The 5th Festival will take place from 1 to 8 March 2025.
The Artdocfest programmes have been shown in Riga already since 2014, as for 5 years they were organised in collaboration with RIGA IFF as a part of the festival’s documentary section. The founder of the IDFF Artdocfest/Riga is a non-governmental association “Artdoc Fest & Media”. The partners of the festival are national and international institutions and foundations and media from around the world.
Within the framework of the festival a symposium – a creative meeting of documentary filmmakers and theoreticians was held with the aim to create a temporary, inspirational space of thought - transferring the knowledge, highlighting the tendencies and discussing the developments and significant trends in documentary. Every year a prominent guest – important in the World of Documentary is invited to take part in symposium.
Artdocfest Competition:
Grand Prize (Money prize)
Best Director (Money prize)
Special Jury (Money Prize)
Special mention
Baltic Focus:
Grand Prix HERZ (Money prize)
Special Jury Prize
Best Directing