The next Nordic Film Days will be held in Riga from the 16th to 23th october 2009. The program will comprise the most recent and interesting cinematic productions from Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The Festival will offer criticism of social issues, intelligent quests for mutual understanding and the sharp humour - all in that special Nordic manner that is so warmly welcomed and understood by the audience here in Latvia.

The Nordic Film Days has become a nice tradition since the beginning of nineties. The films are being evaluted not only by a special jury but by the audience as well.

Riga International Film festival Arsenals is being organized biennially in September. It offers different sections: International Film Competition (author cinema features, docs, animations), Baltic Film Competition (all genres` films from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), World Panorama and special thematic programmes and retrospectives.The main prize of the International Film Competition is 10 000 USD.