Ivars Seleckis

Known for DirectingBorn 1934-09-22 (age 91)

Latvian documentary filmmaker Ivars Seleckis (1934) is one of the founders of the legendary Riga school of poetic documentary film. Seleckis started his career in film in 1958 as assistant cameraman at the Riga Film Studio. In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Film Institute as a professional cinematographer and made his debut as a documentary director in 1968. A large part of Ivars Seleckis’ filmography belongs to the canon of Latvian film history, including his Crossroad Street (1988), winner of three of the world’s most prestigious documentary awards. Now in his eighties, Seleckis is still busy making new films ‒ despite having received the Lifetime Contribution Award of Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival as he was marking his 80th birthday.Read more

Movies & web series

Primadonna on Rollerskates

Frescoes of Kuldīga

To Be Continued

Capitalism at Crossroad Street

The Woman Who is Awaited?

New Times at Crossroad Street

The Girls of Valmiera

A Catch

The Coast

Bridges of Time

Crossroad Street

Horse Play

Short Tutorial on Loving

In the Shadow of a Sword

Motorcycle Summer

To Be Continued. Teenhood

The Land

Cinema Day

Over the Roads, Over the River

In the Shade of the Oak Tree

Comeback

Nāc lejā, bālais mēnes!

Eduard Shevernadze. From Past To Future

Zolitūde

Message to Man

Amber Latvian - 87

Maestro bez frakas

Latvia from a bird's eye view

Sieviete starp diviem romāniem

Wanted: A Man

Mirror of Thirst

Apcirkņi

Your Payday

Sports Review, N. 3

Year in Review

The Send-Off

My Riga

Together Again