Ivars Seleckis
Directing · Born 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.
Titles
Crossroad Street
Short Tutorial on Loving
To Be Continued
The Coast
Motorcycle Summer
New Times at Crossroad Street
Primadonna on Rollerskates
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
The Woman Who is Awaited?
Horse Play
In the Shadow of a Sword
A Catch
The Girls of Valmiera
Frescoes of Kuldīga
Zolitūde
Sieviete starp diviem romāniem
The Land
To Be Continued. Teenhood
Mirror of Thirst
In the Shade of the Oak Tree
Maestro bez frakas
Amber Latvian - 87
My Riga
Your Payday
Over the Roads, Over the River
The Send-Off
Year in Review
Latvia from a bird's eye view