Ivars Seleckis
Directing
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 Seleckisā filmography belongs to the canon of Latvian film history, including his Crossroad Street (1988), winner of three of the worldās most prestigious documentary awards. Now in his eighties, Seleckis is still busy making new films ā despite having received the Lifetime Contribution Award of Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival as he was marking his 80th birthday.
Behind the camera
2024To Be Continued. Teenhood
Director & Writer
2022The Land
Director
2018To Be Continued
Director
2014Over the Roads, Over the River
Director
2013Capitalism at Crossroad Street
Director
2007In the Shade of the Oak Tree
Director
1999New Times at Crossroad Street
Director
1988Crossroad Street
Director
1985Maestro bez frakas
Director
1985Latvia from a bird's eye view
Director
1984Sieviete starp diviem romÄniem
Director
1978The Woman Who is Awaited?
Director
1976Mirror of Thirst
Director
1970The Girls of Valmiera
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