Announcement

May 30, 2024

Mark your calendars for LBFF 2024!

The fourth edition of the London Baltic Film Festival will take place from 28 November to 1 December 2024 at Rich Mix London.

In cinemas

May 15, 2024

Slow is coming to UK cinemas on 24 May

Slow, by Marija Kavtaradze, is coming to UK cinemas on 24 May.

Special event

January 10, 2024

ASTRA special screening and Q&A with director Liene Laviņa

Announcing our first special event outside of the festival scope & programme - ASTRA, screening on 27 January at Rich Mix London.

LBFF

December 8, 2023

That's a wrap!

Six powerful & beautiful films. Sold out shows. Insightful Q&A discussions. Baltic food, drinks, and music. What a weekend! Thank you! Have a wonderful festive season and see you in 2024.

Opening

November 30, 2023

Emma O'Kelly will support and participate at the festival’s opening reception

Emma O'Kelly and British Sauna Society will support and participate at the festival’s opening event & Smoke Sauna Sisterhood screening.

Q&A

November 24, 2023

Film crew representative and Q&A panelist for Soviet Milk confirmed

Loreta Līva Lazdiņa, assistant director, will be attending the festival and discussing the making of the fabulous & punchy Soviet Milk.

Q&A

November 21, 2023

Director Giedrius Tamoševičius will be attending the Festival for The Poet

We’re delighted to confirm director Giedrius Tamoševičius will be attending the Festival for his film The Poet.

Q&A

November 20, 2023

Poducers of January, Inese Boka-Grūbe and Gints Grūbe, will be attending the LBFF

We’re thrilled to announce the filmmakers of January will be attending the festival and will be taking part in the Q&A right after the screening on 2nd December.

Q&A

November 10, 2023

Anna Hints to open the LBFF with Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and Q&A

Anna Hints, the director of the acclaimed Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, will be attending the LBFF opening event and the Q&A.

Awards

November 7, 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood nominated for best European Documentary

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood picks up another prestigious awards nomination.

Programme

October 30, 2023

The historical context of The Poet

The Poet tells the true and unique story of the betrayal of the Lithuanian partisans.

Tickets

October 18, 2023

Tickets on sale now!

Tickets are on sale at the cinema box office and online at www.ealingproject.co.uk

Programme

October 16, 2023

The historical context of January

January depicts events that took place in January 1991 during the non-violent resistance movement of the Baltic States in their struggle for the restoration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Programme

October 11, 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood to open the London Baltic Film Festival

The London Baltic Film Festival will kick off on 1st of December with Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints.

Q&A

October 4, 2023

Lights...Camera…Q&A!

We’ll be bringing all festival-goers a unique opportunity to dive deeper into Baltic cinema with our exclusive Q&A sessions which will follow each of the six film screenings.

Programme

September 30, 2023

The Poet, from Lithuania, will screen at the London Baltic Film Festival

A talented poet is recruited by the NKVD to establish contact with the partisans. In return, he was promised a return to the elite of Soviet writers.

Programme

September 29, 2023

Announcing Soviet Milk as the second LBFF film from Latvia

Based on a true story and the global bestseller by Nora Ikstena, a female-led drama about resilience and sacrifice set against the backdrop of Soviet-occupied Latvia.

Programme

September 27, 2023

Kalev added to the LBFF programme

Inspired by a true story, Kalev is a sports biopic about the Estonian elite basketball team Kalev during the summer of 1990.

Programme

September 26, 2023

Sundance winner Slow confirmed for the LBFF

Winner of the Directing Award at Sundance 2023 and Lithuania's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards®, Slow follows a relationship story of two 30-year-olds.

Programme

September 22, 2023

January to screen at London Baltic Film Festival

January, a coming-of-age story of an aspiring filmmaker against the backdrop of Latvia's peaceful fight to regain its independence, will screen at the LBFF.

Programme

September 19, 2023

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood selected for LBFF

In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets... Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is the first of two selected films from Estonia.

Announcement

September 12, 2023

Introducing the London Baltic Film Festival

A showcase of the latest feature films from Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, returns this December and takes place at Ealing Project.