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Baltic Sea Docs 2026

The leading Baltic documentary co-production forum — 150+ professionals connecting Eastern and Central Europe with the Baltics every September in Riga.

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Applications for the 2026 pitching forum are open until 6 May.

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The strongest documentaries of the year, in Riga and across Latvia.

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Films 2026

Opening night in Riga

The festival opens 6 September at Splendid Palace with a Baltic premiere and a conversation with the director.

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The Baltic hub for documentary co-production

About us

Since 1997 Baltic Sea Docs has brought filmmakers, producers and commissioning editors together around feature-length creative documentaries from and about the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Baltic Sea Docs — 6–11 September 2026 — Riga, Latvia • Film programme 8-13 September

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Decision Makers & Industry Guests

Each year BSD gathers commissioning editors, funds and distributors from across Europe.

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Meet the 2026 tutors

Four days of one-on-one sessions with some of the most experienced documentary professionals in Europe, ahead of the public pitch.

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Programme

Screenings this week

The year’s strongest documentaries on the big screen in Riga and across Latvia.

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Films 2026

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9-Month Contract

Dir. Name Surname • 2025 • 90 min • Georgia, Bulgaria, Germany • 12+

Synopsis of 9-Month Contract — a feature-length creative documentary following its protagonists through a changing world.

Sunday 6 Sep 14:00 Tuesday 8 Sep 18:00 Sold out
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Diva

Dir. Name Surname • 2024 • 84 min • Poland, Ukraine, Netherlands, USA • 16+

Synopsis of Diva — a feature-length creative documentary following its protagonists through a changing world.

6–13 Sep filmas.lv Thursday 10 Sep 18:00 Saturday 12 Sep 22:30
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Fabulous Cow Ladies

Dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili • 2025 • 78 min • Finland • 7+

Three cows – Joy, Crumb and Sweetie – live in the forest; Sweetie is Joy’s granddaughter, and no one had any notion she was about to arrive until the moment Crumb gave birth to her right there in the field. Three women take care of three cows, and – three cows take care of three […]

6–17 Sep filmas.lv Monday 14 Sep 18:30 Wednesday 16 Sep 20:00
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My Dear Theo

Dir. Alisa Kovalenko • 2025 • 97 min • Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic • 7+

Synopsis of My Dear Theo — a feature-length creative documentary following its protagonists through a changing world.

Sunday 6 Sep 14:00 Wednesday 9 Sep 20:00 Friday 11 Sep 16:00 Cancelled
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Industry

Selected Projects 2026

Armenia, France

14,5 km Away From Our Dreams

director Lilit Mkhitaryan • producers Lilit Mkhitaryan, Ruzanna Ghazaryan • production company Hayadoc • co-production company Les Films d’Ici

Artur, his two friends, retired teacher and taxi driver all live in the Armenian-Turkish border village a mere 14.5 km from Mount Ararat currently belonging to Turkey. Boys share a common dream to climb the mountain. They all remain caught in anticipation of the decades-long closed border’s potential opening.

Estonia, Finland

Borderline

director Name Surname • producers Name Surname • production company Baltic Docs OÜ

A creative documentary project in development, pitched at BSD 2026.

Ukraine

Evening School

director Name Surname • producers Name Surname • production company Kyiv Films

A creative documentary project in development, pitched at BSD 2026.

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Tutors 2026

  • Marta Ozoliņa National Film Centre  • Latvia
  • Jonas Petraitis Lithuanian Film Centre  • Lithuania
  • Kadri Tamm Estonian Documentary Guild  • Estonia

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Pitch Training Workshop

6–9 September 2026, Riga

Selected teams spend four intensive days refining their projects with international tutors before presenting to decision makers at the public pitch.

  • 18–20 selected projects
  • individual meetings with financiers
  • a “Coming soon” session for films in post-production
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Contacts

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BALTIC SEA DOCS MANAGER

Zane Balčus

National Film Centre
FORUM COORDINATOR

Ilze Krastiņa

Industry programme
FILM PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

Toms Bergs

Film programme
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