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Līga Požarska

About the author

Līga writes about short films for Talking Shorts and occassionally about feature films for Latvian media outlets. She moderates Q&As and does various translation-related tasks. She is also a member of the Short Riga preselection committee – Riga International Film Festival's curated short film programme. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and a Master's Degree in Creative Industries and Cultural Management.

Films

  • Agrilogistics

    (United Kingdom, Spain 2022; Dir: Gerard Ortín Castellví)
  • All on a Mardi Gras Day

    (USA 2019; Dir: Michal Pietrzyk)
  • Ayaan

    (Australia 2020; Dir: Alies Sluiter)
  • Dummy

    (Lithuania 2020; Dir: Laurynas Bareisa)
  • Eyes on the Road

    (The Netherlands 2019; Dir: Stefanie Kolk)
  • Nine Shots

    (Taiwan 2020; Dir: Che-Hsien Su)
  • Quarantine

    (United Kingdom 2018; Dir: Astrid Goldsmith)
  • Symbiosis

    (France 2019; Dir: Nadja Andrasev)
  • The Bite

    (Portugal 2019; Dir: Pedro Neves Marques)
  • The Criminals

    (France, Romania, Turkey 2020; Dir: Serhat Karaaslan)
  • Tracing Utopia

    (Portugal, USA 2021; Dir: Catarina de Sousa, Nick Tyson)
  • Tungrus

    (India 2018; Dir: Rishi Chandna)
  • Umbilical

    (Greece 2020; Dir: Elpida Stathatou)
  • White Eye

    (Israel 2019; Dir: Tomer Shushan)

Ayaan

You're welcome

review by Līga Požarska

She emerges from the sea, inhales quickly and shallowly as there is no time for deep breaths. With an infant in her arms, Ayaan is on the run — a fugitive. Under a programme titled DO THE RIGHT THING ‘ …

Fading Snow

Stuck in the Pinball Machine

review by Bo Alfaro Decreton

“ You know what, sometimes it seems to me we're living in a world that we fabricate for ourselves. We decide what's good and what isn't, we draw maps of meanings for ourselves... And then we spend o …

"Cinema is a language we all …

— Sameh Alaa

interview by Inge Coolsaet

Sameh Alaa is the first Egyptian director ever to be part of the Official Short Film Competition in Cannes. Now he also won the Palme d’Or. During the Namur Film Festival we got the chance to talk to t …

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