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Journalist
Country of origin
Latvia

Arnis Šablovskis is a journalist and publisher. After graduating from the Latvian State University (1988), he worked for the Latvian press and Latvian public television. After two years of study at the Riga Theological Seminary (1991-1992), he worked for the Latvian Catholic newspaper. In the following years he wrote books about the history of Latvian villages as well as portrait books about Latvian Christians. As a manager he organised photo and art exhibitions as well as seminars on spiritual life in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. The INTERFILM jury at the Nordic Film Days 2023 is his first participation in the jury of a film festival.

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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