
Known for
Directing
Born
January 30, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Riga, Latvia
Viestur Kairish (born 30 January 1971) is a Latvian film, opera, and theatre director whose work has been recognized at festivals across Europe. He trained as a theatre and film director at the Latvian Academy of Culture, graduating in 1997.
Kairish began his filmmaking career with the documentary The Train in 1998. His feature debut, Leaving by the Way (2002), earned Latvia's National Film Award for Best Feature, competed at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and won the Best Debut prize at London's Raindance Film Festival, along with a FIPRESCI Award for Best Baltic Film. He went on to direct the historical drama Chronicles of Melanie (2015), a Latvian-Finnish co-production, a...
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2020
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2018
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2014
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2014
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2009
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2007
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2004
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2004
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1997
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