Rolands Kalniņš
Rolands Kalniņš (9 May 1922 – 17 May 2022) was a Latvian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Rolands Kalniņš was born on 9 May 1922 in Vecslabada, Istra Parish, Latvia to a post worker family. From 1937 to 1940, he studied at the Riga State Gymnasium No.1. Following World War II, he started working as a director at the Riga Film Studio, instantly from an assistant director to a second director. His films ''I Remember Everything, Richard'' and ''Four White Shirts'' were pulled from cinemas as they were declared undesirable. He won Best Screenplay Award at the Chișinău Film Festival (1967) for his film ''I Remember Everything, Richard''. In 1980, his film ''Saruna ar karalieni'' received the Lielais Kristaps, Latvian National Film Festival Prize for best documentary, and in 2005 he received an Award for Life Contribution. In 1991, he produced ''Cilvēka bērns''. He centenarian, turned 100 on 9 May 2022, and died on 17 May. See also *''I Remember Ever ...
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Lielais Kristaps
The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 and held biannually from 2001 to 2009 with no festival in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Since 2014 it was held every year again. Past winners Best Film Categories Acting Categories References Film festivals in Latvia Recurring events established in 1977 Film festivals in the Soviet Union Latvian awards 1977 establishments in Latvia {{National Cinema Awards ...
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