Uldis Cekulis | Producer | VFS Films | Latvia

In 2007 Uldis Cekulis was named among seven filmmakers, selected for their creativity, innovation and personal vision in the world of documentary-making, to receive the International Trailblazer award at MIPDOC in Cannes.

He has worked on almost 50 creative documentaries and author-driven prime-time TV docu-series both as a producer and sometimes as a cameraman. His Lithuanian-Latvian-French coproduction The Jump by Giedre Zickyte received the Best Documentary award at the 36th Warsaw FF and his Italian-Latvian coproduction and The Rossellinis by Alessandro Rossellini have premiered at the 77th Venice IFF.

Besides being a member of the European Film Academy his other activities include tutoring at documentary workshops in Europe, Caucasus and Asia.

VFS Films

VFS FILMS is a Latvian production company established in 1997 and best known for its human-interest documentaries, shorts, animation and author-driven television docu-series.

Most of our films have travelled around the world and many have received prestigious awards, such as Shanghai IFF Golden Goblet (Bridges of Time by Audrius Stonys and Kristine Briede), Karlovy Vary IFF Crystal Globe (Immortal by Ksenia Okhapkina), two Best Documentary awards at Warsaw FF (Wonderful Losers by Arunas Matelis and The Jump by Giedre Zickyte), IDFA Special Jury prize (Ukrainian Sheriffs by Roman Bondarchuk), European Film Academy nomination (Dream Land by Laila Pakalnina) and many others.

Our Italian-Latvian coproduction The Rossellinis” by Alessandro Rossellini has premiered at the 77th Venice IFF. In 2021 we debuted at Black Nights IFF with our first feature Upurga by Ugis Olte.

Website:https://vfs.lv