Artdocfest returns
From 28 February to 8 March 2026, Riga becomes a meeting point for the most fearless voices in contemporary documentary cinema as the 6th International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest/Riga returns. This is not just a film festival — it’s a living platform for dialogue, reflection, and resistance, bringing together filmmakers, journalists, artists, and audiences for screenings, discussions, symposiums, and encounters with the people behind the stories.
At Power-Up SPACE Riga, Artdocfest presents Real Talk — the festival’s out-of-competition program featuring 11 powerful documentaries from across Europe and the USA. These films look straight into the fault lines of our time: war and exile, propaganda and protest, family and ideology, identity and freedom. Raw, intimate, and uncompromising, Real Talk is cinema that refuses to stay silent.
Join us for film screenings & talks
We look forward to welcoming you at Power-Up SPACE — a creative environment where films spark conversations, and conversations turn into connections. It’s a place where stories don’t just end with the credits, but continue in dialogue with the audience.
Check out the screening schedule and sign up to secure your place at the screenings via the forms below. Entry is free, but seating is limited and demand is high, so registration is required to guarantee access. Join us and be part of the conversation while spots are still available.
Real Talk
Across deeply personal stories and sweeping political realities, the program explores life under authoritarian regimes, the impact of war on families and friendships, acts of artistic resistance, and the courage it takes to speak out when silence feels safer. From remote islands frozen in time to newsrooms labeled “foreign agents,” from refugee camps and exile to drag stages turned into acts of defiance—these films document not only history in the making, but the human cost behind it.
Real Talk is an invitation to watch, listen, and engage. To witness stories that challenge comfort zones, and to be part of a festival that believes documentary cinema can still change how we see the world.
Screening schedule
Please register for the sessions you would like to attend below. Attendance is completely free.
Seats are limited. All sessions start at 13:00. All films will be subtitled in English.
