The Director of the International Tourism Film Festival “Tourfilm  Riga”,

held from 2008 to 2021 in Riga, Latvia

 

A graduate of the Latvian University, has worked at the  Latvian

Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a  Business Promotion Manager,

later has joined the Riga City Council as the  Director of the

Riga Tourism Coordination and Information Centre, (for 7 years

the Centre was responsible for the tourism development  in the city of

Riga), followed by 11 years at the Foreign Affairs Office of the Riga

City Council.

In 2008 started to organize the first International Tourism Film Festival

“Tourfilm Riga” supported by the Riga City Council.

In 2021 was the Festival’s 14th edition.

 

In previous years the Jury member of the following festivals: “Deauville

Green Awards”, “Zagreb Tourfilm Festival”,

“ART & TUR – International Tourism Film Festival”, “Tourfilm  Karlovy Vary”, in 2019  the Jury member of “Terres Travel Festival – Films and Creativity”, “ART & TUR – International Tourism Film Festival” and ITFF Africa, in 2020 the Jury member of “Terres Travel Festival – Films and Creativity”, “ART & TUR – International Tourism Film Festival”, in 2021 the Jury member of International Tourism Film Festival in Cappadocia , Turkey and “Terres Travel Festival – Films and Creativity”, Spain.