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VFS Films

Riga, Latvia(approximate location)

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

From their site

Images from VFS Films’s own website.

Who works there

  • Lielais Kristapsfor the Best director, Best DOP and Best ani

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeDistributor · Film · Documentary · Television
Founded1997company website
LocationRiga, Latvia
Websitevfs.lv
Emailvfs@vfs.lv
Social
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Phone+371 67503588
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

6 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

25 wins from 66 nominations across all awards

Box office
$141,660

Combined US gross, 1 of 93 titles

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Highest rated
The Jump
2020
8.3973 votes
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Lowest rated
Victor
2009
5.1260 votes
Mostly
documentary, short, drama
Active
2004–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Best known for
The End

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 30 of 93 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
45 seasons

2012–2018

Networks
  • ARTE1

Across 1 series matched to TMDB, 39 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningFood Markets: In the Belly of the City · 5 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 94

89 films · 4 TV titles

Titles per year93 titles · busiest 2024 with 7

93 titles across 26 years, averaging 3.6 a year. The last five years average 5.2 a year, above their long-run rate.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Ugis Olte3
  • Morten Traavik2
  • Audrius Stonys2
  • Viktors Buda2
Writers
  • Morten Traavik2
  • Ugis Olte2
  • Audrius Stonys2
  • Viktors Buda2
  • Givi Odisharia2
Genres
  • Documentary18 of 29
  • Short8 of 29
  • Drama5 of 29
  • Music3 of 29
  • History3 of 29

Names appearing on two or more of VFS Films’s produced titles, across the 29 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside VFS Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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