Director
Signe Birkova
Latvia
Signe Birkova (1973) is a Latvian filmmaker from Riga, who first studied philosophy and journalism, and later received her master’s degree from the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. She has directed short, experimental, and documentary films, including works utilizing analogue technology and animation, as well as produced TV programs. Signe Birkova’s short film “Upon Return I’ll Be a Flaming Rose”, for which she also wrote the script, received a special FIPRESCI award in 2014. Notable among her works are the short sci-fi film “He Was Called Chaos Berzins”, which premiered in 2019 at both the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and PÖFF, as well as the documentary “The Ring of Fire” (2021), which tells the story of the Riga Circus.
Often works with
Baiba Broka
2 titles together
Lotus, I Find Myself in You
Mārtiņš Kalita
2 titles together
Lotus, I Find Myself in You
Rēzija Kalniņa
2 titles together
Lotus, I Shall Return as a Flaming Rose
Iveta Pole
2 titles together
Lotus, Touch of Dzenis
Āris Matesovičs
2 titles together
Lotus, The Ring of Fire
Klāvs Mellis
2 titles together
The Ring of Fire, Slush
