Other events in Baltic States

Yesterday the U.S. film studio "Hallmark Hall of Fame", in cooperation with the film production company Gillham Road Productions Inc. started shooting the feature film "Miss Irena's Children" in Riga, as LETA found out from the project's spokeswoman in Latvia, Ingrida Nagle.

Riga Old Town with its cobblestone streets and courtyards was chosen in the competition of eight cities as the most appropriate one for shooting the film about the events, which took place during World War II.

It is the first time that a U.S. film studio shoots a film in Latvia. Academy Award winner Anna Paquin will play the lead role – Irena Sendler – the young Polish woman, who rescued the lives of thousands of Jewish children during WWII.

In 2007 Irena Sendler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She died in May of this year, at the age of 98.