Where the Sun Touches, 2025
Beate Birzniece
Meet the CreatorSweden-born Australian, now based full-time in Latvia, with native-level academic English proficiency and fluency in Latvian.
Videographer specialising in editing, social content and digital storytelling.
A dancer working across music, movement and visual media.
Media and Communications graduate and Dalyell Scholar at the University of Sydney.
Creator of the short documentary film ‘Where the Sun Touches’.
On-air presenter at Eastside Radio, creator of the flagship series ‘Bea on the Euro Sea’ and recipient of the FutureReady Internship Impact Award.
Winner of Internship Impact Award
University of Sydney’s FutureReady Employability and Innovation Showcase 2025
For my work at Eastside Radio (Radio show ‘Bea on the Euro Sea’)
“Beate can now be considered a valuable part of this station and community radio. She was often praised by other members of the station and her friendly manner will be missed by all.”
— Tony Smythe, Eastside Radio Managing Director
Let’s set sail on the European Sea of Melodies
This 4 week on-air radio show debuted on Eastside Radio, created entirely as a one-woman show. Bea on the Euro Sea is your compass to the coastal soundscapes of Europe, navigating through salty tales, musical gems and cultural treasures… one coastal town at a time. Tune in, drop anchor, and let the currents of sound carry you away!
Where the Sun Touches (2025)
A Short Documentary Film by Beate Birzniece
A poetic documentary tracing the vanishing memories of an elderly Latvian woman, whose life, shaped by love, war, deportation and resilience, unfolds as she wanders her home, garden and land, holding on to fragments of a past slipping away.