25th Riga International Short Film Festival “2Annas“This year will take place from April 9 to 15, offering viewers online to watch 72 films from 28 countries around the world.
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Laima Graždanoviča, the director of the festival program, says that every year, when evaluating the films submitted to the competitions, one can observe specific tendencies in the choice of topics. For example, this year, attempts to reflect on centuries-old prejudices, traditions and historical traumas are relevant.
A total of 2,300 films from all over the world were submitted to the festival this year. The festival program will offer viewers 28 films in the international short film competition, 22 films in the Baltic short film competition, six films in the international medium-length film competition and 16 short films in the international children’s and youth short film competition.
The festival’s competition programs will feature works that have already been recognized and recognized, including the film “I’m Afraid to Forget Your Face” (dir. Sameh Alaa, Egypt, 2020), which won the “Golden Palm Branch” in 2020 at the Cannes Film Festival. New and experimental films, such as the video-art film Ophelia (dir. Meike Redeker, Germany, 2020), which examines the role of language, image and social roles in systematic discrimination against women in the past and today, will also be screened. The Baltic short film competition will feature the premiere of the young Latvian director Beata Olekte’s comedy drama “Empty Room Far Away” (2020), while the International Children’s and Youth Short Film Competition will screen for the first time the film “Mask” (dir. Saba Ghasemi, Iran, 2020). the difficulties are shown from the point of view of a young girl.
This year’s jury will include outstanding representatives of the industry – Stefan Dobler, Managing Director of the Winterthur International Short Film Festival (Switzerland), Pers Fikse, Director of the Minimalen Short Film Festival (Norway), Art Shot Film Studio and Agne Adomene, Founder of the Lithuanian Animation Association director and screenwriter Laila Pakalniņa (Latvia). As Laila Pakalniņa’s film “The First Bridge” (2020) also participates in the Baltic Short Film Competition, she will be replaced by film critic and cultural journalist Dārta Ceriņa (Latvia). The international children’s and youth short film competition will be judged by a jury of children and youth, which will be made up of the audience of the competition’s films.
This year, the winner of the Baltic Short Film Competition will be presented with a special prize – rental of filming equipment or the opportunity to post-process films worth 2,000 euros. The prize is provided by BBRental and BBPostHouse.
The festival “2Annas” will take place online this year, and films will be available for free to watch at the festival Homepage. You can already get acquainted with the full list of competition films.
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