Short-length film festival FUTURE SHORTS takes place on June 29th at 10pm at Kalnciema Kvartāls in Riga and presents the summer program`s best international films of this season. Within festival the audience have a chance to watch the best six festival films from participants and winners of the biggest international film festivals from around the world. – among them are USA, UK, France, Sweden, Croatia and Spain.
Every season we put together a 90-minute programme of award-winning international short film, handpicked from festivals around the world. For the last years we have worked across exhibitions, art and experiential events, open air festivals, reacting to the demand for other ways to experience film and unite with the audiences. Since 2014 we have started to establish film community in Latvia, noticing that a true storytelling matters and short is brilliant media form for that reason.
Traditionally voting process for the best films of this season takes place immediately after screening and via festival`s social networks. You can become a member of the worldwide short film community ever. This screening is organised by creative film agency "CREA Promotion" in cooperation with KinoLaiks in Riga.
Future Shorts summer season`s program:
1) PICTURE WORLD/ Dir. Elin Overgaard/ Drama/Sweden/ 13 min/ 2017
2) EVERYTHING LIVES: Looking at the artist as father/ Dir. Huw Wahi/Exper. Documentary/UK/ 24 min/ 2016
3) JUST SWIMMING/ Dir. Darko Vidackovic/ Animation/ Croatia/10 min/2017
4) FLIGHT/ Dir. Laura Wahda/ Documentary/ UK/ 10 min/2017
5) YOU WILL BE FINE/ Dir. Cecile Devaux/ Animation / France/ 15 min/2017
6) THE DISINHERITED/ Dir. Cecile Devaux/ Animation / Spain/ 18 min/2017
***Program of the festival is being demonstrated in original language with ENG subtitles.
In 21st century short-length films became actually highly sought-after genre, infatuting spectator with its metaphoricalness and shortness of statetement, resembling genre of literature novelette. The organizers of Future Shorts have already collected the best short-lenght films for us from the largest international festivals.
Actual event is an alternative to the traditional model of film festivals. The aim of Future Shorts is creation of live, spectators uniting atmosphere. "The festival is a unity of viewers, filmmakers and different genres. With each new screening we are trying to preserve cinema traditions - watching films together and on a big screen" – is saying Olga Melnikova, organiser of the film festival in Latvia and documentary film maker.