Short Film Competition | RIGA IFF
RIGA IFF 2024
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Short Films and Experimental Cinema

It is impossible to find and comprehend all the trends, narrative features, and stylistic subtleties of the Latvian short film scene from these five works, which are nuanced fragments of their creators’ worlds, offering various delights and moods. But that is not the aim of this competition, rather, it wants to pull you into the stories made right here, next to you. There is Can’t Help Myself, a scorching and introspective dance of thoughts and words; 81 Meters, an account of the pandemic that rewrites more than 120 years of the history of screens as a destination; then there is Bonds of Time that with its bold filmmaking finds flashes and rhythms of intimate observation; Paperhead, a short film that through human and camera movement reveals the self-reproach that is born in our minds; and finally Where is the Key? that addresses the continuation of our existential condition, our search for a way out, for peace, or for a satiation of our longing. These films draw an exciting map of possibilities with honest feelings and precious skills – longing, nostalgia, hope, imagination, and inventiveness.
The RIGA IFF International Short Film Competition seeks to highlight new auteur films of various genres and techniques from all over the world. RIGA IFF is one of the 27 festivals that nominates a short film as a candidate for the European Film Awards. The curator and the selection committee evaluate submissions, look for individual works at other film festivals, film and art schools, and reach out to independent short filmmakers. There are as many films as there are opinions, and as many creators as there are stories. The only things the selected films have in common is a maximum running time of 30 minutes and a strong personality. Audience members are guaranteed to find reasons to quarrel, laugh, or even shed a tear or two – often together with the filmmakers themselves!

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