{"id":10306,"date":"2019-06-14T07:00:03","type":"post","title":"Acclaimed Latvian animation ‘Away’ at the RIGA IFF Opening Night (Tickets on sale!)","categories":[3],"categories_full":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Zi\u0146as","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":281,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","i18n_config":{"name":{"ts":{"lv":"Zi\u0146as"}}},"cat_ID":3,"category_count":281,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Zi\u0146as","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"categories_slugs":"news","tags":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Web-News-1080p.jpg","featured_image_id":10307,"eng_img":false,"lv_img":false,"vertical":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Web-News-1080p.jpg","horizontal":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Web-News-1080p.jpg","filmchief_id":null,"photos":null,"fch_imported_date":null,"fch_imported_time":null,"buy_or_apply":null,"url":null,"content":"

We are delighted to announce that the opening film of the RIGA IFF on October 17 will be ‘Away’ \u2013 feature debut of the gifted young Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis. This film is currently being praised by audiences and critics alike at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The artist and director attracts attention as a one-man band: everything \u2013 screenplay, animation of the characters and backgrounds, editing, composing, sound design, and production \u2013 was done solely by him over three and a half years. Find more about \u2018Away\u2019 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n \n

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The Opening Night of the festival will be special as an exclusive opportunity to participate at the National premiere of \u2018Away\u2019, to meet its author and the RIGA IFF’s representatives, as well as to enjoy the festive atmosphere of this event. There is a limited amount of tickets available already!<\/p>\n

The soundtrack by Gints Zilbalodis is available on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Music<\/a> iTunes<\/a>, Google Play Music<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reminder: head over to our tickets<\/a>\u00a0section to find out what other titles are already on sale for\u00a0RIGA IFF 2019!<\/p>\n

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