Description
The target audience is children and youth. At this moment in Latvia there is no dedicated film festival for that particular target group.The partnership with the experienced Kristiansand's festival (Norway) provides an opportunity to create exactly such a festival under the umbrella of Riga IFF. Kristiansand International Children's Film festival representatives will recommend and summarize a program of 8 Nordic films, which will be screened in Riga International Film festival. Norway Riga International Film festival will prepare a program, consisting of the same amount of mostly Latvian as well as Baltic films,specially targeted for youth and children audiences. Animation workshops for children will also take place in festival.Workshops' course, thematic focus as well as participation of leading professionals will be advised by the Project Partner. The project's objective is to provide an opportunity for children and youth in Norway as well as in Latvia to become acquainted with the worldviews of peers from other countries, get inspiration and advice from the films' characters,thus enriching their experience, perception of the world and knowledge about other cultures.The goal is to provide diversity of film repertoire,strengthening the traditions of children's film festivals. Moreover, the project aims to create an event for children and youth, where they can actively participate in the formation of the festival,taking part in children's juries and get acquainted with the fundamentals of filmmaking by participating in animation workshops, that will be organized within Riga IFF.
Summary of project results
The target audience of the project was children and youth. In Latvia was not dedicated film festival for that particular target group.The partnership with the experienced Kristiansand's festival (Norway) provided an opportunity to create exactly such a festival under the umbrella of Riga IFF. With the close cooperation with Kristiansand International Children's Film festival the film program of 8 Nordic films, which were screened in Riga International Film festival, was created. The project promoter and partner prepared a program, consisting of the same amount of mostly Latvian as well as Baltic films, specially targeted for youth and children audience which was screened in Kristiansand Film festival. An animation workshop for children also took place in festivals .Workshops’ courses, thematically focued on participation of leading professionals and was advised by the Project Partner. 2 children created animation films were created in workshops. The project’s events were attended by approximately 5010 visitors.The project's objective was to provide an opportunity for children and youth in Norway as well as in Latvia to become acquainted with the worldviews of peers from other countries, get inspiration and advice from the films' characters, thus enriching their experience, perception of the world and knowledge about other cultures. The project helped to provide diversity of film repertoire and to strengthening the traditions of children's film festivals. Moreover, the project aimed to create an event for children and youth, where they can actively participate in the formation of the festival and took a part in children's juries and get acquainted with the fundamentals of filmmaking by participating in animation workshops, that was organized within Riga IFF.
Summary of bilateral results
Kristiansand International Children's Film festival representatives recommended and summarized a program of 8 Nordic films,which were screened in Riga International Film festival. Alongside film screenings project partner was involved in organization of different workshops, seminars and other special events within the film festival. Project Partner designated films from its' program especially for Riga IFF and assisted in the choice of manager for the animation workshop as well as invited the film crewmembers. Project Partner presented in Riga IFF selected films to Latvian audience. Project’s partner’s team takes part in project administration. Film exchange and partnership between the two festivals stimulated the collaboration between Latvian and Norwegian film industry professionals. The project helped to discover a different culture in a positive way, broadening their views of the world–being well informed about the surrounding cultures is the milestone of tolerance. The festival’s Nordic films in unconstrained manner often address live problematic situations, important to not only children, but to society in general. Themes like social inequality, bullying,violence in family, intolerance towards minorities as well as problems of addiction are all found and explained comprehensibly for children in Nordic films. One of the most important gains of this project was popularizing Latvian cinema,expanding its recognition in the Nordic countries as well as attraction of a new audience and a promotion of an inter-cultural dialogue. The close collaboration of the project promoter and partner helped to achieve high quality in the project’s events.