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08.04.2026
Baltic Circuit: Inside the Region’s Film Festivals
The presentation: "Baltic Circuit: Inside the Region’s Film Festivals", organized in collaboration with the Latvian Short Film Agency, will bring together the most significant short film festivals from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, offering filmmakers, producers, and students a closer look at the Baltic festival landscape.
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07.04.2026
Masterclass "Maksym Nakonechnyi: Film & Politics"
Maksym Nakonechnyi is a Ukrainian director, producer and screenwriter who has created both short fiction and feature films and documentaries that have received recognition at major international festivals. In the masterclass, the director will share his creative experience, focusing on the relationship between cinema and politics, as well as reflecting on working in wartime and socially complex conditions.
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06.04.2026
Lecture "Short Film Toolkit: Strategy, Visibility, Career"
The film industry is becoming increasingly homogeneous, and festival strategies, visual identities, and career paths are often measured against a single template. This lecture will offer practical tools for breaking out of these frameworks – from developing an effective festival strategy and preparing a logline to building a personal professional identity and pursuing a career outside the industry's mainstream.
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02.04.2026
Discussion "Are Short Film Festivals Still a Counterculture?
Historically, short film festivals have been platforms rooted in experimentation and free expression, where emerging creators could dare to think and speak differently. However, as the festival landscape becomes increasingly uniform and globalized, the question arises – can short film festivals still act as a counterforce to the "big players" and preserve their countercultural spirit?
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01.04.2026
The Right to Be Loud: Why Baltic Voices Are Exactly What the World Needs Now
The creative industry is hungry for fresh voices, authentic perspectives, and work that breaks formulas. But those voices often come from unexpected places – from regions the industry has been trained not to look at, from creators who've been taught to be humble about their regional identity.
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31.03.2026
Lecture: "Subjectivity and Identity in Experimental Cinema of the 1980s and 90s"
What happens when cinema becomes a space where both aesthetic and power rules are rewritten?
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30.03.2026
2ANNAS anniversary exhibition “ALTERNATĪVA: Traces from the Underground” invites audiences to experience the festival’s archive, memories, and the alternative mindset
From April 10th until May 4th, in the cultural space RAA, located at Matisa Street 8, the creative quarter Veldze, Riga International Short Film Festival’s 2ANNAS 30th anniversary exhibition “ALTERNATĪVA: Traces from the Underground” will be displayed. The exhibition is free of charge.
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26.03.2026
2ANNAS FORUM: Industry Programme Announced
As the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS marks its 30th anniversary, it will once again host the industry programme 2ANNAS FORUM: Alt+Cinema that will take place from April 11 to 16.
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05.03.2026
2ANNAS ISFF 2026 Competition Selection
The moment has come - 2ANNAS announces the 30th Festival Official selection! Thanks to everyone who submitted their work and congratulations to the selected competition contestants!
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29.01.2026
30th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS: Alternative for the Bold
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS will take place in Riga and online from April 10 to 16, bringing together film professionals, authors and audiences from Latvia and abroad.
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