Industry

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

20.03.2026

2ANNAS CRITICS' WORKSHOP ANNOUNCES SELECTED PARTICIPANTS

For the third year, during the 2ANNAS FORUM, three selected young critics from each Baltic state will participate in the Emerging Critics' Workshop led by Michiel Philippaerts.

13.01.2026

Open call for 2ANNAS Emerging Critics Workshop

Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS Industry Days program 2ANNAS FORUM announces the call for applications for the Emerging Critics’ Workshop!

10.04.2025

Lecture “The Cinema of In-Betweenness: Collective and participatory filmmaking methods”

With the rise of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and other active protest movements, the question of who tells whose story and how, is increasing. Collective and participatory filmmaking methods challenge traditional film hierarchy structures, looking for alternative ways to organize the filming process.

09.04.2025

Discussion "The Cinema of In-Betweenness: Hybrid film, its creative potential and the problem of its definition"

This discussion explores why and how genres are fused to create multi-layered artistic visions. We’ll examine how genre blending expands narrative and visual possibilities, influences audience perception, and what the future of hybrid films might look like.

09.04.2025

SHORT FILM WALK "A WALL IS A SCREEN"

2ANNAS FORUM in collaboration with A Wall is a Screen invites you to experience an unusual cinema tour.