Discussion

As a warm-up to the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, a discussion
„Unreal Realities” will be held at the Kaņepes Cultural Centre (KKC) on Thursday,
February 6, at 18:00. Film, astronomy, contemporary art and political experts will
discuss life on Mars and other planets and the opportunities afforded by cinema, art
and science to design artificial worlds. The discussion will be chaired by Sandra
Kropa, journalist and show host at Latvian Radio and Latvian Television (LTV).

Participants of the discussion:
Ilgonis Vilks (Member of the International Astronomical Union)
Pauls Irbins (Head of the children’s science centre Z(in)oo)
Dana Reizniece–Ozola (Graduate of the International Space University in France)
Solvita Krese (art critic, Director of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
Viktors Freibergs (film scholar)
Ivars Tontegode (film director in the process of developing a sci-fi film project)