Presentation "Navigating the Short Film Industry: Talent Building Opportunities"

How to find funding and collaborators to make your short film happen? How to stand out when distributors and sales agents receive hundreds of requests? How to be selected in film festivals, when festivals receive thousands of submissions? How to network and build relationships in the industry? 

We have invited the following industry professionals to share valuable resources and insights on navigating the short film industry:

• Gabrielė Cegialyte of the Lithuanian short film agency Lithuanian Shorts will explain more about the Baltic Pitching Forum and Baltic Shorts Residency;
• Tara Karajica will detail the activities of PÖFF Shorts, a sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival;
• Lauma Kaudzite, the coordinator of RIGA IFF SHORT RIGA Test Screenings, will offer insights into the Baltic short film industry and its talent development activities.
• Lelda Ozola, a representative of Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Latvia, will give us a further look into the European short film industry and its opportunities.

The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 11, at 14.30 at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. It will be held in both Latvian and English, and admission is free of charge for anyone interested. 

The presentation is organised in collaboration with Lithuanian short film agency Lithuanian Shorts, Creative Europe MEDIA Desk in Latvia and the National Film School of Latvian Academy of Culture.