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This year the award ceremony of the Riga International Short Film Festival “2ANNAS” took place live, in the presence of the festival organizers and the jury. From April 9 to 15, 72 films selected from 2,300 entries from around the world fought for nine prizes. A documentary / experimental film “The Last Hour” created by Argentine directors was recognized as the best film and received the Grand Prix Award – the Golden Anna statuette created by the sculptor Aigars Zemītis. Meanwhile, the Lithuanian director's feature film “Places” took the Baltic short film competition and received a Gypsum Anna statuette and an award from BBPostHouse and BBRental - rental of filming equipment and the opportunity to post-process films worth 2000 EUR.

On April 9 at 20:00, live from the Splendid Palace cinema, at the opening event of the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS "The Intimate World of Plants" and the artist Sabine Moore aka The Waterflower will take you on a spectacular journey where you can enjoy a unique visual adventure, music created by real mushrooms, and a dreamy sense of wonder. Later on, enjoy the screening of the film “Minute Bodies: The Intimate World Of F. Percy Smith”. All this is just the beginning of the festival's seven-day journey.

On April 10 of this year, Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS invites you to join online screenings, watch short films and vote for your favourite in the children's and youth film categories. It is the young viewers who can decide which film wins the award. Both film programs were created by Swiss film and theatre teacher and artist Ron Rosenberg. Various stories, animations, feature films, fiction, and real events - everyone can engage and bat around socially responsible topics. Also on April 10, the awarding of the youth short film competition “Earth – our home” will take place.

Current trends, discussions and inspirational stories – this is what 2ANNAS offers for both film professionals and young talents on April 12 and April 13 within the programme of industry events. In collaboration with Short Film Conference, an organisation uniting the global short film community, everyone is invited to join 2ANNAS FORUM: “Can we be green? – Film industry example”. Moreover, two European short film initiatives will be presented to promote and distribute short films in cooperation with the Creative Europe MEDIA Desks Latvia and NRW (North Rhine Westphalia).

Next week, on April 9, the 25th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS will be opened, offering viewers to watch exciting competition programmes online, showcasing both acclaimed works as well as new and experimental films. Along with the competition programmes, since 2013 the festival has also been developing thematic non-competition programmes, created as research on a chosen topic in which cinema is a scientific discipline. This year, the focus of the 2ANNAS festival is ZEME (EARTH) (within the 2020-2022 cycle SPACE, EARTH and HUMAN). The five original focus film programmes will be submitted to the audience for evaluation and reflection.

At a time when people's daily lives are crowded with visual information and it is not possible to enjoy culture in person, 2ANNAS festival in cooperation with Radio NABA wants to provide an opportunity to get acquainted with its history, programmes and current events in an audial way. Designed as a special dedication to the 25th anniversary and the history of short films in Latvia, in the talks and experimental sections the podcast will feature directors, festival curators, programme directors, jury members and film scholars. " Two Annas talking " is a journey into the world of cinema and its often-mythical processes.

Within the cycle of lectures and talks ZEME (“Earth”), Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS together with the Institute of Environmental Solutions (IES) organizes the closing discussion of the cycle "Connect to Habitat". The participants will explore how and whether learning about different artists' works and perspectives can change our relationship with the environment. The discussion will be available on the festival's official Facebook page "2Annas ISFF" on Thursday, March 25, at 18.00.

On April 10 2021 we invite children and young people to join the Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS online, watch short films and vote for their favorite in the children's and youth film categories. It is the young viewers who will decide which film will win the award.

The 25th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS is taking place this year from April 9 to 15, offering viewers to watch 72 films from 28 countries online. Laima Graždanoviča, the director of the festival program, says that every year when the films submitted to the competitions are being evaluated, one can observe specific tendencies in the choice of topics. This year consistently attempts to reflect on centuries-old prejudices, traditions, and historical traumas.

2ANNAS will take place online from 9 to 15 April this year, and the films will be available for free. A total of 2,300 films from all over the world were submitted to the festival this year. Thanks to everyone who submitted their work. Congratulations to the creators of these 28 International Short Film competition, 22 Baltic Short Film competition, 6 Mid-Length Film competition, and 16 Children's and Youth Short Film competition contestants.

Representatives from the short film industries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia take part in industry event delving into successes of Baltic short films at 43 rd edition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

The main prize of the creative challenge “Tukums 48h cinema community in Cineville” was awarded to the film “Cirtenis” on September 20, the organizers of the event informed. In the 48-hour short film challenge, filming in the cinema town of Cinevilla and Tukums region, teams of 10 participants had to make a short film on the topic of “virtual man”