Arsenals- Riga International Film Festival

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Riga, Latvia September 17 - 26, 2010
Call for Entry Deadline: June 15, 2010
Festival Data:
- Established: 1986
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 35000
- Media Attendance: 100
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 145
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 400
- Total Number of Films Screened: 127
- Total Screenings: 170
- # of Shorts Screened: 15
- # of Features Screened: 112
- Accreditations: FIPRESCI
- Competitive
- Students Section
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.arsenals.lv
Festival Description:

The International Film Forum Arsenals / Riga International Film festival Arsenals is organized biennially in September. It offers different sections: International Film Competition, Baltic Film Competition, World Panorama and special thematic programmes and retrospectives. The festival screens Feature and Short films of all lengths and genres. “Arsenals” is organized by International Centre of Cinema in collaboration with Riga City Council, Ministry of Culture of Latvian Republic and National Centre of Cinematography of Latvia.

The main prize of Arsenal’s International Film Competition is 20,000 USD and the winner is decided by a lottery, each of participating film directors receives a special prize – The Magical Crystal.

The Baltic Film Competition is evaluated by an international jury of cinema professionals choosing winners for following categories: the Best Feature Film, the Best Documentary Film, the Best Animated Film, and the Best Baltic Film.

A FIPRESCI jury evaluates both Competitions.
Film Submissions:
- Call for Entry: http:/ / arsenals.lv/ en/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2009/ 06/ regulation.pdf
Email: sarlote(at)arsenals.lv

Phone: (371) 7 221 620

Fax: (371) 7 820 445

Mailing Address: 14 Marstalu street, PO Box 1626
Riga LV-1050
Latvia

Email:	sarlote(at)arsenals.lv
Phone:	(371) 7 221 620
Fax:	(371) 7 820 445
Mailing Address:	14 Marstalu street, PO Box 1626 Riga LV-1050 Latvia

OCT 25, 2008 01:13PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2008 Awards Given to Honor Cinematic Achievement at the Riga International Film Forum Arsenals

INTERFILM’s Jury Prize for best International Competition Film: “Silent Light”
Directed by: Carlos Reygadas

Special Mention to Ramin Bahrani’s film “Chop Shop”

Baltic Film Show Award: “The Class”
Directed by: Ilmar Raag.

Special Mention: Edmunds Jansons’ short documentary animation “Little Bird’s Diary”

The jury of INTERFILM was composed of three members of the Lutheran Church, coming from Germany (Dietmar Adler), Latvia (Agris Sutra) and Denmark (me).

The FIPRESCI jury announced that the award in the Baltic film show was given to “Vogelfrei”
directors: Jānis Kalējs, Jānis Putniņš, Anna Viduleja, Gatis Šmits

FIPRESCI International film competition: “Andalucia” director: Alain Gomis

The award “Best Documentary” of the Baltic film competition jury was given to the Estonian director Priit Valkna’s film “The Headwind Hall”

The award “Best Animation” was given to Edmunds Jansons’ film “Little Bird’s Diary”

The award “Best Feature Film” was given to “Autumn Ball” by Veiko Ounpuu.

The award “Best Baltic Film” was given to “Vogelfrei” by Jānis Kalējs, Gatis Šmits, Jānis Putniņš and Anna Viduleja. This award and 5000 euro were presented by Inga Šīna, vice-president of Rietumu Banka.

Audience Prize: “The Class” by Ilmar Raag

“Arsenals” main prize, with an award of $20,000 US, for “Chop Shop” by Ramin Bahrani
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OCT 25, 2008 01:02PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Susan Skogstad's INTERFILM report from “Arsenals”

Susan Skogstad, member of the Jury INTERFILM (Kirke og Film, Denmark) writes about the 2008 Riga International Film Forum Arsenals, the jury and the award winning films that were honored at the close of the festival's 10 day long event.

Read the article at: http://arsenals.lv/en/a/3419

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