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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL
EVENT
The Riga International Film Festival (IFF) “Arsenals” is organised by the International Centre of Cinema in co-operation with Riga City Council, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and National Film Centre of Latvia. A biennial event, IFF “Arsenals” was held for the first time in 1986.
HISTORY
The forum’s roots can be found in the “Cinema Days ‘86” (Kino dienas 86) where films were shown that were heretofore not accessible to the Soviet “proletariat”. The initiative from “Cinema Days ‘86” subsequently resulted in the formation of the Riga Video Centre, the International Centre of Cinema, the Riga Film Museum and the International Film Forum “Arsenal”.
STYLE
IFF “Arsenals” has become a popular event and has received international recognition with its continued high standard of selected films with the goal of expanding the unique language of cinema. “Arsenals’s” priority is filmmakers whose work is based on an unconventional creative approach. The main aim of the forum is to promote the diversity of artistic approaches and aesthetic conceptions. “Arsenals” does not give priority to any specific artistic or stylistic trend.
The main sections of IFF “Arsenals” are:
Forum Main Screening,
Baltic Film Competition,
Panorama.
The main part of the program consists of feature films but documentaries and animated and short films are also selected.
JURY, PRIZES
There is no jury at IFF “Arsenals”. Who can say that Michelangelo is better than Bosch, Eve – better than Mary, and some animals better than others? That is why from the very beginning of the Forum in 1986, each participant of the Main Screening receives a special prize – the Magic Crystal, engraved “Best Director”. Grand Prix in the amount of 10 000 USD is drawn in a lottery taking place at the closing ceremony of Film Forum. The luckiest one wins.
The International Film Critics Federation (FIPRESCI) jury chooses their favourite during the festival.
THE 17th IFF “ARSENALS” (2004)
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