{"id":3123,"date":"2018-06-04T12:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T09:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/2018\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2018-08-14T02:29:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:29:07","slug":"enter-childrens-film-project-pitching-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/enter-childrens-film-project-pitching-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTRIES OPEN FOR CHILDREN&#8217;S FILM PROJECT PITCHING FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next edition of the Riga International Film festival&#8217;s Forum, an annual pitching forum and co-production platform for children&#8217;s film creators, will be taking place from October 18-19. The compact two day event will feature a pitching session for children&#8217;s film projects in development stage (with estimated release no later than 2022). <!--more--> The best project will be awarded with a prize of 5000 EUR, to be spent on post-production services at the Riga-based service company BB Rental.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2016, Forum consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>upcoming children&#8217;s film project presentations from the Baltic Sea region, Central and Eastern Europe. Forum gathers an audience of co-producers, distributors and sales agents;<\/li>\n<li>one-to-one meetings;<\/li>\n<li>young experts&#8217; sessions \u2014 opportunity to present the projects to a potential target-audience \u2014 children aged from 7 to 14 and get their feedback in a moderated session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2017 RIGA IFF FORUM gathered guests from 16 different countries. The prize for best project went to Eia&#8217;s Christmas at Phantom Owl Farm, a winter adventure tale produced by Estonia&#8217;s Lux Film.<\/p>\n<p>In close cooperation with local tech event and multimedia content producers, Story Hub, and with support of the startup community, TechHub Riga, RIGA IFF Forum will feature a conference focused on educational content creation for children in the new yet swiftly evolving mediums of virtual and augmented reality. Those inspired by the seminar are welcome to attend a 24h hackathon, where they can combine creative ideas with the sharp minds of the Baltic tech scene and bring to life their ideas for a AR\/VR-based product for children.<\/p>\n<p>Apply to pitch your project in RIGA IFF Forum until 15th of August <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rigaiff.lv\/2018\/lv\/project-pitching-session-projects\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list of the confirmed projects for the pitching session will be announced by August 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your project is selected for pitching at RIGA IFF Forum, your accommodation for up to 3 nights and travel expenses will be covered by the festival.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next edition of the Riga International Film festival&#8217;s Forum, an annual pitching forum and co-production platform for children&#8217;s film creators, will be taking place from October 18-19. The compact two day event will feature a pitching session for children&#8217;s film projects in development stage (with estimated release no later than 2022). <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}