{"id":5494,"date":"2018-09-15T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/2018\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2018-09-20T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T10:43:19","slug":"the-nap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2018.rigaiff.lv\/en\/the-nap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production company: VFS FILMS<br \/>\nGenre: Action, Animated triller<br \/>\nCountries: Latvia<br \/>\nEstimated run time (min): 26<br \/>\nDirector: Nils Skap\u0101ns<br \/>\nProducers: Uldis Cekulis<br \/>\nStage of the project: Early development<br \/>\nEstimated date of the project: 01\/06\/2021<br \/>\nLooking for: Co-production, Funding<br \/>\nTarget audience: 8 &#8211; 12<\/p>\n<h2>Logline<\/h2>\n<p>Thou shalt not steal my dreams!<\/p>\n<h2>About the director<\/h2>\n<p>Nils Skap\u0101ns is experienced artist, he have directed more than 30 animations.<br \/>\nNils Skap\u0101ns: \u201cI like today&#8217;s technologies and the opportunities they give. And I also use them. But I must say that it is often because I have to and not because I want to. It is all good but&#8230; sometimes it makes me sick to think about how involved, addicted and calculable we have become. It is stupid that a software can calculate what we want and, what is even crazier, that it knows how to make us get something we do not need. I might be naive but I believe in one&#8217;s common sense, fantasy and natural rowdiness that does not succumb to this &#8216;artificial intellect&#8217;. And that is what my new movie will be about.It will not save or even change the world, but at least I will have expressed my point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>About the production company<\/h2>\n<p>VFS FILMS is an independent production company which houses a group of talented filmmakers around a tight nucleus \u2013 best at telling human stories through award-winning creative documentaries. Most of VFS films such as European Film Academy nominated \u201cDreamland\u201d as well as \u201cTheodore\u201d, \u201cRamin\u201d, &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221;, &#8220;Wonderful Losers&#8221; and 2015 IDFA Special Jury prize awarded &#8220;Ukrainian Sheriffs&#8221; have travelled around the world. This will be our second animation project, but we have used lot of animated elements to enhance the stories in our documentaries.<\/p>\n<h2>Project representatives<\/h2>\n<p>Uldis Cekulis<br \/>\nProducer<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:uldis@vfs.lv\">uldis@vfs.lv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nils Skap\u0101ns<br \/>\nauthor, director<br \/>\nVFS Films<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:skapans@inbox.lv\">skapans@inbox.lv<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production company: VFS FILMS<br \/>\nGenre: Action, Animated triller<br \/>\nCountries: Latvia<br \/>\nEstimated run time (min): 26<br \/>\nDirector: Nils Skap\u0101ns<br \/>\nProducers: Uldis Cekulis<br \/>\nStage of the project: Early development<br \/>\nEstimated date of the project: 01\/06\/2021<br \/>\nLooking for: Co-production, Funding<br \/>\nTarget audience: 8 &#8211; 12<\/p>\nLogline\n<p>Thou shalt not steal my dreams!<\/p>\nAbout the director\n<p>Nils Skap\u0101ns is experienced artist, he have directed more than 30 animations.<br \/>\nNils Skap\u0101ns: \u201cI like today&#8217;s technologies and the opportunities they give. And I also use them. But I must say that it is often because I have to and not because I want to. It is all good but&#8230; sometimes it makes me sick to think about how involved, addicted and calculable we have become. It is stupid that a software can calculate what we want and, what is even crazier, that it knows how to make us get something we do not need. I might be naive but I believe in one&#8217;s common sense, fantasy and natural rowdiness that does not succumb to this &#8216;artificial intellect&#8217;. And that is what my new movie will be about.It will not save or even change the world, but at least I will have expressed my point of view.\u201d<\/p>\nAbout the production company\n<p>VFS FILMS is an independent production company which houses a group of talented filmmakers around a tight nucleus \u2013 best at telling human stories through award-winning creative documentaries. Most of VFS films such as European Film Academy nominated \u201cDreamland\u201d as well as \u201cTheodore\u201d, \u201cRamin\u201d, &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221;, &#8220;Wonderful Losers&#8221; and 2015 IDFA Special Jury prize awarded &#8220;Ukrainian Sheriffs&#8221; have travelled around the world. 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