18th Vilnius Short Film Festival reveals Industry Days programme
Vilnius Short Film Festival presents Industry Days dedicated to the representatives of the audiovisual industry. This year, the Festival will feature a masterclass by American filmmaker Bill Morrison, who analyses archival images, a personal critique lecture and events dedicated to accessibility and inclusion within the film industry. All events will take place on the 16-17th of January at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Gedimino pr. 51, Vilnius, Conference Hall).
The 16th of January will start with the masterclass “Bill Morrison: Consider the Source of the Image” of renowned independent filmmaker Bill Morrison (USA). It will be followed by Christina Newland’s (UK) film criticism lecture “Writing Personal Criticism”. The 17th of January will be opened by inclusion specialist Clare Baines, who works at the British Film Institute (UK), she will hold an in-depth presentation “Reimagine the Film Industry: A Workshop on Anti-Ableism”. Aurelija Slapšytė, branding designer from Lithuania, will have a presentation “Universal Design in Film Communication”, afterwards industry experts will share few case studies on accessibility and inclusion at film events. The final panel of the event – a discussion “Cinema Accessibility in Lithuania: the Perspective of People with Disabilities” moderated by Simona Aginskaitė (Lithuania).
The Industry Days will be concluded by a screening of the Lithuanian short film “Number One” (dir. Milda Augustaitytė, Lithuania, documentary, 2023, 15 min.), which was selected as the winner of the National Competition at the 17th Vilnius Short Film Festival last January. The film will be screened with subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) and audio description for vision impaired and blind people.
The Industry Days will be held in English (except the discussion on the 17th of January – “Cinema accessibility in Lithuania: the perspective of people with disabilities”, which will be held in Lithuanian only with sign language interpretation).
The Industry Days are organized in collaboration with the association AVAKA. Partners: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and Baltic-American Freedom Foundation.
Participation is open and free for everyone.
AGENDA
16th January, Thursday
13:00 – 16:00
Masterclass “Bill Morrison: Consider the Source of the Image”
Bill Morrison, independent filmmaker (USA)
The masterclass is presented by the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation.
16:00 – 16:30 break
16:30 – 18:00
Film criticism lecture “Writing Personal Criticism”
Christina Newland, film critic (UK)
Presented by the European Network for Film Discourse “The END” and the European Workshop for Film Criticism.
17th January, Friday
10:00 – 12:00
Presentation “Reimagine the Film Industry: A Workshop on Anti-Ableism with Clare Baines”
Clare Baines, inclusion specialist, British Film Institute (UK)
12:00-12:15 break
12:15 – 13:15
Presentation “Universal Design in Film Communication”
Aurelija Slapšytė, branding designer (Lithuania)
13.15 – 14:45 Lunch
14:45 – 15:45
Case studies on accessibility and inclusion at film events
More information coming soon.
15:45 – 17:15
Discussion “Cinema Accessibility in Lithuania: the Perspective of People with Disabilities”
Moderator: Simona Aginskaitė (Lithuania)
Participants will be announced soon.
The discussion will be held in Lithuanian with sign language interpretation.
17:15 – 17:30
Screening of the film “Number One” (with SDH and audio description)
Director Milda Augustaitytė, Lithuania, documentary, 2023, 15 min.
The 18th edition of Vilnius Short Film Festival will take place on 15-21 January 2025 in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai cinemas and on Žmonės Cinema and LRT Epika home cinema platforms. More info and updated programme at: www.filmshorts.lt