[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An innovative industry program that is going to be presented at 12. Short Waves Festival definitely stands out in comparison to the past editions. Over fifty guests from Poland and abroad will have the opportunity to attend Q&As with filmmakers, as well as classic networking meetings at Concordia Taste: Industry Drink with Warsaw Film School and Saturday Festival Brunch. But we’re just getting started – the hybrid festival structure allows for online events intended for film industry community worldwide. 

Thanks to a close collaboration with excellent partners, we have managed to prepare four industry panels, touching upon subjects that are extremely relevant in the context of the film industry facing the reality of global pandemic. Selected events will be running simultaneously at three festivals taking place at the same time: Short Waves Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival and FEKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival. We are going to discuss in particular: the future of VR technology and dance film, the opportunities for cross-festival collaboration in the times of crisis, the educational and community-building potential of short cinema, and – the challenges faced by film critics due to an increasingly easier access to short films. 

These subjects are going to be discussed by 19 professionals from countries such as Austria, Canada, Indonesia and Colombia, among others. The guest experts represent events such as Venice International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

Industry program partners: Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe-Institut, British Council Poland, Warsaw Film School, Glasgow Short Film Festival, FEKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Talking Shorts, Be Short Now!

Full program and detailed event descriptions: link
Online accreditation form for industry members: link

Complete list of online industry program guests: 

Doris Bauer | Festival Director, Vienna Shorts, Austria

Marina D. Richter | Film Critic, Writer, Austria

Diana Mereoiu | Programmer at Vienna Shorts, Distributor at Lemonade Films, Austria 

Marlene Millar | Filmmaker and Dance Film Expert, Canada 

Felipe Montoya | Chief of Programming of Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS, Columbia

Maya Puig | Creative Producer and Director of “Das Totale Tanz Theater”, Germany 

Marc Wagenbach | Dance Film Expert, Germany 

Fransiska Prihadi | Program Director of MINIKINO, Indonesia

Viviana Carlet | Founder and Art Director of Lago Film Fest, Italy 

Enrico Vannucci | Program Advisor at Venice Film Festival, Talking Shorts, Be Short Now!, Italy

Rimantė Daugėlaitė | Managing Director of Lithuanian Shorts, Lithuania

Niels Ketelaars | Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Julian Ross | Curator, Locarno Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ana Cerar | Program Coordinator of Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Project Manager of Otok Institute, Slovenia

Suzy Gillett | Film Educator, Curator, Creative Consultant for Film Labs, UK

Regina Lissowska-Postaremczak | Curator of Dances with Camera section at SWF, Poland

Emilia Mazik | Festival Director of Short Waves Festival – SWF, Poland

Laura Walde | Curator, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland

More information: 

Emilia Mazik

Industry program coordinator

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