This week festival „Short Waves”will offer a program of feature, documentary, experimental, television and animated films by young Polish filmmakers to audiences in Latvia. Screenings will take place on Thursday, March 27 at 16:00 at Multikino in Rīga and on Friday, March 28 at 16:00 at Polish Culture Centre in Daugavpils. The organizers invite all interested people to both screenings that will be free of charge and will include audience voting.

The film program will consist of two animation films by Tomasz Popakul and Karolina Specht, two feature films by Katarzyna Gondek and Łukasz Ostalski, an experimental film by Mateusz Sadowski, a television story by Martyna Iwańska and a documentary film by Tomasz Śliwiński. In addition, the festival will also demonstrate a feature film by Aleksandra Terpińska, who was one of the last year’s winners of the festival. Aleksandra will also be a guest speaker at events in Rīga and Daugavpils. Festival “Short Waves” is an initiative by Polish AD Arte Foundation and will take place in Poznan, Poland already for the sixth time. On March 27-28 Rīga and Daugavpils will be two of the world cities, where the satellite festivals will be organized. In Latvia, the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia and the Embassy of Poland in Riga organizes these events in cooperation with Polish Culture Centre in Daugavpils and Multikino. The organizers of the satellite festival invites everyone to the screenings!
Festival “Short Waves” Program in Latvia
RĪGA Thursday, March 27 16:00 Film screening at Multikino, Hall 4, Mūkusalas iela 71 (Rīga Plaza) Friday, March 28
10:30 Discussion with film director Aleksandra Terpińska and Prof. Viktors Freibergs at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia, Berlin Auditorium, Lomonosova iela 1A DAUGAVPILS Friday, March 27 16:00 Film screening at the Polish Culture Centre, Varšavas iela 30 18:00 Discussion with film director Aleksandra Terpińska at the Polish Culture Centre, Varšavas iela 30 For additional information, please, contact:

University of Latvia
Faculty of Social Sciences

Kaspars Rūklis

Kaspars.Ruklis@gmail.com

0037129405048

Embassy of Poland

Political – Economic Section

Jolanta Wiśnioch

Jolanta.Wisnioch@msz.gov.pl

0037167031532

Polish Culture Centre in Daugavpils

Žanna Stankeviča

Polukultura@inbox.lv

0037129635397

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