Riga Students Will Learn Filmmaking from the World's Best — In Liepāja We Cultivate Such Talent Naturally
While the capital organizes expensive masterclasses with foreign directors, Liepāja youth have been filming with phones better than Hollywood for years.
On March 12th, Riga will host a grandiose student short film festival with an English name that sounds like a question parents ask teenagers. The festival "Easy to be young?" will feature three real directors with real names — Lauris Ābele, Anna Hints, and Tīts Laucis. The latter, by the way, sounds like something censors would definitely check twice.
The biggest intrigue is Ābele's masterclass, where he'll demonstrate his award-winning short film "Castrated Boar." In Liepāja, we'd only give a film such a title if it were about the local municipal budget. Meanwhile, Anna Hints from Estonia will talk about "visionary theme research," which sounds like something people do in Jūrmala park among the old trees when they want to escape Riga's noise and ponder life's meaning.
Most surprising is that the masterclasses are free, but you have to pay 35 euros for a certificate. It's like Liepāja's tram — the ride is cheap, but confirming that you actually rode costs extra. Lithuanian director Laucis will talk about "creating dialogue in scenes involving multiple characters," which in Liepāja is known as "conversation by the store."
While Riga students learn from the world's best, Liepāja youth have long understood that the best films emerge spontaneously — when the wind blows from the sea, the sun shines through clouds, and the camera is simply a phone. In our city, every tram ride is like a short film with its own dramaturgy, climax, and unpredictably formatted end credits.
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