After a sparkling year celebrating R.E.D. 10th anniversary we are now opening our call to receive fabulous films related to dance for RIFF EIGHTH EDITION. It will take place from May 31st to June 2nd, 2024, at our venue in Norway: R.E.D.
In addition to its rich and carefully selected national and international film program, the festival will also contain:
•Dance performances and exhibitions by visual artists.
•Workshops for kids and youngsters.
•Expert panel on film.
•2024 shooting star.
•Drive-in cinema in the woods, which will be revisited because our audience has been asking for this fantastic experience.
•And much much more…
Thanks for your interest in the festival. We specially thank creators participation in RIFF OPEN CALL.
Let's keep our interest in Art Alive!!!
Ella Fiskum,
RIFF: R.E.D. INTERNATIONAL DanceArt & FILM FESTIVAL
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DESCRIPTION:
RIFF: R.E.D. INTERNATIONAL DanceArt & FILM FESTIVAL
RIFF EIGHTH EDITION will take place from May 31st to June 2nd, 2024.
This festival was born in July 2015. It is settled on a farm overlooking Eina Lake, just outside Oslo. Surrounded by breathtaking Norwegian countryside.
Its mission is to build a bridge between the different fields of performing, as well as visual art, and the film industry; hence the subtitle: dance-art-cinema. The festival aims to show films that have a strong element of movement and dance including expressions such as screendance, art films, more traditional and conventional short films and full feature films.
We are aiming to develop RIFF as an important arena to show films of excellence; a platform to give workshops and master talks; a place for special guests and public to share thoughts, knowledge and experiences.
We have celebrated RIFF PRELUDE EDITION in 2015, RIFF FIRST EDITION in 2016 and so on. During the SEVENTH EDITION in 2021 we showed 26 films from all genres at our main venue, the R.E.D. ARENA and we filled the festival with extra music, dance activities and artistic experiences.
During the eight years that the festival has been running, we have offered live performances, outdoor screening, shooting stars exhibitions, concerts, red carpet paths, panel conversations, laboratories, festival-painter exhibitions, and much much more.
The AWARD WINNERS list in the SEVENTH EDITION is:
Short Films: art-dance-cinema
“Herbarium” by Iwona Pasinska. Poland.
“On Mending” by Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern & Emilie Lariche. USA-France.
Long films:
Feature film: “Elegy of Lost Things”, by Stefano Mazzotta. Italy.
Documentary: “Why I Dance”, by Andreas Strand Renberg. Norway.
HONORARY MENTION:
“The Swan at the Mouth of the River”, by Daphna Mero. Israel.
Documentary:
“TRIXIE”, by Bastien Genoux. Switzerland.
**AUDIENCE AWARDS: “Why I Dance”, by Andreas Strand Renberg. Norway.
Jury: Odd Johan Fritzøe (NO), Francesca N. Penzani (IT/USA). The jury also consists of curator Yolanda M. Guadarrama (MX) and director Ella Fiskum (NO).
EINAWOOD
As the Hollywood sign was erected in Los Angeles in 1923, Einawood was founded as a neighborhood where the motion picture industry is emerging. EINAWOOD sign was inaugurated in Eina, Norway, on July 20th, 2017. The event was led by Ella Fiskum, Yolanda M. Guadarrama and Madeline Wood, RIFF Team: director, curator and visual creator of the sign. It is a playful action and also it is reality, as everything happens in the motion picture world.
OUR VENUE
RIFF is based at R.E.D. (Residency Eina Danz), which is an international, national and regional arena for arts and culture, running with a full year residency program, production house and stage for dance, film, art and interdisciplinary cultural expressions, located at Nyland farm in Eina, Norway. It has been recognized as a Regional Competence Centre for Dance since 2018, founded by Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Film Institute and Oppland County. It is located one hour and ten minutes from Oslo.
R.E.D. was founded by Ella Fiskum in 2012-2013.
All the selected films will be part of the official selection and will get the RIFF PALM LOGO and a publicity poster.
Awards:
- Jury Award.
- Honorary Mention.
- Audience Award.
All the winners will be granted a residency at R.E.D. in Norway.
The residency consists of free lodging, free work space, and an official showing arranged by R.E.D.
Check information about R.E.D: https://reddanz.com