15-03-2013

FESTIVALS: Vilnius Hosts Meeting Poing

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    VILNIUS: The 18th Vilnius International Film Festival, running 25-28 March 2013, will hold the fourth edition of its industry event for European and Lithuanian professionals, Meeting Point – Vilnius.

    “It is a part of VIFF that is invisible to the audiences, but especially important to cinema professionals,” Algirdas Ramaska, Vilnius IFF executive director, said. “We are really glad that in this event Lithuanian filmmakers get a unique opportunity to present themselves for foreign experts.”

    Meeting Point - Vilnius will present an international conference on European audiovisual politics, film financing, distribution, programming and the influence of digital technologies on distributing and exhibiting. It will also present the most recent works for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for festival programmers.

    Industry professional will also be invited to the Lithuanian Parliament to discuss audiovisual sphere politics and financing.