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Sunshine. Wonderful view from the 11th floor of Riga’s Hotel Albert, named after a certain Einstein. ”If you don’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”, is one the sentences that are presented in the hotel that is over-decorated with phrases of Albert Einstein, this one being quite relevant for the 17th edition of the pitching of the Baltic Sea Forum, that is now called Baltic Sea Docs.
The workshop has started and the filmmakers who have come to Riga are being trained to do a good job with their film project during the weekend, where they are pitching to a panel of tv- , sales- and distribution-people.
It is the 8th time that the event takes place in the hotel Albert with the great view to the churches of the Latvian capital, and to the art nouveau architecture of Mikhail Eisenstein in Albert and Elizabet Streets in the city, where his son Sergei (photo) was born in 1898.
Tonight the opening screening of Baltic Sea Docs takes place at the K-Suns cinema. ”The Act of Killing” is the film that is waiting for its audience – the long (158 mins) version will be screened and producer Signe Byrge is present for the Q&A. Yes, it is all very professional here in Riga due to the staff of the National Film Centre.
Back to pitching training and Einstein: ”If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Voilà!
