RIT Summit

RIT Summit 2024

The third FilmEU_RIT Summit, organised by the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) at Tallinn University, Estonia, takes place from April 25th to 26th.

On April 24th, the day before the official start of the event, attendees can participate in an open Film Screening, followed by a Q&A session with one of the filmmakers. The next day, April 25th – the first official Summit day – is dedicated to the presentations of FilmEU_RIT's pilot projects and their final outcomes. The second day, April 26th, has a focus on the Doctoral Summer Seminar, offering a platform for emerging researchers to showcase their work and share experiences. This day begins with a session dedicated to FilmEU funding opportunities and future prospects, and the final segment introduces seed/seminal funding projects, ending the Summit with an insight into the new and innovative initiatives within the FilmEU_RIT project.

Before the Summit, there is another FilmEU_RIT related event taking place at the same venue - the 2nd Baltic NeuroCine Conference from April 23rd to 24th. Please note that the conference program will be published on the conference website soon. Together, these two events offer a comprehensive four-day program full of presentations, ideas, networking and dialogues on artistic research.

Attending the FilmEU_RIT Summit is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

Registration is open from February 22nd until April 17th, 2024.

Registration form

Program

Pre-Summit Day: April 24th, Wednesday

Social event:

17:40-18:00 Snacks and drinks (SuperNova Cinema, Nova 4th floor)
18:00-20:00 Film screening (SuperNova Cinema, Nova 4th floor)

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023, dir. Anna Hints)
Q&A with the producer Marianne Ostrat and sound recordist Tanel Kadalipp. Q&A will be moderated by the film critic Andrei Liimets.

RIT Summit live-stream April 25

April 25th, Thursday - Summit Day 1 (Auditorium Maximum A-002)

9:30-10:00 Welcoming coffee and registration
10:00-10:20 Opening of the Summit
10:20-11:20 Expanded Memories: Artistic Experiments into Hybrid Analogue-Digital Film Production. Pilot project presentation
Head researcher: Steven Malliet (LUCA)
Read more about the project here.
11:20-12:20 Decolonising the Panorama of Congo: A Virtual Heritage Artistic Research. Pilot project presentation
Head researchers: Victor Flores (LU) and Leen Engelen (LUCA)
Read more about the project here.
12:20-13:30 Standing lunch
13:30-14:30 The European Archive of Short Animation. Pilot project presentation
Head researcher: Sherra Murphy (IADT)
Read more about the project here.
14:30-15:30 Machine Acts – Collaborative Screenplay Writing with GPT-3. Pilot project presentation
Head researcher: Tobias Frühmorgen (LU)
Read more about the project here.
15:30-16:30 Artistic Research and Cognitive Film Studies: Towards a Transdisciplinary understanding of Cinema. Pilot project presentation
Head researcher: Elen Lotman (TLU BFM)
Read more about the project here.
16:30-17:00 Conclusion of the day

Social event:

19:00 – Snacks and drinks in the Estonian Film Museum

The main social event of the Summit will take place on April 25 in the Estonian Film Museum, which is located in the Maarjamäe History Center. When you arrive at Maarjamäe, please follow the “red carpet” and the signs to the Film Museum from the main entrance.

Address:
Film Museum
Pirita tee 56
Tallinn

LINK TO THE GOOGLE MAPS

There are two shuttle busses leaving from Film Museum back to the City Center (first stop Tallinn University, second stop Mere pst 5) after the event:

21:00
22:00

The buses leave from the main car park next to Pirita tee in front of the staircase leading to the Maarjamäe Palace.

But how to get to Maarjamäe History Center?

By bus

Maarjamäe bus stop
Buses 1, 5, 8, 34, 38

By taxi

The cost of a taxi ride is approximately 0,5 EUR /per kilometre + starting fare 3,5 EUR. Most of the taxis will accept payments by card, but it’s recommended to ask before sitting in. In order to ensure that you’ll be able to catch a ride, make sure that you have enough change money in advance. For instance, you can do it at the currency exchange points both at the airport and the harbour.

If you’re comfortable with using taxi apps, we recommend opting for either Bolt or Uber, both of which are affordable and convenient to use.

If you wish to have other options, it is possible to order a taxi via phone call:

Tallink takso, phone +372 640 8921 (card payments accepted)
Forus takso, phone +372 612 0000 (card payments accepted)

The taxi fares may slightly vary depending on the traffic and company.

April 26th, Friday - Summit Day 2 (Auditorium Maximum A-002)

9:30-10:00 Welcoming coffee
10:00-11:00 Presentation of IVAP results
11:00-12:00 New funding opportunities
12:00-13:00 Standing lunch
13:00-15:00 Doctoral student presentations

Doctoral Summer Seminar presentations:
Auditorium Maximum (A-002)

Nairy Eivazy: The Objects We Carry; the Memories We Share. Recollecting Collective Memories Through Participatory Animation with Personal Objects of the Armenian Diaspora

Natália Gondim: Cinematic Contact Zone: On live-editing practice in participatory documentary filmmaking with Portuguese-speaking diasporic artists in Lisbon

Carlos E. Lesmes: Fiction, Documentaries and Voids

Doctus presentations:
Tallinn Hall (M-218)

Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan: Pentimento on Screen: Soviet Armenian Cinema of the 1960s-1970s through the Prism of Modernity

Emilia Lloret: Creating a Visual Affective Cinematographic Script (an Exploration via the Development of the Cinematography for the Film “The Ones with the Tempered Flowers” Directed by Neema Jodie)

Diaa Lagan: Tahrib, Teleporting and Al-A’raf

Thomas Halton: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Curation with Generative AI, 3D, and eXtended Reality
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Seed/seminal funding project introductions

Emerging Interactive Narrative Techniques in different platforms like games, films and animation.
Marian McDonnell

Robot Music and Performance.
Gonçalo Gato

European Scientific Cinema
Díóg O'Connell

Games / Affective Computing
Pia Tikka, Triinu Jesmin and Larissa Barbosa Curi

Doctoral Summer Seminar

FilmEU_RIT is hosting a one-day Doctoral Seminar during its 2024 research Summit in Tallinn on April 26th. The seminar aims to help young researchers network, share experiences and methods, and encourage new collaborations. The seminar will feature student presentations showcasing their current work, which will be followed by an experts panel and a peer feedback session. Students attending the seminar will also have access to the Summit's broader program, to all presentations, including social events. This allows the students to also learn about new funding opportunities and potential avenues for future collaborations within the FilmEU network.

We are accepting applications from students affiliated with FilmEU’s founding partners: Lusófona University in Portugal, Luca School of Arts in Belgium, IADT in Ireland, and Tallinn University in Estonia. To apply, please submit a short proposal by 4th of March, 2024.

Selection for participation will be based on the quality of the short proposal and considering how the research is related to the field of Film and Media Arts. Our aim is to ensure diversity by selecting students with different disciplinary emphases and at various stages in their PhD journey.

The proposal should include the following three components:

an overview of your PhD project, including research motivations and questions, methods, intended contributions, progress to date, and plans for further research (max. 250 words);
the main challenge(s) you are facing in your PhD currently (max. 250 words);
what do you want to gain from participating in the Doctoral Seminar (max. 250 words).

FilmEU will grant each selected student a travel and accommodation scholarship. Each student participating must deliver an oral presentation.

Note: Exclusive to FilmEU PhD Students from Lusófona University, Luca School of Arts, Tallinn University and MA students from IADT.

Submit your proposal

Registration

Registration is mandatory for all FilmEU_RIT Summit participants and is open from February 22nd until April 17th, 2024.

Registration form

Work package and project meetings

On April 24, all teams have an opportunity to hold a work package or project meeting, scheduled between 14:00 and 17:00. If you wish to arrange a meeting during this time, or prefer a different time or day, let us know.

Send the details of your planned meeting to teisi.ligi@filmeu.eu, including the date and time, which project or WP it is related to, the expected number of participants, and the contact information of the person in charge. We can then arrange a suitable meeting room for your team.