Baltic Women in Film Mentorship
„Baltic Women in Film Mentorship“ – the first mentorship program exclusively for women in film and TV industries of the Baltic states. Through the mentorship activities, the network seeks both to pay attention to gender equality and to increase the exchange of best practice, knowledge, contacts and interest in the Baltic film culture. The goal of „Baltic Women in Film Mentorship“ is to encourage women to develop their professional skills, competencies and create new audiovisual projects or services.
Over the course of 8 months, from September 2021 to May 2022, the participants will be involved in 3 networking sessions to meet the tutors and each other, 3 self-education webinars on leadership, negotiation and self-promotion and 3 industry events during Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian film festivals. Moreover, there participants will have a chance to spend a whole working day with their tutor, film or TV professional with at least 5 years of experience.
15 participants (5 participants per each country) will be selected to take part in the “Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2021-2022” program. It welcomes women from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who already work in these industries, would like to change or continue their careers by deepening their professional knowledge and networking. There are no age restrictions or application fees; however, the participants have to attend the full program – both online and on-site events. The main criterion in the application selection is motivation, also, the applicant’s goals, experience and professional growth potential.
Duration of the programme – 8 months.
The working language of the program is English.
The “Baltic Women in Film Mentorship” program is organized by Lithuanian short film agency “Lithuanian Shorts” together with “Women in Film & Television Lithuania” association.
Mentorship program is financed by Nordic Culture Point and is organized in partnership with Meeting Point Vilnius, Riga IFF and PÖFF.
Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2021-2022
The first edition of “Baltic Women in Film Mentorship” lasted for 8 months. 15 participants (5 participants per each Baltic country) were selected to work together with their mentors.
Selected participants:
Jogilė Ramoškaitė (Lithuania), content creator, copywriter, actress.
Indrė Juškutė (Lithuania), film director.
Vilma Razmutė (Lithuania), animator, animation director, graphic designer.
Ilona Stankevičienė (Lithuania), producer.
Bon Alog (Lithuania), visual artist.
Gunda Bergmane (Latvia), producer.
Zane Buksa (Latvia), project manager, junior producer.
Līga Požarska (Latvia), film journalist and a member of the “Short Riga” pre-selection committee.
Beatrise Maija Krievina (Latvia), art director, production design.
Alise Zariņa (Latvia), film director, writer.
Jaanika Arum (Estonia), actress, director and screenwriter.
Nadya Tjuška (Estonia), filmmaker.
Birk Rohelend (Hele-Riin Pihel) (Estonia), screenwriter.
Ragne Mandri (Estonia), writer, director.
Bojana Babic (Estonia), screenwriter and director.
„Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2021“ mentors:
Eglė Vertelytė (Lithuania), scriptwriter and director.
Justė Michailinaitė (Lithuania), producer.
Gabija Siurbytė (Lithuania), film and advertisment producer, actress.
Marija Kavtaradzė (Lithuania), director and scriptwriter.
Irma Pužauskaitė (Lithuania), film director and founder of „Directors Lab“.
Birutė Kapustinskaitė (Lithuania), director.
Eliza Jordane (Latvia), director.
Lizete Upite (Latvia), animation film director.
Linda Olte (Latvia), film director
Aija Berzina (Latvia), producer & Tasse Film.
Līga Gaisa (Latvia), director and producer.
Laurence Boyce (Estonia), journalist & POFF shorts.
Elen Lotman (Estonia), DOP.
Peter Murdmaa (Estonia), filmmaker.
Lote Eglite (Estonia), screenwriter.
Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2022-2023
Selected participants:
Vesta Tučkutė, film director and producer (Lithuania)
Milda Buškevičiūtė, student (Lithuania)
Milda Valiulytė, film critic (Lithuania)
Salvija Vaičikonytė, illiustrator (Lithuania)
Ieva Aleksejeva, filmmaker (Latvia)
Ilze Bloka, film director and artist (Latvia)
Linda Rudene, scenaristė (Latvija)
Anna Konovalova, cinematographer (Latvia)
Doris Tääker, film director (Estonia)
Vivian Melder, scriptwriter, director and producer (Estonia)
Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik, film critic (Estonia)
Anna-Maria Jams, foley artist (Estonia)
Vira Kravchuk, scriptwriter (Ukraine)
„Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2022“ mentors:
Alise Rogule, produser (Latvia)
Birutė Kapustinskaitė, scriptwriter, director (Lithuania)
Dominyka Adomaitytė, foley artist (Lithuania)
Dmitrij Gluščevskij, program coordinator at European Film Forum Scanorama, film critic (Lithuania)
Eglė Davidavičė, animator (Lithuania)
Elen Lotman, cinematographer (Estonia)
Gabija Siurbytė, actor, producer (Lithuania)
Ieva Černiauskaitė, producer (Lithuania)
Jānis Ābele, scriptwriter, director (Latvia)
Lina Lužytė, director (Lithuania)
Marianne Ostrat, producer (Estonia)
Žanete Skarule, filmmaker (Latvia)
Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2023-2024
Lithuania:
Martyna Ratnik, curator and filmmaker
Erdvilė Girinkaitė, filmmaker
Rugilė Pranculytė, screenwriter and filmmaker
Saulė Savanevičiūtė, film critic and curator
Pata Popova, producer, filmmaker and artist
Latvia:
Dace Čaure, film critic and curator
Una Cekule, director and producer
Melānija Gulbe, producer
Madara Lote Peizuma, cinematographer
Kate Jansone, film director and animator
Estonia:
Grete Kaio, producer and journalist
Henelis Notton, screenwriter
Alesja Suzdaltseva, director
Inger Põder, producer
Liisbeth Kala, actress and visual artist
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