Freeride in C

The white tranquility of mountains is disturbed by colorful winter sports enthusiasts who enjoy downhill skiing. The short film is an audiovisual experience, an abstract dance of freedom that reflects the joy and fragility of being.

Team

Director, Art design, Editing: Edmunds Jansons
Script: Edmunds Jansons
Animation: Edmunds Jansons, Mārtiņš Dūmiņš
Sound: Ģirts Bišs
Music: “in C” by Terry Riley performed by The Young Gods
Assistant Animators: Kristīne Zvirbule, Sofija Jansone, Vidaga Grīnberga, Ieva Treija, Liāna Mihailova
Director’s assistant: Linda Stūre
Production manager: Agne Skane
Producer: Sabīne Andersone
Production company: Atom art
Financial Support: National film Centre of Latvia, State Culture Capital Foundation

Festival list 75
  1. Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada (25 – 29 September, 2024). Official Competition.
  2. Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania (4 – 13 October, 2024). Short Competition.
  3. Riga International Film Festival, Latvia (17 – 27 October, 2024). Short Film Competition.
  4. Montclair Film Festival, United States (October 18 – 27, 2024). Official Selection.
  5. Etiuda&Anima Festival, Poland (22 – 27 October, 2024). International Competition.
  6. Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway (24 – 27 October, 2024). Nordic-Baltic Film Competition. Won: Grand Prix.
  7. International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – DOK Leipzig, Germany (28 October – 3 November, 2024). Kids DOK / Young Eyes.
  8. Piccolo Festival Animazione, Italy (9 – 17 November, 2024). Competition.
  9. PÖFF Shorts, Estonia (8 – 20 November, 2024). International Animation Competition.
  10. Gijón International Film Festival, Spain (15 – 23 November, 2024). Competition.
  11. Exground Filmfest, Germany (15 - 24 November, 2024). Best of Shorts.
  12. LIAF - London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom (22 November – 1 December, 2024). Competition.
  13. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poland (24 November – 1 December, 2024). Competition.
  14. Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon (26 – 30 November, 2024). Competition.
  15. Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia (2 – 8 December, 2024). Competition.
  16. Autrans International Mountain FF, France (4 – 8 December, 2024). Competition
  17. ANIMARIO International Festival of Contemporary Animation, Spain (12 – 15 December, 2024). Competition.
  18. London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (17 – 26 January, 2025). Animation Variety Show.
  19. Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (21 – 26 January, 2025). Official selection.
  20. Festival Ciné Junior, France (29 January – 11 February, 2025). Competition.
  21. CinéBaltique, France (6 – 9 February, 2025). Official selection.
  22. Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland (5 – 16 March, 2025). International Competition.
  23. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Germany (20 – 30 March, 2025). International Competition + Youth Program Impuls
  24. Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille, France (24 – 29 March, 2025). Carte Blanche programme.
  25. 2Annas International Film Festival, Latvia (4 – 10 April, 2025). Competition.
  26. Filmfest Dresden, Germany (8 – 13 April, 2025). Open Air Program.
  27. Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema, Brazil(23 – 30 April, 2025. International Competition.
  28. Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (24 April – 3 May, 2025). Official selection - Night of the Short.
  29. Pictoclasma, Germany (1 – 11 May, 2025). Animation Expanded.
  30. IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal (1 – 11 May, 2025). IndieJunior section.
  31. ANIFILM - International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic (6 – 11 May, 2025). International Competition.
  32. Stuttgart Animated Film Festival, Germany (6 – 11 May, 2025). Open Air Programme.
  33. Trollywood Animation Festival, Sweden (8 – 13 May, 2025). Official Selection.
  34. Animocje International Animation Festival, Poland (8 – 13 May, 2025). Music Films Competition.
  35. Meknes International Animated Film Festival, Morocco (16 – 21 May, 2025). Competition.
  36. Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia (18 – 25 May, 2025). Competition.
  37. Vienna Shorts, Austria (27 May – 1 June, 2025). Official Selection.
  38. Animafest Zagreb, Croatia (2 – 7 June, 2025). Grand Competition - Short Film.
  39. Junges Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Mo&Friese, Germany (3 – 8 June, 2025). Competition.
  40. Sydney Film Festival, Australia (4 – 15 June, 2025). Outdoor Programme.
  41. Plein la Bobine Film Festival, France (4 – 13 June, 2025). Competition 12+.
  42. Beast International Film Festival, Portugal (6 – 8 June, 2025). Competition Jury Mention.
  43. Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia (20 – 21 June, 2025). Official selection.
  44. In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria (27 – 30 June, 2025). Official selection.
  45. ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy (28 June – 5 July, 2025). Maremetraggio.
  46. Cervino Cine Mountain Festival, Italy (26 July – 2 August, 2025). Competition.
  47. Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival, Italy (29 July – 3 August, 2025). Competition.
  48. Vermont Animated Film Festival, United States (2 August, 2025). Official selection.
  49. International Alpine Film Festival of Les Diablerets, Switzerland (2 – 9 August, 2025). Competition.
  50. Zomerparkfeest Venlo, the Netherlands (7 – 10 August, 2025). Short Film Program.
  51. Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Cyprus (8 – 10 August, 2025). International Competition – Non-Narrative.
  52. Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (14 – 18 August, 2025). Official Selection.
  53. Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland (20 – 24 August, 2025). International Competition.
  54. Film Festival della Lessinia, Italy (22 – 31 August, 2025). International Competition.
  55. World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria (3 – 7 September, 2025). Competition.
  56. Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (4 – 10 September, 2025). Classic Revisited.
  57. OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival, Ukraine and Bulgaria (5 September – 5 October, 2025). International Short Competition.
  58. KO:SH Film Fest, Albania (9 – 13 September, 2025). Competition.
  59. BLON Animation and Games Festival, Lithuania (11 – 14 September, 2025). Nordic–Baltic Sea Competition.
  60. Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece (12 – 28 September, 2025). Official Selection.
  61. Chiaroscuro International Film Festival, Italy (26 – 28 September, 2025). Competition
  62. Reykjavík International Film Festival, Island (25 September – 5 October, 2025). Youth Program.
  63. FILMFEST SUNDSVALL, Sweden (30 September – 5 October, 2025). International Shorts Competition.
  64. BRNO16 - International Film Festival, Czech Republic (1 – 5 October, 2025). Competition.
  65. Animatou Festival, Switzerland (2 – 11 October, 2025). Competition for Swiss Schools Ages 12+.
  66. Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de Asunción, Paraguay (7 – 12 October, 2025). International Short Film Competition.
  67. Innsbruck Nature Film Festival, Austria (8 – 12 October, 2025). Official Selection.
  68. Tacoma Film Festival, United States (9 – 16 October, 2025). Competition.
  69. Rio Mountain Festival, Brazil(15 – 19 October, 2025). Competition.
  70. Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spain (17 – 26 October, 2025). Competition.
  71. Filem'on International Children Festival Brussels, Belgium (22 October – 5 November, 2025). Official Selection.
  72. Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & FF, South Korea (24 – 26 October, 2025). Competition
  73. Banjaluka International Animation Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina (24 – 28 October, 2025). Competition.
  74. Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, China (14 – 17 November, 2025). Panorama.
  75. BCN Sports Film, Spain (28 February – 3 March, 2026). TBC.
Technical information

Length: 10’12”
Screen Ratio: 16:9
Colors: Colored
Sound: 5,1., Stereo
Animation technique: Pencil on paper, 2D Computer Animation
Year: 2024

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Still frame depicting two abstrack, geometric skiers in red on white background.