RIFF 8th edition
Welcome to RIFF; R.E.D. International Dance, Art & Film Festival. As always, with joy, we will do all possible actions and events to make this festival full of art, dance and cinema, as our name promises.
Dear All,
It is a pleasure to introduce RIFF 8TH EDITION festival to you, which has survived everything, and is having a new celebration this year. This edition has added a small name addition to the festival: RIFF; R.E.D. INTERNATIONAL DANCE, ART & FILM FESTIVAL, to highlight even more the vision of the festival – constantly building new and stronger bridges between the different art fields. As always, with joy, we will do all possible actions and events to make this festival full of art, dance and cinema, as our name promises.
The selection has been made pretty carefully by a group, including our Mexican curator Yolanda M. Guadarrama, and I, director of RIFF, with the support of our French advisor and collaborator Madeline Wood. We have divided this edition into some themes such as Ardently Alive, which shows works of vivid emotions which show not only great choreographic and film craftsmanship, but also show intense and emotional situations in different areas.
Another theme that we have collected is Beyond Beauty, where we place pieces of great beauty, but this beauty does not boast universal conventional beauty, instead, they walk labyrinths of meaning and diverse locations that also speak to us about the way in which we humans construct our spaces of beauty. Thus, we have other programs such as Nordic Stories, Crucial Controversy, Documented Diversity, Urban to Rural, Art Hommage and others. We celebrate art with a drawing exhibition, a Tiny Dada Art Exhibition, and films with sculpture, photography and painting themes, as well as an urban performance film.
During these 8 years of existence, we are already making a tradition of supporting diversity, we try to ensure that the selection of works reflects topics of contemporary interest and interests with deep and emotional human roots. As in other editions we will have some exhibitions in the Drive-In outside our venue.
If you have not visited us, R.E.D. was established in 2013 on a farm overlooking the beautiful Eina Fjord in Vestre Toten outside Oslo. Located in the middle of the wonderful Norwegian landscape, R.E.D. surrounded by local farms and large natural areas, perfect for exploring culture and nature, and for providing unique experiences.
We gladly invite all viewers to visit RIFF in this 8th edition in 2024, as we want to fill our space with art, inspiring dialogues and films in relation to dance and movement in general.
We are waiting for you!!!
Ella Fiskum
Festival Director