V4 ACADEMY | WORKSHOP: FACE AS INTERFACE

Partner: PHOTON FOUNDATION Country: Poland In this workshop, the participants will discover and discuss face tracking, including the history and science face analysis, and its social and cultural implications. After getting a basic orientation in the topic, they will start writing code to use face tracking in real time to control tasks that are usually accomplished with command tools such as keyboards, mouse or other interfaces. The exercises will ultimately provide tools and inspiration for executing a number of interesting individual projects to be presented under the form of interactive audiovisual installations. From the fact that face tracking means detection and possibly recognition, over time, machines follow its movement interpreting it on the way of emotions recognition. Using the visual programming language for creating multimedia works – “Face as Interface” provides this intensive workshop where participants get familiar with the graphical programming with a result of controlling video playback literally with movement of their face. The workshop will be coordinated by experts with vast experience in visual programming languages, ready to present the proper tools to new emerging multimedia artists, as well to the general public with interest in the topic. https://www.facebook.com/events/1340202792814563/

V4 SCREENING | NEW TALENTS

Partners: BuSho FF, BRNO16, Monoscope, Wroclaw Film Foundation All countries V4 SCREENING - Showcasing exceptional emerging talent from the Visegrad Region, through short, medium and feature films screened during Visegrad Film Hub of this year’s BEAST International Film Festival. Commissioned and produced by PLUSEAST and the project partners, the films will be presented on the course of 9 days with a thrilling selection of the finest brand-new productions from across the region. The event represents a collaboration between BEAST International Film Festival, Brno16 Film Festival (Czech Republic), Busho Film Festival ( Hungary), Wroclaw Film Foundation (Poland) and Monoskop - Index of Contemporary Art (Slovakia), offering new emerging filmmakers significant support for presenting their work to a new audience and get access to a range of professional development opportunities. With filming and the majority of post-production taking place in the Visegrad region, this year’s V4 SCREENING programme will demonstrate the depth and value of V4 film talent, across an impressively wide range of genres and visual styles. The program will consist in several national, European and even world premieres, presenting a current and contemporary selection of state of the art cinema. Over the years, the film industry has grown, changed, and has been molded in many ways. The event is focusing on nurturing and promoting new filmmakers, expressing the development of cinema in the V4 region. Through the screenings, we offer these new cinema talents the opportunity to interact with the Portuguese audience while taking their works to the westernmost country in Europe. Moreover, the event gives access to industry professionals, to discover a new cinema landscape and nurture future international collaboration. https://beastfilm.pt/visegrad

Researchers’ night

Researchers’ night is a nationwide annual event in Hungary that is organised every September. KIFÜ will present supercomputing there using the outcomes of the project. The event is supported by the European Commission. KIFÜ plans to invite researchers to introduce their research and showcase attractive simulations that were produced with the help of HPC resources. This face to face event is meant to help popularize HPC among the general public and young people. The full range of promotional materials prepared within the project will be handed out at this event. https://superheroes4science.eu/