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Atalk with Timo-Erkki Heino, NC Coordinator.

How do you assess this year’s organization of INPUT? What can you tell us about the work of the coordinators and the hosts’?
First of all, I think that this year’s hosts are doing a great job. Everything is going very efficiently, wonderfully, and quickly. Secondly, I really like the location. The Palace of Culture and Science is a really good place to organize such a conference. It has such a historical meaning for not only Poland, but for all of Europe. There are so many levels of symbolism in it. It shows the past, but also shows the possibility of great changes.
I also like the choice of programs. Someone had the idea of putting them in trios, i.e. a documentary, a feature film, and another program. Now INPUT has truly become a television conference, not another documentary film festival, which is great progress. As far as the quality is concerned, I’ve seen a couple of really great programs and a few that weren’t so good, but that’s normal. The most important thing is that if the delegates feel that they have learned how to make good films or programs, then the conference will have achieved its goal.

Many delegates from Eastern Europe, from post-communist countries are participating in this INPUT. Do you think they can also take advantage of the conference?
Of course! I’m glad that they’re here and we can see their films. The Russian productions or the ones from the CIS are very different from the ones we’re used to. Their cinematography draws on traditions other than ours. Besides, this year’s INPUT, to a large extent, uses new technologies, the Internet, and interactive television. Too bad though that the people responsible don’t take full advantage of it, don’t demonstrate the possibilities fully. If, for example, a program has a great website, we should have the possibility of seeing it during the session, otherwise you can’t really feel how modern it is.