Drought | Sausra
dir. Urtė Sabutytė
Lithuania, Fiction, 2022, 14’
The storyline of the film develops over the span of two days.Coming back home after a night out, a young woman decides to call a taxi and drives to the forest. The encounter with nature compels the woman to shed different parts of herself – her clothes, her emotions, her fatigue. At the same time it evokes the feelings of newly found strength and peace.
As the storyline progresses, the reason for the woman’s escape to nature is revealed – it was a prolonged break up. The escape marks the ending of one chapter of life and the beginning of a new one.
(International Premiere still available as of 01/2022)
Contacts: Ruta Jekentaite, Baltic Productions, email: ruta@balticproductions.lt
Last Time | Paskutinis kartas
dir. Rinaldas Tomasevicius
Lithuania, Fiction, 2022, 18’
I am Rinaldas Tomasevicius, 40 years old, a student of video directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. I myself lived in the streets for several years. Just 8 years ago, I buried all that hell out of it as a guy similar to my destiny helped me. Therefore, I am very attracted to the themes of the outlying people. One of my goals in life is to help them.
Contacts: Lineta Lasiauskaitė, email: lineta.lasiauskaite@gmail.com
Till We Meet Again | Taaskohtumine
dir. Ülo Pikkov
Estonia, Animation, Documentary, 2021, 14’
An animated documentary about an old lady who returns home after sixty years. The film is based on a true story and taking place on a remote island of Baltic sea. All objects in the film are made of materials found on that island, island Ruhnu.
(International Premiere still available as of 01/2022)
Contacts: Ülo Pikkov, email: ylo.pikkov@artun.ee
Skin Of A Mandarin
dir. Jaanika Arum
Estonia, Fiction, 2022, 17’ (TBC)
A sensitive story about ingrained traditions and grief follows young woman Anna, who wants to say goodbye to her mother by dressing the body for the funeral. But this act is prohibited by the funeral home rules. The film delicately explores a world in which bureaucracy, differing worldviews and divergent social norms are overcome by the empathy between strangers struggling within a complex situation.
Please note that this screening is a Work in Progress.
(Pitched at Euro Connection 2021, World Premiere still available as of 01/2022)
Contact: Kartuliõis OÜ, email: tiina.savi@gmail.com
Can’t Help Myself
Dir. Anna Ansone
Latvia, Fiction, 2022, 18′
In order to get through her unexciting summer job selling ice cream at the Baltic seaside, Estere fills her time with guided meditation online sessions and self-help audiobooks. Parallel to her self-help odyssey, the other beach goers are trying to get by with the help of Tarot cards, alcohol or the Holy Bible. Yearning for contact but stuck in self-doubt, Estere starts imitating the conversations she overhears: stuck in positive self-verbalisation, she repeats it until she believes it.
Contacts: Alise Rogule, Mfproduction, email: alise@mfproduction.me
Mirage Formula | Mirāžas formula
Dir. Rasa Pavilona
Latvia, Animation, 2021, 1’40”
Race cars stir hot air on a scorching race track, morphing familiar shapes into ill omens. The apparent mirages reveal processes in the human psyche and their symbiosis with the material world through symbols, but their collision is inevitable.
Contacts: Art Academy of Latvia, e-mail: rasa.pavilona@gmail.com
Resistance is Futile
Dir. Armands Začs
Live Action, 2022, 15’
Two young men come to visit their friend, who, after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, spends his daily life in a remote country house. Spending a seemingly peaceful day together, the two young friends leave their friend with the hope that he will recover soon.
Contacts: Alise Gelze, White Picture, e-mail: alise@white-picture.lv
