The best of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian film year. Here, we bring together premieres, films that have already attracted attention at festivals, and international co-productions – everything that gives reason to keep an eye on Baltic cinema.
Award for Best Baltic Film, grant of 5000€ from Piletilevi:
A bitter feud between two brothers becomes a ruthless game of chess, fuelled by ideology, ego, lies and fear.
Roll the dice and choose: rewind, replay, or fast-forward through a life that mostly happened without you.
A taste of freedom, heavy metal, flirting, drinking, and punk spirit among the USSR’s most westernised youth.
This year’s Lithuanian Oscar submission holds up a wry mirror to how we live, love, fear, separate and react.
Run Paula Run! A heist comedy fuelled by adrenaline, romance, film references, and killer tunes.
A one-night stand or rape? Victim or coward? Three people on an island confront a shared past.
Awarded in Rotterdam, Beijing and Sarajevo, this surreal drama shows how a supporting role can outshine the lead.
This detective thriller invites you to solve the mystery of a body whose eerie face seems untouched by time.
An intense relationship drama about a couple pushed to their limits on their quest to have a child.
One little song breaks through authoritarian censorship built on propaganda, manipulation, isolation and fear.
A prodigal son among thieves, bandits, lovers, and ghosts, in a world where honour and morals blur.
A profoundly humanist drama of dignified Ukrainians against fascist occupiers.