❗ Trigger/content warning: Blood, violence, animal cruelty, representations of self-harm
"Boars, smells, bodies, very bad haircuts and in the end - wanting to be free. How come we see so many bodily experiences in short films from the Baltics?
This is a diverse collection of shorts from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from the last 10 years that cover a small window into the Baltic consciousness and understanding of self.
Curated by Laima Graždanoviča, 2ANNAS ISFF
Castratus the Boar
Director: Lauris Ābele, Raitis Ābele
Country: Latvia
Duration: 22
"Castratus the Boar" is an impressionistic story about a small town resident Valter and his secret that prevents him from integrating in local community. He spends his days breeding pigs and singing in the church choir but that doesn't make him less lonely. When he finally tries to establish closer contact with a fellow girl Aija, his representations of masculinity take a weird turn.
RIGA'S LILAC
Director: Lizete Upite
Country: Latvia
Duration: 14
Everyone has their own emotional overwhelm regarding a bad smell. Lizete, an amateur interviewer, is eager to record the moments when it is revealed.
Bad hair
Director: Oskar Lehemaa
Country: Estonia
Duration: 15
Insecure and balding LEO (35) has closed himself in his apartment to try hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. As Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos.
The One Who Knows
Director: Eglė Davidavičė
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 12
Anxious teenager Ūla is taken on an unexpected adventure during her swimming practise, through which she grows-up and learns to see her body anew.
WINTER IN THE RAINFOREST
Director: Anu Laura Tutelberga
Country: Estonia
Duration: 9
Shot in real nature, in the tropical rainforests of Mexico and Peru, this film captures the eternal dance
of life and death as experienced by magical creatures of porcelain.
TECHNO, MAMA
Director: Saulius Baradinskas
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 18
Nikita loves to listen techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club “Berghain”. His mother Irena doesn’t know about his son’s dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash.
