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BALTIC SHORT FILM COMPETITION

KINO BIZE 23.09 21:00

THE OLD JEWISH CEMETARY
Sergei Loznitsa
Documentary / Latvia , Netherlands /
2014 / 20’
The first Jewish cemetery in Riga
was opened in 1725 and burials there
continued until the late 1930s. After
German forces occupied Riga in 1941,
the cemetery became a mass burial
site for over 1 000 Jews killed in the
streets and houses of Riga Ghetto.

THE FISH OF MY LIFE
Mano Gyvenimo Žuvis
Julius Sičiūnas
Fiction / Lithuania / 2014 / 5’39’’
Once upon a time in the middle of
nowhere there was a farmhouse. Two
seniors lived there. Long, long ago
they truly loved each other. Now their
life is nothing but a routine. This is a
story about loneliness. About endless
aspirations in life. And pancakes.

CATS IN RIGA
Jon Bang Carlsen
Documentary / Latvia / 2014 / 17’
The protagonists in this film are beautiful lovers, arrogant killers, serious
sleepers which if you stroke them, will
scratch you right away or love you for a
short while before they’ll kill you.

THREE / Kolm
Eva Kübar
Fiction / Estonia / 2014 / 15’38’’
Kristiina is in her late twenties and
does not know what she wants from
her life. All of a sudden she finds
herself photographed by the young and
bold Mattias, leading to many difficult
choices. Who will make the ultimate
decision - Kristiina or her destiny?

TICK TACK
Ülo Pikkov
Animation / Estonia / 2015 / 9’20’’
Watchmaker controls the time, but
the mouse living in the watchmaker’s
workshop controls the clocks... This
is a film about time and its ephemeral
nature.

ISLE OF SEALS
Edmunds Jansons
Animation / Latvia / 2014 / 6’
There is a grey isle of the Seals in the
middle of a grey sea. Grey hunters live
their grey lives on this grey island. The
life is simple and harsh. Seals and
hunters live together in a brutish balance. One day, a photographer arrives
to document this environment.