In-Person Screening: Sunday, November 10, 4:15 pm

On Weary Wings Go By (Linnud läinud) 

Dir. Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, Estonia & Lithuania, 2024 | 11 min. |  No dialogue

New York  Premiere

In this wintery poem of Nordic nature, the sun moves low, and days shorten. Birds fly south, and porcelain animals and insects hide from the freezing wind and snow. Only a small porcelain girl wanders the abandoned landscape, with no way to get out.

Ootid (Ootidė)

Dir. Eglė Razumaitė, Lithuania & France, 2024 | 9 min. | In Lithuanian with English subtitles

US Premiere

Girls at summer camp raise different versions of what happened to one of their friends who had to leave the camp and go home.

The One Who Knows

Dir. Eglė Davidavičė, Lithuania & France, 2024 | 12 min. | No dialogue

US Premiere

Anxious teenager Ūla is taken on an unexpected adventure during swimming practice, in which she grows up and learns to see her body anew.

Blank Page Syndrome (Baltās lapas bieds)

Dir. Jānis Ābele & Toms Šķēle, Latvia, 2024 | 8 min. | In Latvian with English subtitles

North American Premiere

In a world where printing machines spits out books relentlessly, a contrasting reality exists – amidst the noise of the city, a writer battles with despair, struggling to find words in front of a blank page.

The Weight of Light

Dir. Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash, Estonia & France, 2024 | 20 min. | In Hindi with English subtitles

Surya, a teenage ragpicker, finds a camera on a huge garbage mountain in Delhi. The camera becomes her window to the untold stories of women surrounding her. Blending documentary and fiction, The Weight of Light focuses on a community of garbage collectors who try to find their place in the world amidst garbage and scorching heat.

Sacrificial Lamb

Dir. Uģis Olte, Latvia 2023 | 16 min. | In Latvian with English subtitles

In this allegory about paradise lost, Ildze yearns to find peace and fulfilment by moving from the city to the countryside. However, her thoughts are consumed by the illness of her child, her estrangement from her husband and his absence. In the meantime, Ildze’s grief is enveloped by nature’s promise of comfort, which never arrives. She tries to understand where to find the beginning of the cycle of sacrifice and where to find its end. And who is her victim, or is it herself?