BALTIC COMPETITION 2010
TAKE THE TV REMOTE CONTROL AND BEGIN TO FLIP THROUGH THE CHANNELS. FAST... AND POINTLESS... FAST... AND... POINTLESS. OFFENSIVE LIKE... SEE A PIT IN THE KIEV CITY CENTRE, A LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD COUNTERPART WITH THE NAPOLEON SYNDROME, A CAT WHO LIVES IN A CLOSET, A NON-EXISTING LITHUANIAN VILLAGE, A SMALL GREY SONGBIRD, AND EMBURGA BOYS IN A SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
PIT_HOLE
Estonia, 2010, 23:34
Director: Jiri Steiskal
Director of Photography: Jiri Steiskal
Producer: Jiri Steiskal and Yuliya Sokolova
"Pit-Hole" or "Яма" is a story about one unusual Kiev family fighting against real estate lawlesness. Natalya, the head of the family, is trying to preserve the family village house, now surrounded by modern living quarters. Besides that she has to take care of her four children, two husbands and a little herd of mischievous goats...
ORANUS
Estonia, 2009, 14:00
Director: Girlin Bassovskaja; Jelena Mari-Liis
Director of Photography: Ragnar Neljandi
Producer: Arvo Nuut
Grab at the remote control and start press a channel button. Quickly.... and senselessly....quickly... and.... senselessly. Asocially and insulting a human dignity as...
THE RUSSIAN SIZE
Estonia, 2009, 16:40
Director: Andrew Bond
Director of Photography: Heiko Sikka
Producer: Maie Rosmann
A small Estonian family lives in peace until through their yard marches the Russian Engineers Battalion, breaking an old fence. The Peasant has decided to go to Peter the Great and demand for justice for the destruction of the fence. Tsar commites himself to come and repair it causing a sincere joy of the Peasant - who unfortunately has no any idea about the Russian size.
VIEW FINDER
Latvia, 2010, 03:17
Director: Peteris Noviks
Director of Photography: Peteris Noviks
Producer: Vilnis Kalnaellis
A blind man waits for the traffic light to turn green. He experiences mind visions that reveal his inner world and the emotions created by his blindness. With no connection to the real world, he lives a dream within a dream.
RED RIDER
Latvia, 2009, 02:40
Director: Martins Paulins
Director of Photography: Renars Zalitis
Producer: Vilnis Kalnaellis
A humorous story about a little girl with Napoleon syndrome. Through childlike joy she not only tames the wolf, but her grandmother as well.
WHEN APPLES ROLL
Latvia, 2009, 06:46
Director: Reinis Kalnaellis
Director of Photography: Reinis Kalnaellis
Producer: Vilnis Kalnaellis
Cat lives in an antique wood cabinet with his devoted friend Mouse. There is an apple orchard on the fringes of the old town. But this autumn, while Cat is picking apples, things turn out differently. All of a sudden a strange egg rolls into the orchard.
THE GREAT GREY SHRIKE
Estonia, 2009, 06:22
Director: Chintis Lundgren
Director of Photography: Chintis Lundgren
Producer: Chintis Lundgren
The Great Grey Shrike is a strange wildlife-story about the very peculiar manners of the great grey shrike, the common cuckoo, starlings and other birds.
LERNAVAN
Lithuania, 2009, 24:00
Director: Marat Sargsyan
Director of Photography: Vilius Mačiulskis
Producer: Jonas Špokas, Raimondas Kyzis
After a long time away from the homeland, father and son are destined to visit. However, such place doesn't exist and no one's even heard of it. Suddenly a strange bus appears, going to this place. Father and son are its only passengers. After a long trip, the bus arrives at a peculiar place with no houses, no people, no nature, and no land... only white mountains standing there like a blank, empty page.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Latvia, 2010, 08:49
Director: Jānis Krūmiņš
Director of Photography: Gatis Grīnbergs
Producer: Ieva Kalniņa, Kristīne Guste
Aivars and Agnese break into local slaughterhouse, but things don't go as Avairs has planned. He will have to show his courage and prove his manhood to save his girlfriend and himself.
