Baltic Short Film programme – “Infinite Loops" (Balti lühifilmide programm – “Alatises ringluses”)
Routines, (re)connections and reoccurring patterns, these six films echo the cyclical nature that makes the world go round.
The Baltic shorts programme is a collection of shorts from the recent years that showcase both award-winning festival darlings and new talents.
Balti Short Film programme: "Infinite Loops":
SUJIP
23’ / Lithuania, Norway/ 2025
Director: Gintarė Parulytė
It’s Aleksandras’ first day at his new workplace, where his office turns out to be a suicide helpline centre once the phone rings and a provocative man his age shares his desire to end his life. Winner of Best Short Film award at Lithuania's annual national film ceremony, the Silver Crane Awards.
Cleanliness
5’ / Latvia /2025
Director: Andrejs Brīvulis
A diary of an office worker’s day, a daily poetry of latex condoms and a partner who is a depressed alcoholic. Director Andrejs Brīvulis’s debut short film Cleanliness, based on the poem of the same title by Kārlis Vērdiņš, celebrated its world premiere at the renowned Animafest Zagreb and was selected for the Annecy student film competition.
Winter in March
17’ / Estonia, Armenia, France, Belgium / 2025
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
A young Russian couple, feeling helplessness and sadness over the war, decides to leave their home for good. Their journey to Georgia becomes a surrealist nightmare. Their greatest fear—being separated at the border—catches up with them from an unexpected angle. The film has had an impressive festival run, with nearly 70 festival selections and 30 awards—including the third prize in the La Cinef programme at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb. Natalia Mirzoyan, an Estonia-based director of Armenian descent. The film has already enjoyed an impressive festival run, with nearly 70 festival selections and 30
awards—including the third prize in the La Cinef program at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and, most recently, the Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb.
Slush
20’ / Latvia / 2026
Directors: Aivars Šaicāns and Jēkabs Okonovs
Kārlis accidentally hits Kiril with his car and brakes Kiril’s bike. The damage must be fixed so that both of them go to the repair shop. So much in life happens by chance, yet everything is connected — one event leads to another, one person introduces the next. Between the traffic jams, the melting piles of snow and the constant rhythm of the Riga city, a new friendship is made. An experimental short film that screened at the world’s oldest international short film festival Oberhausen.
On Weary Wings Go By
11’ / Estonia, Lithuania / 2024
Director: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
A wintery poem about Nordic nature. The sun moves low and days shorten. Birds fly South, porcelain animals and insects hide from the freezing wind and snow. Only a small porcelain girl wanders the abandoned landscape with no way out. On Weary Wings Go By had its world premiere at the prestigious Locarno International Film Festival. It has garnered numerous accolades from festivals around the worls, including Grand Prix at London International Film Festival (LIAF) and the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig.
Girls Don’t Breathe
20’ / Lithuania / 2025
Director: Melita Sinušaitė
A shy eighth-grader comes across an older girl who is posing naked in an abandoned building. A new friendship offers her a glimpse of the intriguing world of adulthood. A delicate debut by upcoming Lithuanian talents that had its premiere at the prestigious Wintherthur Short Film Festival in Switzerland.
