OFFshorts – Young Baltic Cinema Block 1
Friday, April 24th | 2.30 – 4.30 p.m. | MAU Club | age recommendation: 12 years
Ne taip turėjo būti | Happily Never
Road Movie, Fantasy, Drama | 2026 | 14:41 min

Once, not so far away and not so long ago, the young goddess Aušrinė is assigned to guide a mortal — a woman lost in love letters from a mysterious stranger. Hoping to bring her happiness, Aušrinė convinces the woman to travel to the city and meet her beloved unknown for the first time
Director: Kristina Savickaitė, 22, Vilnius (Lithuania)
D.o.p: Lukas Baranauskas
Editor: Rugilė Žėkaitė
Sjung min sång | Sing my song
Drama, Dystopian | 2026 | 10:11 min | Trigger

In the near future, Mariam and her family face a financial crisis. At the same time, the Swedish government launches an integration tool called Language Maximization, offering immigrants a generous grant in exchange for erasing all memory of their mother tongue.
Director: Julia Ammouri, 24, Stockholm (Sweden)
D.o.p: Viktor Envall
Editor: Adam Arbinge
På Grensa | Borderline
Comedy | 2026 | 11:39 min | Trigger

A Norwegian customs officer, a Finnish poacher, and a mysterious Swedish woman meet at the border between their homelands, becoming entangled in a conflict over laws, language, and prejudice.
Director: Johannes Vang, 24, Rotsund (Norway)
D.o.p: Adam Enochsson
Editor: Jonathan Vang
Niekas | Nothing
2D Digital Collage Animation, DADA Film | 2025 | 03:30 min

Marcel Duchamp sets a urinal on fire. Mustaches bang their heads against the frames of standards until those frames laugh at seriousness. A bicycle wheel spins without direction, while reality crumbles like dust upon forgotten ideas. From the shadow of marble rises David. He kicks the urinal – not out of hatred, but because formless thoughts are denied recognition. The urinal flies into the Hemisphere of Rotation, where there is neither top nor bottom – only ideas that refuse to become objects.
Regie: Saulius Juknevičius, 25, Vilnius (Lithuania)
D.o.p: Saulius Juknevičius
Editor: Saulius Juknevičius
Håll andan | Holding Back
Drama | 2025 | 07:29 min

A day when you realise you want to be more than friends and must decide if you have the courage to act on it or if you have to hold back.
Director: Josefin Bromander, 19, Örebro (Sweden)
D.o.p: Sune Eskelinen
Editor: Josefin Bromander