OFFshorts – Young Baltic Cinema Award Block 1 

Friday, April 25th | 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm | M.A.U. Club | recommended age rating: 12 years

#7 Bus Ladies | Bus Ladies

Documentary, Comedy | 2024 | 04:54 min | Sweden

A young woman tells the story of three different old ladies she met on a bus trip. Although the encounters were only brief, they left a lifelong impression on the woman.

  • Director: Sonja Larsson, 23, Ljungby, (Sweden)

  • D.O.P.: Sonja Larsson

  • Editor: Sonja Larsson

#8 Svarta Lamm | Black Sheep

Drama | 2024 | 14:57 min | Sweden | Trigger

A young asylum-seeking boy escapes with a lamb to save it from slaughter. The lamb is the only being he speaks to. Through flashbacks and glimpses of the future, we see their life together – until the inevitable end. Black Lamb explores the transience of life, asking when or how a life ends and how it is lived.

  • Director: Alireza Masomi, 24, Gothenburg (Sweden)

  • D.O.P.: Roozbeh Behtaji

  • Editor: Roozbeh Behtaji

#9 Breed | Breed

Experimental animation | 2024 | 08:40 min | Estonia

The sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless While the lonely maple tree stands at the corner of the world. It bears thousands of seeds, transforming into butterflies flirting and dancing over the water bubbles. They fall in love.

  • Director: Yiyang Sun, 25, Tallinn, (Estonia)

  • D.O.P.: Yiyang Sun

  • Editor: Yiyang Sun

#10 Reszta Naszego Życia | Rest Of Our Life

Drama | 2024 | 14:28 min | Poland

Young lecturer Eryk, proposed to his girlfriend when they moved into their new apartment, starting a new life together . When her true gender identity is accidentally revealed, their happy relationship begins to fall apart.

  • Director: Filip Tomczak, 22, Warschau (Polen)

  • D.O.P.: Mateusz Gzel

  • Editor: Jakub Dąbrowski