OFFshorts – Young Baltic Cinema Block 1

Thursday, May 9th | 5:00pm – 7:00pm | M.A.U. Club

#30 Velkommen HJEM | Welcome HOME

Satire | 2023 | 12:10 min

When a dysfunctional family gathers for their annual Christmas dinner, oldest son Tormod sees it as an opportunity to introduce his newest relation: a young, beautiful woman named Maria. The dinner puts prejudice to the test, causing unfortunate assumptions to be made.

  • Director: Amanda Nalbant Nordpoll, 25 y., Flaktraket (Norway)

  • D.O.P.: Fredrik Fossum

  • Editor: Christian Stangeby

#31 Jestem błękitem | Blue

Animation | 2023 | 06:32 min

A poetic story of a mother and a daughter trying to find their peace on a metaphorical beach.

  • Director: Weronika Szyma, 26 y., Warschau (Poland)

  • Editor: Filip Dziuba

#32 Czwarta rano | 4 AM

Documentary | 2023 | 05:24 min

A father and son set sail on a cutter into the empty Baltic Sea.

  • Director: Jakub Zalewski, 26 y., Bydgoszcz (Poland)

  • D.O.P.: Daniel Le Hai

  • Editor: Jakub Zalewski

#33 Hablo dėsnis | Hubble’s Law

Drama | 2023 | 17:54 min | Trigger warning

A mute guy struggles to fit in at a construction site. Tensions rise among the workers when a colleague gets badly injured.

  • Director: Arnas Balčiūnas, 21 y., Vilnius (Lithuania)

  • D.O.P.: Milda Juodvalkytė

  • Editor: Juozas Kamenskas

#34 Mannen som gjorde Sveriges bästa kortfilm (och räddade terroranklagade George Bush) |The man who made Sweden’s best short film (and saved terror suspect George Bush)

Dark Humor, Satire | 2023 | 11:35 min | Trigger warning

Three friends with the goal of making an award winning film run into disagreements over the plot, leading to a brainstorming session that ends with George Bush being charged with terrorist crimes.

  • Director: Robin Insel, 19 y., Stockholm (Sweden)

  • D.O.P.: Elias Hammerlund

  • Editor: Robin Insel