OFFshorts – Young Baltic Cinema Block 2

Friday, May 10th | 5:00pm – 7:00pm | M.A.U. Club

#35 Bara en lek | Just for fun

Thriller, Drama | 2023 | 14:05 min

When a summer camp field trip leaves the insecure 10-year-old Moa and her rebellious friend Tyra alone on a deserted campsite, a game begins. A game that quickly turns serious as Tyra’s traumatic past starts to manifest in dangerous ways.

  • Director: John Petrus Möller, 21 y., Stockholm (Sweden)

  • D.O.P.: Maria Lasson

  • Editors: John Petrus Möller, Maria Lasson

#36 Nepavykęs krepšininkas | Basket Blunder

Documentary | 2023 | 03:54 min

In 1992 after Lithuania won the Olympic bronze for the first time in history, Lithuanians declared that the main religion is Basketball. 30 years passed and the parents’ dreams for the boys to become basketball players still persist but the kids accidentally found out that just being tall does not automatically give you a medal.

  • Director: Kazimieras Labutis, 16 y., Vilnius (Lithuania)

  • D.O.P.: Kazimieras Labutis

  • Editor: Kazimieras Labutis

#37 Plica polonica | Plica polonica

Animation | 2023 | 07:41 min

Plica polonica is a disease people used to believe in that would make your hair uncombable. The main protagonist of the film- a severely tangled girl- goes on a search for a “cure”. She seeks answers from the most tangled of them all- the infamous Baba Yaga.

  • Director: Agata Tracevič, 22 y., Vilnius (Lithuania)

  • D.O.P.: Agata Tracevič

  • Editor: Agata Tracevič

#38 För Slite! | For Slite!

Documentary | 2023 | 14:54 min



In 2021, Cementa’s permit application for limestone quarrying on the Swedish island of Gotland was refused and the company was thrust into public debate. In a film depicting incompatible perspectives, living conditions of the future are pitted against the present, the environment against life in a town dependent on its factory.

  • Director: Ivar Jansson, 22 y., Göteborg (Sweden)

  • D.O.P.: Ivar Jansson, Gustav Bohman

  • Editors: Ivar Jansson, Kristina Meiton

#39 Rentsli krahvid | Trash Lords

Punk Musical | 2022 | 21:15 min | Trigger warning

One day, a waste sorting mother – son duo Hilse and Tang discover that a nationwide sorting campaign has been launched. Citizens walking around with three bags of garbage should be extra careful now, because Hilse and Tang are about to “sort out” everyone who sort their waste at home.

  • Director: Raoul Kirsima, 26 y., Tallinn (Estonia)

  • D.O.P.: Juss Rebane

  • Editor: Roland Abel