The most appropriate word for the common denominator of the films in the programme is cold. In all the films, the characters are confronted with the cold, literally or figuratively. Whether it is the stiffening climate of Siberia, the harsh night of Vilnius, the indifference of the system or the painful experience of an emigrant - everywhere, the cold gets under the skin. This is relevant and engaging young Lithuanian cinema. The programme of five short films is presented by the Vilnius Short Film Festival. N-16 Reis Dir. Rimantas Oičenka / documentary / Lithuania / 2022 / 25 min. 1975 - Port of Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR. The crew of the ship Nemunėlis says goodbye to their wives and embarks on a five-month fishing voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of kilometres away from the Iron Curtain, its shadow follows the fishermen. Detention Dir. Indrė Juškutė / fiction / Lithuania / 2024 / 15 min. After a car accident, a girl is arrested and taken to a detention centre where she has to spend the whole night. In a cold and dark basement, she encounters the apathy of the cops – she is just another criminal in their daily routine. The vivid experiences and the inner confrontation with herself affect the girl. It is unclear how long her detention will last. -15 Dir. Rinaldas Tomaševičius / fiction / Lithuania / 2023 / 28 min. After 15 years in prison, Alexei is released on probation. He is helped by a sympathetic social worker. A man gets a job as a food delivery boy. Night-time Vilnius is full of provocative situations. Alexey restrains himself every now and then and tries not to follow his old bandit habits. He tries to reconcile with his daughter Maja, who has become a prostitute. Purga Director. Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas / animation / Lithuania / 2023 / 13 min. Winter 1942 in the Arctic Circle. Harsh Arctic nature, the Laptev Sea, Trofimovsk Island and a man fighting for survival in the background. Thousands of people from the occupied Baltic States, Finland, Ukraine and elsewhere have been deported here by the Soviet authorities. Violence and cruelty in a wild land. Man is just a stranger here. The daily life of the exiles, the struggle to survive, to remain human in a place where there should be no human being at all - every day in the face of nature's majesty becomes a confrontation with death. All the experiences depicted in the film are based on the memories of the survivors. Hubble's Law Dir. Arnas Balčiūnas / fiction / Lithuania / 2024 / 18 min. A mischievous young man fails to fit in on a construction site. When a co-worker is seriously injured, tensions between the workers rise. Films with Lithuanian SKN. With Lithuanian SDH.