"When I was thinking about the common denominator of the films in the programme, I felt that the most appropriate word was 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 is crawling under the skin. This is relevant and engaging young Lithuanian cinema." - Andrius Blaževičius, compiler of the competition programmes. N-13 Reis Dir. Rimantas Oičenka / documentary / Lithuania / 2022 / 0.25 1975 Klaipėda port, 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. Although the ship is thousands of kilometres away from the Iron Curtain, its shadow follows the fishermen. Detention Dir. Indrė Juškutė / fiction / Lithuania / 2024 / 0.15 A girl, arrested after a car accident, is brought to a detention centre where she has to spend the whole night. In a cold and dark basement, she encounters the apathy of the police – 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 / 0.28 Alexei is released on probation after 15 years in prison. 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 / 0.13 Winter 1942 in the Arctic Circle. Harsh Arctic nature, the Laptev Sea, Trofimovsk Island and a man fighting for survival in the background. Here, the Soviet authorities deported thousands of people from the occupied Baltic States, Finland, Ukraine and elsewhere. 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 / 0.18 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 SKN subtitles and audio in Lithuanian. Screenings for the deaf and hard of hearing. What does this mean? The film will be screened with special subtitles (SKN), which will tell you a bit more than usual about the sounds in the film. Hearing audiences will not be disturbed by these subtitles, and deaf and hard of hearing people will be able to watch the film fully with hearing people. Event organiser: