Light of Light Greece, 2023, 13 min Language: no dialogue Subtitles: no subtitles Director(s): Neritan Zinxhiria Before his death in 1932, a monk in one of the world's most remote places made a camera. Almost a century later, a filmmaker discovers and restores 3,000 surviving photographic plates and combines them with his own Super 8 images. The result is a cinematic pilgrimage in which the past and the present merge into an enchanting visual narrative that defies the limitations of time.
Wander to Wonder Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK, 2023, 14 min Language: English Subtitles: lithuanian Director(s): Nina Gantz Cast: Neil Salvage, Toby Jones, Amanda Lawrence Marie, Billybad, and Fumbleton are the three miniature actors who star in a childlike 1980s TV series called Wander to Dream. When the creator of the series dies, they are left alone in the studio. As their costumes gradually wear out and their hunger grows, they continue to create increasingly bizarre series for their fans.
Photos from the graveyard (Why Are You Image Plus?) Portugal, 2023, 9 min Language: Portuguese Subtitles: lithuanian, english Director(s): Diogo Baldaia Cast: Manuela Baldaia, Paulo Malafaia, Maria de Lourdes In a small, impoverished village, a local saint rules over the afterlife by preventing the dead from talking to their living loved ones. Ima, a curious dead girl, tries to meet the saint in the hope of getting permission to talk to her beloved grandmother.
The Lost Memories of Trees Italy, Spain, 2023, 20 min Language: Arjan Mije Okioshe Mejee, Huane Viashemo Felix, Zara Meshi Mihaheja, Michel Isioshe, Yoel Ekioy Tioshe In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, two trees awake in the night and embark on a spiritual journey to discover they are the children of the same parents from the past. I Would Rather Be a Stone Croatia, 2024, 24 min Language: Croatian Subtitles: english, lithuanian Director(s). The conditions under which they lived there affected the personal lives of the locals, their loneliness, their relationships, their opportunities, their fears and hopes. Little Džela embodies several members of my family, which is mainly made up of women - mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts.
