Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action 4 (2022)
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World premiere
When dads leave their 6-year old sons unattended outside to chop the wood, an accident happens that no parents want to see. A finger is missing. But whose fault was it actually, nobody seems to know. As also the finger's location.
Baltic premiere
Nine-year-old Moni experiences the hard and rough dynamics of a group of adolescents and the painful process of growing up, while the adult dramas in the family play out in the background. On weekends, a young family's farmhouse becomes the meeting place of a circle of friends. Moni, as the youngest of the group, is at the bottom of the sociodynamic food chain. A film about the painful beauty of growing up.
International premiere
In a neglected house, a boy whose mother is coping with mental illness demands a cure from God. But the depression has its own divine source, and the boy struggles to keep his balance and his faith as begins the painful process of growing up.
European premiere
In an isolated desert motel, a young girl digs up a rotting carcass — and later that night, something long-buried is unearthed in her mother.